The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27
STILL TALKING OF WAR.
TUE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB
BOUND TO HAVE A sKiRMIsH.

Fesery blaine at the Dinner of Min
lister Montt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The war with
Chile goes bravely on at the Army and
Navy Club. All through the day, but es-
pecially this evening, army officers and
navy officers, old officers and young ofi-
GERS, officers on the active list aud officers
on the retired list, discussed in the elegant
rooms Of the club the hostile relations be
tween this country and Chile, regardless of
the fact that the Secretary OF War was
absenting himself from the capitol in this
hour Of peril, and the Secretary of
Navy was announcing that all the
war talk Is in the newspapers.
The men at the Army and Navy Club
naturally took no stock in the pacific
representations made by the representatives
Of the administration, which they did not
hesitate to say were intended to throw the
newspapers Off the scent. According to
them, while 1t might be techni cally true
true that the actual orders have not Yet
been issued for massing our war force at
Valparaiso, 1t is thoroughly we'll under
st ood In the eig granite building next door
TO the white house, occupied by the state,
navy and war departments, that the pre-
liminary ARA ngements have all been made
for the warlike demonstrations which the
administration undoubtedly means to mako
at Valparaiso In case the government In
augurated at Santiago to-day should prove
to be unwilling or unable 90 satisfy the Just
demands Of the United States.
DELAY TO OUR ADVANTAGE
According to these officers the delay has
proved as advantageous to us as 1t can be to
Chileans and has enabled us TO ktake every
precaution necessary to meet the exigency
threatened. The Army and Navy Club look
forward with Intense interest to the
developments of the coming wees,
in which 1t Is expected that
the prospective action of the Chilean gov-
ernment will be definitely indicated. The
members Of this club thinking more of the
hostility shown by the populace and by the
newspapers Of Chile toward Americans and
American interests than they do OF the
friendly offices ofMiuister Montt, the friendly
words of his brother, the president, or the
peaceful out-givings of our own adminlstra-
tion, say that whether President Montt
Is as friendly as he and his brother say he is
or not, he cannot control his people
who, ignorant&eof the United States,
and puffed up with pride, will have to have
a threshing from the United States before
they make honorable amends for the mur.
der Of the Baltimore's sailors and the insults
TO the American legation. They expect to
see President Montt make some fair prom
ises, whioh they say he will not be able to
carry out Of reparation and satisfaction,
and they expect to see President Harrison
send ringing message to congress week
after next announcing that the Chilean gov
ernment has failed to satisfy our require
ments. that he is concentrating our ships on
her coast, and that he wants power TO make
war on her.
BLAIvA AT MONTHS DINNER.
While things were at this white heat at
the Army and Navy Club Secretary Blair @
the representative Of the Administrations
foreign policy, was sitting at the right hand
of Senor Montt in the handsome dining
room Of the Chilean legation at the dinner
party given partly In his honor aud partly
In celebration of the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Montt, which was announced to the
minister in a cablsgram received this even
ing. The other guests at the dinner, which
was G. beautiful one, were the Misses Blaine,
Senator Morgan and Senator Stewart Of
the committee on foreign relations, Chair
man Sherman being compelled to decline
because he Is still in mourning; Gov. Nc
Creary, chairman of the House committee
on foreign affairs in the Fiftieth congress,
y,
the last committee being i'll, and Chairman
Blount of the present committee being out
of town the Mexican minister and Nine.
Romero; the Argentine minister, the min
ister fromiSalvador Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Wharton; Mr.. and Mrs. j. w, Eos
ter; ex-Mayor Grace of New York,
Richard s. Trumbull, who furnished the
rev olutionists with their supplies, the Span
ish minister and Mr.. Delcampo. The dinner
l. a a
that Presidents Moutt and Harrison were
formally toasted with an expression of hope
that amicable relations might continue be-
tween the two republics.
WAR TALK DECLARED BosH.
Bythe associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-Tbis is the day
on which Senior Jorge Montt will be inaugu-
rated as President OF Chile, but so far as
been received from Minister Ezan. There
can be no doubt of the desire Of the officers
of the state and navy departments to allay
any apprehension Of war between the
United States and Chile that may have been
caused by alarming newspaper publications.
Secretary Tracy this morning said: "The
talk Of war is all in the news
papers," The secretary further showed
some impatience at the reiteration OF the
Warlikb bJOTleS anu bdlu very empnatlcalIy
that they were without foundation and that
there was nothing in the situation to war
rant their acceptance. He called attention
to the fact that the United States steamer
Boston, which has just arrived at Valpa-
raiso, had sailed promptly for San Francisco
and reported what Assistant Secretary
Soley had previously said: THAT not a
single vessel of the navy is now under
orders TO proceed to Chile" Assistant Sec.
retary Soley was subsequently asked to
explain the departure Of the Charleston
from Honolulu for Valparaiso
Dec. n, as reported from the
Hawaiian Islands In reply he said
that he did not believe that the Charleston
had taken fsny such course aud that he was
sure that she was not going to Chile.
The officials at the state department were
nonrcommunicative Of news but took such
an optimistic view OF the situation as to
warrant belief, strengthened by the fact
that Secretaries Blaine and Tracy have been
to-day ia consultion with the President,
that some news of O most reassuriug cbarac-
ter has been received from the American
re Tesentatives In Chile.
A CRUISER SETS SAIL
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-The cruiser
San Francisco, the flagship OF the Pacific
squadron, with Rear Admiral George
Brown on board. put to sea from this port
this afternoon. Il was stated that the
cruiser might put into Monterey bay for
gun practice, but the fact that the cruiser
has an unusually large quantity of guns an
ammunition aboard, added 10 the fact that q
number OF sailors and marines left here on
the Pacific Mail Company's steamer San
Jose last Wednesday for Acapulco, where