Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-17
THE GILLIAN REVOLUTION.
Mr.. Flint Says 1t Was Started and IL He
Alive by Englishmen.

Mr.. Flint Says 1t Was Started and IL Kept
Alive by Englishmen.
Mr.. Chas. R. Flint Of New York. who was one
Of the delegates from the United States to the
Pan-American congress, is probably one Of the
best posted men in this country in regard to
matters relating to South and Central America,
having very extensive business interests there,
and being constantly supplied with informa-
ton from reliable sources from every portion
of the region to the south of us. He was in the
city yesterday in company with the boot and
shoe men of New England who came to talk
reciprocity to the President and the Secretary
of State and left town this morning for New
York. STAR reporter called last evening to
see him at the house of the Brazilian minister.
whose guest he was during his stay here, to get
ms views Oh the subject Of the present revolu-
ton in Chilli
UNCERTAIN AND UNRELIABLE NEWS.
"You have doubtless noted the fact" s)id Mr..
Flint, THAT but little information from the
scene of trouble comes to us except through
certain English sources. We have no means of
direct communication any more and all of our
news comes from London. The amount of I'M
truth that has thus been disseminated through
out the world about this trouble is appalling.
An instance of this is to be had in the report
that Balmaceda had been killed, which was
utterly without foundation. 1t was an English
fake started for the purpose of discrediting
the existing government of Chilli. cable came
from his minister OF foreign affairs yesterday
(Monday) afternoon, which did not mention
any attempt being made to assassinatc the
president 1t has also been reported that the
people of Chill were lighting for.greater hber-
ties and 1t has been represented that Balmaceda
is usurper. The fact is that he Is and has
been acting within the limits OF the laws of the
land. Under the constitution of Chill the presi-
dent has greater powers than our executive,
but he has never abused these powers.
FoMENTED BY ENGLISH INTERESTS.
"This revolution has been fomented by men
ambitious for power, aided by parties whose
business interests favored change Of admins
tration. 1t is reported that parties largely inter-
ested in the nitrate manufacture, now controlled
and carried on by English companies. are de-
sirous of seeking the downfall OF B;imaceda. he
| opposed the creation of an English monopoly
OF these interests and resisted the pressure
brought to bear on his country by the syndi-
cate now united in the Peruvian corporation
| which has virtual control of Peru and which
tried to obtain the control of the nitrate lands
and to force the Bamaceda administration to
recognize d considerable part of the Peruvian
| debt happen to know that Balmaceda was so
DESTROYS OF cOunteractirg the prepondering
| English influence on the west coast of South
| America that he indicated that liberal conces-
| slons would he granted to Anne rlcans to exploit
| the government nitrate lands and refused abso-
lu.ely to sell to the English parties who are
| now assisting the reyolutionists against the
constitutional government OF Chill. BY the
| last steamer Gillian arrived by the name of
+. Erazaris, who states that Augustine Ed
wards. the wealthy banker of Valparaiso, who
| was one of the leaders in the revolution and
who was proposed by them for the presidency,
is now protected by the English legation in
Santiago"
ENGLIsHMEN CARRY on HALF THE TRADE.
'What proportion of the foreign element of
the population of Chill is English?
THAT would be difficult to say, off-hand, but
think it safe to estimate that of all the foreign
trade Of the country fully one-half is carried on
by English citizens. They have their English
clubs. and their English cliques, and their
societies, and they form u very prominent and
important feature of the personal landscape of
the country. Their interests in Chill are very
large, and some OF them simply taking adj
vantage of a natural ebullition of popular senti-
ment to push things, and, If possible, to get a
man to the head OF affairs who will be friendly
| to them"
What will be the outcome of this revolu-
| tion!'
1T is my idea that there will soon be an end
to the trouble. There will probably be some
representative man elected as president on the
18th Of April satisfactory to the country
Balmaceda is by law not subject to reelection"