Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-11-01

table Gillian ciCzens - the man who
STABBED the Danish negro John Cor
tar was also arrested. charged with
complisssy IN sAe assault and having q
pistol
United States Mizizser Egsn. Com
naader w > sehlsy. % the Baltiners.
and William b Mccreery, United States
consul At Valparaiso. were In close con-
suitatien throughout hs day. and,
though il Is not possible 70 obtain any
definite statement from them for pub
lisssisn regarding the patsre or tho
result Of their long deliberations 1t
can be said that they AL consider the
reply Of the janta to Minister Egan's
note. asking for proper explanation Of
the Valparaiso collision, as decidedly
insulting 70 the United states
government The reply of the
iunta means practically tina. chili II in
dignans at the demands made By the
United States government. that it will
take its own tine 70 consider the mat
ter. and that when tho junta reaches .
conclusion that government win settle
the matter without reference 20 the
views Of the United States On the sub
set
While the United States officials
here are justly indignant At the terms
in which the reply of the junta is
couched. their Indignation Is as nothing
70 that felt by the American residents
in Chilli They do not conceal the fact
that they are locking for further
and more serious trouble. possibly
in tho near future between Chilli and
tho United States II has just become
known that there is another feature of
the Valparaiso outrage which demands
explanation. This municipal and gov
ernnent officers Of Valparaiso who
made an investigation of the attack
upon the sailors Of the Baltimore
compelled the United States man.
of-war's mon who were confined in the
prison to sign a statement written in
Spanish generating the police from
all responsibility rs to their arrest.
As these papers had to be signed as one
of the stipulations for the release of
the blue Jackets the men naturally did
as they were requested
COULD SOCK CLOSE HER PoRxa
New YORK, Oct 3l.-Iu the event of
hostilities with Chilli the American
government can, inside of sixty days,
assemble on it's coasts a naval force
consisting of fifteen modern built
ships, armed with lis formidable
rified guns and nine wooden cruisers,
armed with sixty-eight guns, max
ing grand total of twenty-four
ships and 1873 guns. The modern
ships are capable of dealing crushing
blow to the Gillian navy under any
condition. The ten wooden cruisers
will make effective blAckades and,
acting in conjunction with the first
class vessels could lombard and lay
many of the Gillian ports under con-
tribution. In fact, we could close
every port ip the republic inside of
forty days IA
II it was deemed necessary we could
put an army of invasion on CHILEAN soil
as soon as we could assemble our war
vessels. Tho invading army would
consist, perhaps, of 10000 men, one
third TO be drawn from the
regular forces and the balance
made up from volunteers AS the
isthmus of Panama could not be used
as a military route the expedition
airy corps would start from San Fran
cisco, which would be the base of sup
plies. Troops and their equippage
sent from the Atlantic coast could be
embarked in ten days from the time Of
their departure from here, and in three
weeks more would be camped on
Gillian soil under cover of the guns of
our men-of-war