Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-05
HE KNOWS IT ALL.
Valparaiso Correspondent of the Lon
don Times Tells About Gillian
Affairs.
He Discovers That Uncle Sam is g.
Com bintd Tyrant and An
archiSt.
Secretary Tracy Says He Has Received
No Complaints Regarding
Minister Egan.

LONDON. Nov. 3-A Times Valparaiso
correspondent thinks he has solved the
problem why the United States, contrary
to national traditions, should have sup
ported the cause of despotism in Chill.
Regarding the statement that Minister
Egan sought to negotiate a reciprocity
treaty with Balmaceda, he asks: ''What kind
of treaty, could it have been to occupy
them at such a critical moment, especially
as under the Mckinley act expectations of
only few American articles could be BEN
Gifted. The correspondent then proceeds:
United States admirals have not DIS
played the diplomatic talent of
the French admiral Gervais McCann gave
Egan away by supplying the congressional
government with copy of Egan's letters,
and Brown had shown the greatest inn
prudence, while Gherida exposed the state
department at Washington to ignominious
| defeat and damning publicity at Hayti by
declaring that ayppolite was bound to
fulfill his verbal promises and cede st.
Nicholas to the United States for a naval
station. A part of she bargain was aid to
be given to Hyppolite to overthrow Legi-
time. Minister Douglass supplemented this
by declaring the object for which the new
fleet of United States was manned, armed,
equipped and supported by the American
nation appeared to be in order
to overthrow one government in
friendly state aud to erect
another willing to sell its birth
right and Independence of the United
States. He added that there was an
agent in New York business house who
appeared more fully initiated into the
secrets of the state department than he
was. Practically the policy adopted by
| the United States towards Hayti
was Identical with that followed in
the case of Chill, and the dis
cussion fthe treaty proceeded secretly and
Balmaceda intended to initiate Hippo
lite and deny verbal promises if it suited
him, meanwhile securing American sup
port. Both Egan and Blaine we'll knew
scorn to entertain such treaty, so they
recognized that the American feet must
needs be prostituted to the de-
Tense Of despotism against
liberty. Worse even than in the
case Of Hayti have been the private utter
ests which this policy was intended to
serve. Egan is openly accused of having
made enormous contracts with Bal
maceda, while Egan's son openly
states that he. not his father, was
the contractor. Comment is unnecessary.
In order that the magnitude of this in
fraction of information comedy may be
clearly shown to the civilized world, it
must be borne in mind that after the fail
ure to carry out the dictator's official
order to destroy by fire the great
foreign interests in the nitrate fields
owing to the capture of Trapaca by the
congressionalists, Balmaceda endeavored
to obtain a loan from the United States
npon the security of the nitrate fields.
This was an attempt at a gigantic rob-
berry, in which private American inter
ests, so crudely exposed by Mr.. Doug
lass, would participate. Where those
private interest would begin and end the
American nation can best judge. Had
Balmaceda performed his part in the nefa-
rious project the United States would have
dust thrown in her eyes by the acquisition
of naval stations in the Pacific. This
would serve as blind to the private and
darker side of the picture. 9th
er civilized nations are supremacy
interested In knowing whether the people
of the United States approve the applica-
ton Of its new and formidable navy 10
support this anarchial policy. 1t will be
icIiOuDClCu tudU q ouppoSCo VI
or, believed TO be Balmaceda. was hustled
into the adniral's quarters on board the
admiral's flag ship. As American blue
Jacket uniforms do not strew the streets
of Valparaiso, I have Investigated
the matter and learned on good
authority that the largest sailors
uniform On the flag ship was
previously selected and sent ashore, and in
| this disguise Vidauren. the Balmacedist
officer who was implicated in the cold
bl5oded murder Of the CHILEAN students at
Locans, was enabled to escape.
| understand that Admiral Brown has
since expressed regret that he saved
Vidauren, but it is generally believed that
his regret proceeds from the fact that he
intended saving by means of
the big uniform Balmaceda him.
sell. whose height was exceptional"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-It is authorize
lively stated that no complaint has been
received by the state department from
| the Chilian government of the conduct
Of Mr. Egan, and his recall
has not been considered by tie
president and secretary of state
Secretary Tracy says: ''In no single in
stance have the instructions given the
United States squadron ON the coast Of
Chill at the beginning OF the distur bance in
| March last been departed from. Charges
of partially made by English newspapers
are untruths, invented to prejudice the
ChiIians against the United States for
commercial purposes.