The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-31
TIE GILLIAN AFFAIR
The Situation is Fast Becoming
Serious.
TALK OF WAR Is IN THE AIR
Inc Junta Demands Egan's Recall-Naval
Officers Anxious for Brush-Com-
ments of the Press.

! lauclSco Which was at Caliao Peru is he
AeVed to have sailed yesterday for Califor-
Ma. She will touch at some port on the
way, where she can be reached by cable if
there be need.
Az cabinet meeting this afternoon the
time was devoted to the discussion of the
Chliian situation. It is surmised Secretary
DIANE submitted for consideration the out
me OF the reply to be made to Minister
Egah 8 commI nlcRtion, that its details are
perfected and that IN due time il will bs
Hidue pUolc. There have been no further
dispatches from Minister Egan or Commo-
dore Schley.
Senior Montt, official representative of
the Chlllan government here, has lust re-
CelVcu the following dispatch from the
Ch'ilan minister of foreign affairs at Sanli-
ago: An investigation was instituted I'M
ueu!aleIy anu continues with all diligence
ana is not yet finished. I he trouble began
Ia C4aVe street aud soon became q tumulr.
hesuIaf soIulers, the police and the special
guard OF the lntenGente restored order. OF
Tue comOatants thirty Americans and
eieVen ChlllanS were committed before the
yuulciaI authorities. They fought with
hhlVeS: stones, and everything they could
! lay Ihelr hands upon. There was one killed
ana several wounded. 1t is estimated =
hunored and sixty American sailors from
tue baltimore were on shore at The time of
the tumultn ''-No -
During the afternoon all kinds of sensa
sauonal aud IN many cases absurd stories
were telegraphed to Washington from
other cities IN the country and from
Europe Tor confirmation or contradiction
III the latter category was the STARTLING
announcements cabled to Europe bv a sen
ssuon mongerlng news agency. that The
PRESIDENT and cabinet had decided 10 de-
SIate war on Chlll, that all our navy wards
i oeen oroereu TO prepare vessels TO
leave Immediately. When this story was
brought to the attention of the officials of
lne state department they were amused
father than indignant at the inventive
lecunulty SHOWN by news agency which
nau peeh Tor some time disbarred from ac
cess TO news given out by the department.
1IselI. one OF the assistant Secretaries
altef charscterlzlng the story as absurd
| remarked the author had overlooked tho
TACT that under the terms of section of
the constitution the Congress of the TTnited
states alone has power to declare war and
that the President and cabinet mad mo
| snare 0! thls power. So, too. the story
that Minister Egan had been recalled was
promptly declared TO be an invention with
out foundation in fact.
In the navy department the officials evi.
uent4y nave no expectation of an Immediate
outbreak Of war Altogether there 1vss on
air OF serenity and every day humdrnm
ABOUT the state and many departments
Whlch, no less than the denlals, aft, rded an
elhpnatlc contradiction of any and all sen-
saIional reports OF warlike disturbances
1ne EUeit'g Star has this: 1T would be
| wholesome thing for the political health
OF Inc entire South American continent y
SAIL a prominent naval officer sif this
IN,
good sound thrashing. Thew have tho
most insane notions down there and really
thlhk they could defeat the United States
without trouble. There are abOnt three
million of them in the whole country anS
they have not the slightest contention Of
the magnitude OF this nation and it's ire
tlleuuous resources. They are fighters
ttoul the WORD go. They have just been
through q severe civil war ano their blood
is up The masses are probably eager ION
brush with the United States. and I
should not be surprised to see beIiigeren +
demonstrations before long, and s1onI :
welcome such a thing not for the salTe Of
activity in tho navy, but for the good and
Wholesome effect it would have on the
word at large. Then, TOO, it would firmly
establish once for all our sunrera,.,, ~,
! this hemisphere. The ChIlIans in NV 0m
oplnlon, are the finest Of people in South
America vi
Another officer said: "a Gillian hates
an American worse than poison, He dis
trusts MIN anu takes every opportunity tn
get whack at him. | do not know VIM,
unless because we have sent down 81
many poor specimens of our race TO trade
anu tnus deprecated our own stock
through our repreSe natives. should
like TO see an affair with Chill. NOT o,,iv Tor
professional reasons, but also because |
MINK the time has come for this country tn
administer lesson to some one
Inc cry goes up in England that the
United States is very brave in
ouily-ragglng small countries. That is al
nonsense. Big countries do not dare give
US chauce 10 oully-rag then ana W hen il.
comes right down to the matter there never
I mas oeen SUCH olack guard bully among
little powers as England herself ana the
whole world knows it'i
Sui another officer said "We have no
lore US demonstration OF the wisdom of
Washington's maXim-iu time of peare
prepare Tor war. Some of those who arc
now urging vigorous and warlike demon
stratlons are men whose care il should
have been 20 prepare us for an
emergency, The navy department HIS
been trying 10 impress upoD
Congress tne Importance Of providing coal
ing stations IN both the Atlantic and Pa
chic, but nothing has been done ana we are
now without tie means of coaiing orr YES
sells IN those waters. The only thing to lin
would be TO capture port and establish q
coaling station"
Should there be hostiities." said q
member of the diplomatic corps, you need
not look Tor auy great naval eugagemeuti
CHILEAN waters. Your enemy seeks loud
sounding glory, and he would send one or
two OF his best ships to tie Pacific coast
NO one would know whittier they had gone
until they appeared in San Diego or San
. Francisco harbor aud then there would be
trouble. You 10 not think men who are
not ignorant could be foolish. but
you do not know these Chiliaus.
Such a conflict could have but
one result-Chiiian arrogance would he
laid in the dust. But these hot heads
would have caused infinite damage to some
of your coast cities, for you have no forti-
tications worthy the name. You have many
rine warshlps though, and to US who know
those who desire TO be your antagonists il
would not be surprising if a naval engage
ment in one OF your California harbors
were to take place within sixty days.
A reporter saw Senator Cullom after he
had an enterview with Secretary Tracy
Speaking of the Gillian affair, the Senator
said: 1.-The situation looks very uglv.
Those little chaps down there are yery
sassy and ] think we will be Obliged n
their tactics at once. The only thing for
US is to send warships down there and
give them mischief"
Display of Force Necessary.
New YORK, Oct. Washington spe-
Gals say naval officers are confident TIE