Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-31
Worse and Worse.


orally admitted here by the supporters of
the government and by Americans and those
in sympathy with them that the situation
of affairs as regards the dispute between
the United States and Chilli has not i'm
proved In fact the anti-American feeling
is growing in bitterness and all American
officials in Chill are apprehensive that fur
| Their trouble is brewing. The exact nature
of this trouble they are unable to define,
but they see little prospect that an ami liable
settlement of the Valparaiso incident will
soon be reached, and the signs of incfeas-
ing popular animosity toward the United
States has given ground for apprehension
and indignation. 1t is not intended by these
statements to create feeling of alarm or
even anxiety as to the final result of the
diplomatic negotiations now in progress,
but from all one can see here to-day the re-
lations between the junta and the
United States government are dan
lister Egan, Capt. w. S. Schley.
of the Baltimore and William P. McCreery,
United States consul at Valparaiso, were in
close consultation throughout the day, and
though 1t is not possible to obtain any def
mite statement from them for publication
regarding the nature or result of their long
deliberations, it can be said that they all
consider the reply of the iunta to Minister
Egan's note asking for a proper ex-
PLANTATION of the Valparaiso collision
as decidedly insulting to the Uuited States
government. 1t is also known that they
regard the situation at present as being Sc
rious. The reply of the junta they think
means practically that Chilli is indignant at
the demand made by the United States
government and that she will take
her own time to consider the mat
ter and that when the junta reaches
conclusion that the government will settle
the matter without reference to the views
of the United States on the subject The
reply of the junta, they further say, fails to
express any regret for the murder of the
Baltimore's men, nor is there in that docu-
ment any expression of regret as to the
conduct OF the police in using their
bayonets in arresting the Baltimore's
men. Several of the latter it will be re-
membered were more or less severely
wounded with bayonet thrusts. While
United States officials here are justly indig-
nant at the terms in which the reply of the
junta is couched, their Indignation is moth
ing compared to that felt by the
American residents in Chill. They
do not conceal the fact that they
are looking for further and more serious
trouble, possibly in the near future, be-
Chill and the United States. 1t is learned
to-day that the United States cruiser Bal
tmore is prepared to enforce, if such
course is found necessary, proper treat
ment for her officers and sailors
who may be compelled by the
n necessities Of of the h service tSi to 60
Schley will in any way irritate the Chilians
by sending men or officers ashore when it
is evident that they are not well
come there. On the contrary, every
thing will be done by the Balti-
more'S commander. to avoid any trouble.
But for marketing, provisioning, watering,
interchange of messages between the COM
mander and the United States minister ard
other necessary duties, men and officers
have to go ashore, and the captain of the
United States cruiser does not intend to be
prevented from attending to such duties.
But as the virtual boycott placed upon
the Baltimore continues, Capt. Schley, if
he finds it necessary, will send armed men
ashore and will take other steps to enforce
their protection. 1t is just learned that
there is another feature of the Valparaiso
outrage which demands explanation. The
municipal and government officers of Val
varaiso who made the investiga-
ton of the attack upon the sailors
of the Baltimore compelled the United
States men-of-war's men who were confined
in prison to sign statement written in
Spanish, generating the police from all re-
sponsiDility as to their arrest. As these
papers had to be signed as one of the stipu-
lations for the release Of the blue Jackets,
the men naturally did as they were re-
quested. Another point which is not serv-
ing to allay i'll feeling, exciting it in
fact, is that no courtesy of any kind
was shown to the United States naval Off
GERS or men upon the occasion of the funeral
of Turnbull. the second mate of the Balti-
more's crew, who died from the effects of
injuries received during the riotous attack
made upon the blue jackets. Under these
it is but natural that the
feeling of uneaSiheSS is increasing and that
further trouble is anticipated.