Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-25
WARLlKE TALK.
Chill Must Apologize at Once
and Pay an indemnity.
STIFF CABLEGRAM TO EGAN.
Capt. Schley's Report Shows That Our Govern
ment Has Been lnsuted
President Harrison Speaks Vehemently
and Eloquently in Regard to CHILEAN
Outrages-Chili Must Eat Hum
BILE Pie or Fight.
Harrison's Temper,

Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Oct 24-Notwithstanding
the denial of the navy department officials
yesterday that there was anything sensa-
tiOnal i'll Commander Schley's account OF
the shooting of one of the sailors of the
Baltimore at Valparaiso by Chlllan mob,
it now appears that the contents of Capt
Schley's dispatch were laid before Presi-
dent Harrison. He read it carefully several
times, and his Indignation increased with
each reading. No special reference was
made to the matter AT the cabinet meeting.
but at the conclusion the president mad q
special conference with Secretary OF the
Navy Tracy, Foster of the treasury depart
ment, and Attorney General Miller.
The details of the conference are guarded
with the closest secrecy, but | am assured
upon the highest authority that the position
it was decided our government should take
is a strong and aggressive one. also learn
that President Harrison was the most out
spoken advocate of this course. Even those
present wh&aRow him best were surprised
at tbsSld4uefce he exhibited III recitlng
fS4ee wrongs done to our sailors and the We
hemence with which he insisted that those
wrongs should be fully and satisfactorily
righted. 1t was in Il tone OF exceeding Bit
terneSs that President Harrison referred to
Chili's continued hostility to us-hOStility
that has eliminated at last in the murder
of one of our sailors, the woundlng OF
dozen OF more and the arrest and incarcera-
ton i'll Jail of thirty-tive others. He said
the time had come when we must teach the
Chili3n people that our patience in dealing
with them is exhausted. We have dealt
with them cleverly, and they have chosen
to act towards US i'll a spirit OF extreme I'M
friendliuesS. He instauced their treatment
of Minister Egan. They have subjected
him to espionage and insult because he has
.gn.tt a ~
gees
The conference lasted from $3.50 until 6
O'Clock. Every phase of the situation was
carefully reviewed. II was decided that
our national honor demanded that we
should act promptly and with correspond
ing firmness. 1t was agreed before the
conference closed that the attack upon our
sailors was tantamount to an insult TO our
flag. The men assaulted were sailors of
the United States. They We're clothed IN
the uniform of the United States, and rs
such were supposed to represent the dig
nifty and majesty of the United States. Al
though any indignity TO a party of Ameri-
can citizens would be resented by the gov
eminent. in the present case, the character
of the outrage was intensified by the fact
that it was committed upon the direct repre-
sentatiyes of the country.
Under these circumstances il was decided
that no moment should be lost i'll demand
ing speedy reparation. When the confer
ence closed cable dispatch was sent to
Minister Egan at Santiago. 1t instructed
him 10 communicate to the Gillian pro-
vsional government the indignation felt at
the assault upon the sailors of the Batl-
more II further instructed him to demand
first. an indemnity in money to be paid to
the families of the dead sailors and to the
families of such of the wounded as may
die; second, the arrest and punishment of
the participants in the assault and, third, a
suitable apology to the United States.
The tone of the dispatch indicates that
the administration will have no delay in
securing a settlement of the matter. Chill
must do what she is asked to do and do it
Speedily