Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-12
To Captain Remey Of the "Charicston'
10 Capture the Chiilan
Vessel "Eiata:'
TRACY HAS NOTHING TO SAY AuouT
THE VESSELS.
Our Government Has Already Shown
"Duc Diligence" In the Pursuit
of the Cruiser.
Tho onieiaI. ua,. NO Desise to Talk
About ~.

About ~.
WAsinNoroH, May 1.-THE air OF
secrecy surrounding III. ttafa cilae -
Just as pronounced a. the Navy Dc.
partm,nt today, and II IL evident that
the officials have no desire 70 take the
public iEio their confidence. The con-
victlon, however, In general that
United States steamer CYiartc.fDH II
sent oft with rccr,t orders to capture
the Chilian steamer. Just how far
these orders extend or how much
authority they vrst In Captain Remey
u still unknown, and nODe Of the
officials here will venture 10 give any
information on the subject. The order,
II IL said, was "a long Onc and was Wired
west In the cipher OF tire Bureau Of
Navigation. The officers took four or
fivo hours TO translate the order Into
cipher.
II IL said there ~ information In the
hands VI the Government IN warrant u
bslief that the Ilotd will be next
heard Of touching nj some Mexican
port, and probably the ch'Tteaon VIII
mike her first stop about midway
down the west coast OF Mexico, In the
hope Of picking up hints m TO her
whereabouts.
Secretary Tracy this afternoon sent
out word that lie had nothing TO say
about the Chilian vessel Etaio or the
Charleston. Other officials IN thc Navy
Department are equally reticent. The
official mind Of the department IL evil
IDENTIFY Ia dread that a possible un.
guarded admission 10 a reporter might
result IN disclosure Of the plan OF
campaign, In which the cntirc avail
able naval force In the Pacific IN mr.
raycd against one steamer, whose war
like character has not yet been demon
slrsted. Certainly the Government
appears 10 lie making extraordinary
efforts 10 recapture the ftafo, for, In
addition TO cabling Admirals Brown
aud McCann to head OF tho runaway
before she reaches Gillian waters, II IL
understood that Instructions have been
sent TO United States consul officers ut
all points between California and Chill
where the Ratd would touch To
promptly advise the naval Offices Of
her movements II she 10 sighted.
In strange contrast with this exhibit
ton Of zeal 10 tho course Of the
Churiesfon, which In In chase " the
runaway. This vessel sailed from San
Francisco early Saturday morning,
bound south. She IL an eighteen. knot
vessel and last night should have been
$50 miles down the coast, or near Cape
San Lucas, where the Chiiian insurg-
ent warsh!p ESmcrdidd IL supposed TO
be- lying In wait for thu Eufa. But,
instead Of covering this distance the
Charicston got about half way aud then
went TO anchor over night. Later nd.
vices show that she was last seen lust
above the Mexican boundary line. Such
officers m have an opinion that they
feel free 10 express say the Ciari6stOn's
movements can 10 explained In
two ways; Either the department
believes the Etaia In lying some
where of the coast Of California,
or II has no Intention Of SELLING
the vessel unless her presence Is made
uuplcasantly noticeable within easy
reach. The motive for such an aiti.
tude by the government M indicated
In the last theory IL In brief that II
might not be good diplomacy for the
United States TO go too far In the direc-
ton Of hostility toward the Gillian in.
surgents. Tho duties devolvipg upon
q friendly government In cases such as
this have never been finally aud clear
Iy euuncisted by authorities In inter-
national law, but II can be safely as.
sumed that In the operations OF the
United States marshal In selling the
Etatd and Robert and Mimic and 10
the pursuit OF the Hatd M long as sho
was In United States waters, our gov
ernment has already shown what the
Geneva arbitration In the Alabam ma
case has declared To be due diligence.