The Globe-republican., 1891-10-01
CHEEKY Chill.
A Cabinet Meeting Called to Com
slider Matters -.
CONJECIURES OF. WHAT IT MEANS.
The Little Republic Said to Be Acting
Extensively to Minister Egan and Resi-
dent A~merfcans-No Informatioa
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WAsH1SGroN, Sept 29.-Diplomatic
complications have arisen between the
United States and Chilli How serious
cannot now be stated. but sufficiently
grave to cause a hurriediy-called con-
~sultation at the executive mansion
between the president and his chief
advisers in the state and navy de-
partments. The consultation lasted
until after - o'clock, Secretary Tracy
remaining with the president until l
O'Clock.
Commodore Ramsey came out with
several press copy books containing Of
fetal cablegrams and the book contain
ing the official cipher of the navy de-
partnent. Acting Secretary Wharton
also had official papers. He said in an
swer to a question as to whether mat
tiers had assumed q serious phase in
Chill, that he could not say anything
on the subject To a jocplar question
if war had been declared, he said:
NO"
Commodore Ramsey would say moth
ing about the subject, ofthe Conference
and Private Secretary Halford was not
ready to admit that anything out of the
ordinary was.going on in b Q ng
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In official circles the news from
Chill that a Gordon of soldiers had
been placed around the house of the
American minister, that entrance'could
only be obtaihed 20 it by passport fur
nished by the 5dhta, and that-American
citizens were being ARRESTED. in the
serious business and while no official
confirmation of the news can be OBJ
tanned. it is generally. credited.
1t is known that as far back as last
Friday a long cipher ~cablegram was re-
cceived at the navy department. from
Capt. Schley, in command of the United
States steamer Baltimore. in 'Chilian
waters. A copy Of this was immediately
sent to the state, department Since
then cablegrams between the. state and
navy departments have been passing
with increased. rapidly. but the con
tents of none of them have been,
furnished to the public. The! hustle
and activity about the executive man.
sion, in view Of AFT the known facts,
has caused, therefore, considerable
anxiety. .ra.ir j,14.~, vi -
Just what Capt. Schley had to COM
munciate to the navy department can
not be learned from any of the officials,
but it is surmised that it related to the
treatment of refugees, or that the bitter
anti-American sentiment In Chill, re-
sulting from the seizure of the Itata,
has reverted itself in hostile or unfriend-
'1y demonstrations toward the officers
and men of the Baltimore.
However this may be, it is &c rtain
that the officials of the state depart
ment and navy department are not
alarmed at the situation and 1t the con-
ference was called to devise means of
meeting any emergency it is apparent
that the persons who participated are
satisfied that this has been done.
At present the United States naval
force in Chilli consists of one vessel, the
cruiser Baltimore, commanded by Capt
Schley. The San Francisco touched at
,Callao, Peru, last week on her way
northward with Adm. Brown
in command. An effort was
made by the navy department to COM
,municate with her. but she sailed for
Acapulco, Mex, Friday before the
.cablegram reached her. Her bottom
is very foul and the vessel would be
almost unserviceable unless locked
and cleaned. There are no other mod
-ern vessels on the Pacific side that
could be dispatched to Chilli and it is
assumed that Commodore Ramsay was
called into the consultation by the
president for the purpose of explaining
the exact extent of the of the
navy department
Secretary Tracy. while declining to
make any statement relative to the
conference at the White house said
that he did not intend to send any more
ships to Chilli and that he did not regard
the situation there as threatening.
Senior Montt, Chili's representative
here, has not received anything from
Chilli relative to the reported arrest of
three American citizens at SAINT ago
and the s%tationing of a force outside of
the American legation there.
Warner Miller Entertained Bv Phelps.
BERLIN, Sept. 2a-United States Min
lister Phelps gave a dinner at the
American legation Saturday evening
TO ex-United States Senator Warner