The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-20
WITHOUT A BATTLE.
Chile Hopes for Speedy Settle
ment of the Trouble.
HURRYING THE INQUIRY.
seven British warships Ordered to VAL
paraIso-RevOIutionar Fire Smoi-
derfng in the Embers In Brazil.

caILao. Dec. ia-INsw YORK Es-cf Special
-Min.>ter OF T reign Ala - Nate. % Chile.
has sen: telegram - Ina -iarlZ taAi .udl-
cations s-s mat the Cris=d -ta5es government
is disposed % settle tie Baltimore affair i1 a
satisfactory manner. a3d tlal confidence BAD
teen restored n santiago. TIE y4-tluors
sailed ~ noon today.
NALFGEArso. Dec I1-fEsr Yo-k Hc~1f
spec A. r-Lae Chi can govern l.e-t to-Ey. l4lt-
withstan1ln- Minister Mates recent .tlierls1t
that no claims would b paid 20 foreign pOWers,
turned over El.a00 20 German W!zs-e- Ca
schmidt for ne cete1ton % tie s-esIle- Ecrl-I-
lus IN March las; By Bslnace4as order.
Matte se2t note - 4+L-s-e- Ezaa
yesterday stating tat report lad
reached him oHlela..T ta2t EEz1
asserted that he had II formation that The Aa-er-
Ian legation was 20 De 1Teo- 44,;s ASKS Tor
the name o. ths informant al4 iIll data and
ADDS that the Chilean government Wo---4 Lake
the utmost measure. 10 protect TIE American
legation. L appears that throughout a. re
trouble between chile aud America Ezsn's cis-
patches have been based el;ireiy On the cat-e4
o-dsrs O the United states administration
Matte yesterday instructed the INGREDIENTS =:
Va pars5s0 70 request Judge Foster % uTIlg dis
inquiry into the Baltimore s.tz-r - speedy
end
VANCOUVER p c. Dec. e. - IspeeisLI-A
speclzI i-sfa from HALIFAX y. :, arrived here
this morning win 81 Elcr and . officers 20 re-
commission r. u. : Champion zad Pheasant
The run through ron Hail AZ vas made With
o.; incident il ssven days As soon IS 4 ~
: Champion Is prov stoned shs leaves tor Val
pa-ais0. wAere she wa soon oe .oi1e1 ~ slx
o.oeT British var-hips. From tA.s = would sp-
pear that i there i going 10 bs any 1g4ting II
the south England SHIPS VII! De o. hand 70
watch the battles.
LONDON, Dec. ia dispatch 70 tire Ti-8ss
from santiago de Chile states tESt the puo.Icz-
rf Of
OF Chile AM the United states with relation %
the asssult upon The sailors from the American
nan-o.-Ys- Baltimore IS CON .sted- TIE plb-
lie apparently ! satisfied with the course pu--
sued D. Gale. Everything IS qule: throughout
the country.
WAsH.SGToS CITY, Dec I9.-Active prepa-s-
tons fOr war still continue IN the 1svy depart
meuts. steps sre now being taken 20 secure the
El0st avalla5ie vessels in the merchant marine
for possible service Il Chilean waters Arrange
Eents have been made n New YORK and -au
francisco TO charter. II necessary, from
thirty 20 forty vessels 20 b. used As
transports and coIIiers, the Preparations. IS
lar a. regular naval vessels are concerned.
having been Ilscs as comp pete g. possible The
bureau OF naval intelligence, acting under in
siEueElons, has prepared lis. Of merchant YES
SEES available in case war IS declared. on the
Pacilc coast there are u STAN vessels ard ~
sailing vessels aoove ID tons register TIE
A9.0o0. Il is likely that P4ciac coast vessels
viii be trst sought after, and colmua-
iatlon mas already been had with one OF the
large saipowRe.s n San Francisco. Activity 3
also displayed II the war department. Informal
consultations have taken place between army
and navy officials - ihe cooperation OF tie
two -crees n the event OF trouble. Il Eas been
represented that tse army would Dc able 20 fur
nish on short notice 5000 men for t-znspor5a-
s!on- either from san Francisco OF Galveston
Naval officials say that fully this number Of
men VIII be req Gired-
Naval o-tic as STATE that work g being pushed
- last as possible on the equipment OF the Mon
tercy, and that the frst lot OF srmor plates
turned out WI L b sent 30 the Pacific coast IL
IS expected that the delivery VIII begin by The
end u the month. Crznp 4 sons state that
they are prepared 10 furnish TWO r2p.d-hrs guns
Per Gay IN me way OF battery.
NEW YORK. Dec. l9.-The Monitor Mia1tono-
mob. Ehica IS 70 be the finest ship n the navy,
VIII Be taken out ~ the dry dock 81 the Brook
Ign laTy yard o. Eext "Wednesday