The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-26
CHILE Is A BOASTER.
The BumptiOus Republic Only
Wants a Spanking.
STEAMERS FOR TRANSPORTS.
Mr.. Mcclellan Tells What the Coast
Could FUrnish-The Chileans
Overrated as Fighters.

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company has SIX
steamers which could BE- used for transport;
service il tie event OF war with Gillette Una
tia, " ALA Wa.la, City of PUebla, Queen. state
OF California and SANTA Rosa H Mcclellan,
superintendent OF the line, estimates that each
OF these boats could carry 1.0o troops. while the
company has smaller boats which would carry
lesser number. The Union Pacific has two
steamers, the Oregon and ColUmbis, running
between Portland and san Francisco, which
could carry about the same number OF persons,
and the George W. Elder, which could carry =
smaller number. The speed OF the Pacific Steam
ship Companys fastest boats IS: City OF Pue5la,
seventeen knots an hour; Queen, sixteen Knots;
state OF California. sixteen knots; UmatiIla and
Walla Walla, about thirteen knots. Altogether
these steamers could carry 1850 men.
But Mr.. Mcclellan does not expect any war
with Chile. In speaking OF the subject with q
observation-disclosures reporter he said:
Twenty thousand mel could easily march
from one end OF Gale 10 the other. one OF our
states could whip her. ! was III the country
about ten years ago at the time OF the outbreak
OF war win Peru and had Il good opportunity
T. observe the people. They are divided into
two distinct eastes. The upper class are prin-
clpally OF spanish descent aad will compare
fayorably with the more Intellectual and re-
fined people OF any nation. They are very con-
eeited, exeitable ana enthusiastic, ana make
war speeches, nut they serve Only Officers
for they viii not shoulder the musket. The
raDk anu lie OF their army IS composed OF In
dian similar 70 the most infer or grade Of Mex
ican>, small in physique, OF 8 low d-gree OF III
te!lgence and 45>O4Utely vi bout enthusiasm.
Their lighting powers have been greatly exag-
gerated on account o. the nuTnbe- Of Killed n
the battles IN the recent revolution. The fact
Is that the maiO y OF those reported as killed
were not killed IL battle Alter battle ii Chile
ii is the custom Tor the vicrors to
massacre the yup9GlsheG. This accounts for
the large list Of killed in the revolution. The
private soldier in Gale Is mere peon with
nothing 70 hghs for, and experience has saown
that the higher up man Is IN the scale OF hu-
maulty the more courage he has
saw the army when 1t embarked for Peru,
and the prlvaIes had only small arms. The
only reason why II succeeded was that luck was
On It's SIDE and the Peruvian army was composed
OF even poorer material II Peru had been
de-awake il could have whipped Chile Ire
rank and ME were all of one class and the
higher Class figured only a. officers The
lower class take no interest n the affairs OF the
country. | attended political meetings az that
time, and they were composed entirely OF men
OF the higher elsss. all IN tall hats. None OF
the lower class were there
Chile had no navy ~ that time. and judging
from what IL accomplished in the recent revolu-
ton, should say Il Is q very light affair for Is
usually maintained an sIEisude Of mastery in
activity.
The country is very thinly populated, the
great m8lOTlty OF the people being cOnee utrsrei
II = few large cities. TO al inieuts and pur-
poses Valparaiso and santiago are Chae. TO-
they are the great ceateCs o. population OF the
d
stead Santiago l. about nifty mics inland from
Valparaiso, IN the center OF large valley shu.
IL by the Andes on the east and the COST range
the west II l. reached by roai running
twenty miles north along the bay 70 Vina
de- Mar, " here the decisive battle was fought
then turning east through the Coas: range
VIVA del Mar 5 a. important strategic point be-
cause lIs possession ~ AZ enemy cts OF CON-
nuuIC stlOu between the two cities Prom the
Cerro Santa Lucia, hill which shuts in tie
view from Santiago on the south. the v4.,ev
- - d. 4
oGt q settlement Between two such cities
you would expect 10 md considerable suburbs
but there are 10 large settlements between S4n-
tlaso ana VALPARAISO santiago mas a broad
street running through il saaie By four rows
o. trees u has me public buildings aud resi-
dence>, but the IN s!ority oi the buildings were
inferior. There may have been some II. Prove
Inent since was there though those south
American countries Go not improve as rapidly
IS tais country.
Chile has 3 similar climate 10 thsS Of CsIffo-.
Ma, and grows tne grapes. Al tae wheat Goa
snIned 2 California q the early DAYS came from
tlete. Ike those oil Califorria, the nils along
the COST s-e barren and t-ecless.
CoIiC wants good Spausin 70 knock thu
conceit OuE Of her. Any attempt az eonelliatiou
would De d failure; the only way : eoccil fsra
these smaller powers : 70 spank them They
sre iusUHera5ly Conceited and ignorant OF trf
greatness OF tAls country, anu. i We back
down, We cannot do anything with them We
odEi y maze our nag respected by them, just
Is ECS and does.
saw steclIaen Of Euglaud's method OF en-
forcing respect IOr her Tag AZ Saa jose "a ff,sta
Dala. There was an Eug-lsAr1aa there Who
WIS 1geas Tor the Pac &c Mail Steamship Com
ua1y, aud who bad been there 80 lou, rnar
hardly anybody knew lie was al T. glisafnan
Daring the temporary absence oi the British
consul Ee was made tempo arg consul. Though
nobody anew il. A Guatemala officer gave him =
good licking, which he richly deceived and 10
cause he was acting consGt, ana therefore rem
Resented her nag, k--lan1 ulade Guatemala nav
him 100000 indemnity. IL We were as strict IN
en- io-cllg respect far our hag, our people would
Dc better treated broad