Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-29

Pinto, just built These are vessels of the
| type of cruiser No. 10, to be launched at
Baltimore this week. Besides their heavy
battery of rapid fire guns they are equipped
with the latest improved Fish torpedo
These vessels have speed of 10 knots
| Don Pedro Montt, the Junta representa-
tive. in this country, is absent from WASH
| ington. Mr.. Julio Foster keeps the lega-
tion open, but wants it distinctly under
stood that he is not in any way officially
connected with it. 1t is but justice to Mr..
Foster, in the light of recent criticisms on
his actions, to say that he never claimed to
be an official representative of the Junta
but was here in the capacity of private
| Chilean citizen, trying to do what he could
for his adopted country. He said:
HARRISON TOO HAsTY.
81 never believed the report that the
Chilean Government had taken no steps to
| ferret out the perpetrators of the outrage, If
| 1t was an outrage. Such report is an in
suit to Chilean justice. have believed all
along that the facts in the matter have been
! greatly exaggerated The row evidently
occurred in a saloonl Fights between
American sailors and, in fact, those of any
| foreign country and the Chileans are by no
means infrequent.
''The United States Government has been
little hasty, think. Has i. any right to
demand an indemnity before the crime is
proven? The trouble is that the Chilean
people are not understood in this country,
fact which is due to meager information
contained in the ordinary text books about
that country and its inhabitants.
"The talk about war being declared
against Chile if she does not make an
apology and give a money indemnity for
fhn lfxync lncf sc r 81
matters will all be Strengthened in the most
honorable way to both countries.
''There is no doubt that the United States
could come around the Horn and eat us up,
but in doing so she would find the whole of
South America with the exception of Brazil
arrayed against her. What then would be-
come of that great scheme of reciprocity
that seems to be the pet idea of this Gov
ernment? But the idea of war over a
common street row is absurd. Have little
patience and give Chile chance.
AT THE NAVY YARD.
A dispatch from New York SAYS: mo
further orders to fit out ships for Chile
have been received at the Brooklyn Navy
Yark since the Boston sailed, but officers
and men there haye an idea that other ves-
sells are likely to be ordered into commits
sion in a few days. Naturally the news
at the navy yard than anywhere else The
indignation aroused over the outrage upon
the Baltimore's men has not subsided.
In the event of war with Chile, there are
nine vessels at the yard or in its neighbor-
hood, which could be fitted out for service
The Philadelphia, Atlantic, Bennington,
Concord, Petrol, and the big monitor Mian-
tonomoh, are at the yard; the Chicago is off
Tompkinsyille, S. l.. the Newark is at Bos-
ton, and the Kearsarge is in the North
River. Of these five or six could be made
ready to sail in three or four days. The
Philadelphia, Chicago, Kearsarge and Ben
nington would need practically nothing
except coal and stores The Atlantic alone
is undergoing extensive repairs. The
Miantonomoh would be last resort, but
the officers agree that if it should be thought
necessary to send her there would be no
great difficulty in getting her to Valparaiso,
though travelling on her would not be par
ticularly cheerful experience Like all
monitors she is a mighty uncomfortable
boat in a sea. Her four 10-inch rifles,
though, would be formidable weapon when |
she goes to the scene of action.
A FLEET NOT TO BF ASHAMED OF.
= 'The Philadelphia, Atlanta, Bennington, |
Concord and /Petrel," said Captain Kane |
yesterday, could all get to sea in ten days
or two weeks at the utmost. The Newark |
has gone to Boston to be fitted at the navy |
yard at Chariestown. She could be made |
ready in very few days. The Chicago
needs only stores. With these vessels and |
the Baltimore, Boston and Yorktown at |
Valparaiso. we could mass force that none
need be ashamed of-nine ships, and each ex-
cellent in her class The Petrol is already |
provisioned and stored for long VOYAGE
being under orders for China by way of the
Suez Canal, but, of course she could go to
South America if it were desired, Except
the Atlanta / NAV say that the other vessels
are also practically ready for sea-
"All these ships have their full compile
nent of officers and men and are fairly we'll
supplied with the munitions of war Com
ng down to details, they might not have
enough armor piercing shells for protract-
ID engagement or a series of engagements,
,ut they have their usual fighting quota.
f they should start now / should think
hey could all get to Valparaiso within two
months, allowing for the necessary steps
or coal.
Lieutenant Marrick, who commanded the
yesterday in the absence of
captain Rogers, said that his ship could be
It Valparaiso in forty days, allowing for
ew days delay in getting away, for stops
or coal and estimating the distance to be
allied at 900 miles.
''The Philadelphia is practically ready to
tart now,'' said the Lieutenant. ''The
'nly thing we are weak in is our torpedo
upply, The Government has not decided
ret as to what sort of automobile torpedoes
t will supply us with, and the only thing of
he kind we have now is of the spar type,
which doesn't amount to much.
'Ifthe Miantonomohw were ready she would
'e the best boat we have as fighter, but un-
ess the work were pressed it would probably
axe month to prepare her for such a
7oyage. She is designed for a harbor de-
ense vessel and is slow. 1t would take
ong time for her to get to Valparaiso, but
here would be no discounting her strength
n fight.
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