Evening journal., 1891-11-13
iTOSHOW HER OUR SHIPS
Nine Cruisers to De Modified
at Valparaiso. !.
OHILI WILL KNOW wEHAvEAEAvY

Outlines Of Great Demonstration Soon
10 Be Made by the United States Gov
ernment--waahingto OasoIais. How
ever, State That Il Not wariiks Move.
WASHINGTON, Nov 13.-It is quite evil
dent that the president and Secretary
Blaine do not propose to let Chilli long re-
main In ignorance OF the fact that the
United States has made substantial prog
ress In the building of navy The news
has leaked ont that there Is to be q
change IN the assignments Of number Of
vessels which will result in the concen-
tration Of such fleet Of warships in the
harbor Of Valparaiso as 70 amount to
naval demonstration.
Gherardi Ordered to chill.
Orders have been sent, il is said, to Rear
Admiral Gherardi, now on board his flag
ship, the Philadelphia, at st. Thomas, TO
proceed at once TO Valparaiso aud assume
command OF the South Pacific station
Rear Admiral Brown, now ia command
OF that station, will be detached and
placed on waiting orders
Acting Rear Admiral John g. Walker
will retain his flagship the Chicago, and
relieve Admiral Gherardi in command OF
the North Atlantic station. This feet,
however, will be cut down from the i'm.
posing proportions OF the white squad
ron to the Chicago and the old Kearsarge
Four More Cruisers to Be Sent
Rear Admiral A. +. X Benham will be
sent on board the Newark 60 take com
/, maud Of the South Atlantic station. with
headquarters at Rio de Janeiro. The At
lAnta, Concord and Bennington are all to
sail on Sunday or Monday for Gillian
| waters. The Charleston has already been
ordered to return from the Asiatic station
TO the South Pacific.
A Fleet of Nine warshEps.
These orders will result in placing undea
the command OF Admiral Gherardi at Val
paraso fleet composed of the Philadel-
phia thagship), San Francisco, Charleston,
Boston, Baltimore (now already at Val
paraisol, Atlanta, Yorktown, Concord and
Bennington, while the Newark will be
within comparatively easy call at Rio
This concentration Of warships will bring
together formidable array Of guns and
men The Philadelphia carries twelve
guns In her main battery, tho Baltimore
ten, the San Francisco twelve, the Charles
ton eight, the Boston eight, the Atlanta
eight, the Yorktown six, the Concord six,
the Bennington six. These guns are all
new and s-inch rihed steel breechlond-
!. ers, and each ship carries powerful sec
ondary battery Of rapid firing and machine
s guns.
, But IL Doesn't Mean War.
! Each ships company will average 300 or
more men. Officials OF both state and
navy departments deprecate placing any
Z warlike meaning upon this demonstra-
. ton, and insist that there is no special sig
: nifcance in the concentration OF power
full feet in South American waters. The
selection Of Admiral Gherarli to com
mand the South Pacific station is sure,
however to be regarded as significant.
Gherard is known as the principal diplo-
mat among the officers Of the navy, and it
will be remembered that he, in a sense.
superseded Minister Douglass in the futile
! negotiations with Hayti for che posses
sion Of Mole st, Nicholas as a coaling sta
tion.
: Tne Charge Against Admiral Brown.
Il YALrARAIso, Chill, Nov. I3-Efforts arc
being made TO keep the conservative
members Of the junta's cabinet in office.
Ministers Irarragabal and Walker Mar
tinez who resigned, NAV reconsider their
1 AAAAbAf ~ lNtAAANr bMA Ahlklt NiiuEh 10 us
cover that the anti-American feeling is
general among the members Of the revolu-
tionary party. The conservative Chilians
( say that the present feeling will not con-
tinue and that commercial relations with
the United States will not be affected after
! sufficient time has elapsed 20 allow the
present trouble to be forgotten.
But among those Chilians who are most
open in their opposition to America the
feeling is very strong. They refuse to ac-
cept any explanation whatever OF Admiral
Browns visit 20 Quintero on Aug. % when
the revolutionary troops landed to make
the final attack upon the government
forces near Valparaiso. They declare that
Admiral Browns visit to Quintero to
watch the landing Of the troops and his
subsequent return to Valparaiso for the
purpose OF sending a cable message to
Washington, which had co pass through
the hands OF Balmaceda's agents, OCCURRED
at the most critical moment OF the war,
when it was necessary that every foreign
naval commander at Valparaiso should
preserve the most strict neutrality
They say that BalmRceda learned def
nitaly Of the movements OF the troops at
Quintero through this incident either
from the cable dispatch or else by means
OF information reported by some one con-
ueoted with the San Francisco.