The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-29
THE RULERS CONFER.
The President Calls Hasty Cabi-
net Meeting.
PROBABLY CONCERNING CHILE.

Minister Egan's Many Dispatches,
Some of Them in Cipher, Lead to
the Belief That There Is Some
thing Wrong-Tho Officials lex.
trcmely Reticent.
WASHINGTON, Sept 90. = There was
an important conference at the White
House yesterday between President Har-
rison, Secretary Tracy, Assistant Secrc-
tary of State Wharton, General j. w.
Foster and Commodore Ramsey. Sec
retary Tracy had been called from New
York two weeks earlier than he ex-
pected to return, and he went at once to
the White House on his arrival.
The conference lasted nearly three
hours, and Secretaries Tracy and Whar-
ton remained with the president for
some time after. Naturally the circum-
stances gave rise to all sorts of rumors,
and is the White House. state and navy
department officials refused to speak
about the difference or make any state
ment regarding it, many sensational re-
ports were sent ont to papers as TO the
ture of the cabinet meeting.
Egan's Many Dispatches.
The most plausible ex planstion of tho
affair is that the meeting was called to
discuss the situation in Chile. For the
last day or two Minister Egan has been
communicating with the state depart
ment with frequency that was as
founding compared with his former ST.
lence. The cables have been long as
well as numerous, and following these
was long cipher dispatch received by
the navy department yesterday from
Chile.
Hitherto the dispatches received by
the navy department have not been in
cipher, and yesterdays telegram caused
comment. The account published of
the iunta's action in arresting Ameri-
cans in Santiago and the police espion-
nge around the American legation, and
Mr.. Egan's protest, are perhaps subjects
which the United States authorities in
Chile have called to the attention of the
officials here, and no doubt formed q
large part of topics before the conference.
The officials Reticent.
Secretary Tracy refused to discuss the
subject Of the conference, but he made
Che statement that the situation In Chile
was not alarming, and the department
would send no more ships there. Others
who were at the conference are quite as
reticent as Secretary Tracy about it.
One of these admitted, however, that
there was nothing said or done at the
conference that could be ggiven to the
public without injury to the diplomatic
aspects OF the matter. What caused
the hasty summons they refused to ad-
init.
The only United States vessel in Chile
A. hR nnl Thn Go "a
on her way home The advisability Ct
sending other vessels was discussed, and
Commodore Ramsay, chief of the bureau
Of navigation, who has charge of the
movement Of vessels, was present for
the purpose of giving his opinion.
In response to an inquiry relative to
the reports that revolt had broken
out among the troops at Santiago Senior
Montt, the Chilean Congressional envoy
at Washington, has received dispatch
from Senior Malta, the minister of for
eign affairs, saying that "Peace has not
been nor will it be disturbed, least of all
by military reyolts.n There was no
Rllusion whatever to the reported arrest
of Americans in Santiago, or of any
notion tended to harass Minister Egan.
DR.. Montt, without knowing whether
any Americans have been arrested dis
credits any and all reports to the effect
shat his government has or will treat
men Of any nationality in Santiago
harshly or unfairly.