Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-30
Tho Chilean Legal Authorities uayc
Not Yet Completed the Revision
Of Fosters Report. 0
DIFFICULTIES SURROUNDING
PRESIDENT MoNrr.
President harrison WIN Patiently
Walt ns Long as the hignliy OF
the United states Pcrmlis.
\, Preparations ior war at Present.
AZ. said.

wAuttye1oS, Dec. 29.-This after
NOM, VA, absolutely without incident
that could lie distorted into relation 70
varlike incarnation. Such uuoillcial
nIyices -. have been received arc T.
tho effect that the legal authorities VI
Vnl1araIso have not completed fevi'
sion ofthe formal proceeding VI justice
Foster. Just how long these legal
formslities may los protractcd before
they may hc regarded as causing
Uur,hur needless delay" IL OF coutso
determiuable only by Precedent Har
fisOu. But there II TcaeOn TO believe
there has been brought TO his attention
difficulties that surrounded PRECEDENT
Mont, aud the information chat the
nov cabinet AMI he are also doairoua OF
avoiding any appearance ofondeavOr.
Ing tc interfere with the due process or
law Ia Chile, u there II any reason
nulc ground for the assumption that
due process Is being followed.
These combinations have Doubt less
led hlm to observe "a Cuurfc NJ patient
waiting 10 the utmost extrome consist.
,nt with due regard 90 the dignity OF
tho Unitof 5,ates, and 80 far ns can DO
learned II Ia probable uo departure VIII
he made from this attitude before tho
Ie.assrmbling Of Congress, unless FUR
Their communication rom the ChileonA
should givea different aspect " the
situation.
Il thehua1s OF burcaus In tho navy
department are 10 be believed, no eN-
tralrdinaTy efforts arc making TO put
vc,su,s IN condition for active hOstill-
tie.
"a the construction bureau the ofll-
GERS In charge say positively no orders
have gone forward To San Francisco 20
hurry up work on the "Montsrey." As
Il matter Of iRct fewer Orders sru passing
through tie bureau al present than Tor
the psst three months.
In the ordnance bureau u IL learned
the turrct arnor Tor the "Mouterey"
81 ready tor shipment 10 san Franci,co
az any time. Her great guns ace also
really and the Pennsylvania railway
has undertaken to Transport them
a ross the continent. The task is one
Of mEgnilude, NJ "a i2-iuuh rifle with
out carriage weighs MY tons and the
carriage weighs twenty-five tons.
specially constructed cars arc necessary
for the Transportation OF these great
massea Of metal and much nice calcu-
lAlion respecting curves Of tunnels and
the strength Of many bridges between
Washington nnd the California navy
yard wili have to be made 10 insure tho
safe delivery uf The guns. These guns
arr not only intrinsicaily vniuablD, but
their loss at the present time would be
s.tinu, calamity, as many month
would be cuusumed In making guns %
replace them.
Satisfactory progress is being made
in the production 0f arnOf and torpe-
dots, but u H. insisted by Ordnaucy
oilapfs that neither the grmos platei
nor t1Tpedo,u have boon OF VIII be- ac'
Cepoi until thuy have been thorough
lyuaivi. a 10. OF Howell t0TpVdUuai
about forty, arc practically ready iJi
use. aud the fret iu-lal'munt OF White
heat tauglish ualtgrn) t0Fpeilus m1Ut
iu the United State, will so1n 10 du.
lyyrcd. improvements have beer
made In the Howell torpedo, which 1.
essentially an American invocation,
thnl VIII place II In the font rank o
nI1uphiU weapons, and II Is prom
isel that the tOrpruOes delivered % the
EQvernm NJ VIII exceed the csuttncl
requirements In speed aud accuracy
bur according b. the statement OF nnva
ordinance officers, all thcso things arr
being done without reference TO Inn
mediate war, and II IL said they M,
simply satisfactory results Of the encr
geuc policy Of naval Rehabilitation
adopted by Secretary Tracy long ago
In the gar department matters ara
very quiet, and even the Mexican
frontier disturbance failed 10 furnish
an item Of news today.