Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-14
In SOUTHERN CHILE.
How the Feeling Against the United
States Grew in Bitterness.
AMERICAN LADIES INSULTED.
AL This 10 Inssigased by Interested English
men-safling in the South Pscific-Visit to
aviIIage Owned by the Richest Woman In
the World.
From The Stars Travelling Commissioner.

On BOARD THE Osiris
In THE South PACIFIC.
1T WAS NEARING SUNSET THE OTHER
l. afternoon when, after weary days of walt
ing We hoisted anchor and steamed slowly out
of Valparaiso bay. 1t is use trying to de-
scribe to You the beauty of the hour in that To-
caiity and the superb views on every hand
Our kodak gave US plenty Of pictures, correct
of course so far as outlines go, but entirely
unsatisfactory because failing to portray the
glowing tints on and sky and shore, which
an artists brush could never simulate Ger
tainly words can convey no idea of the con-
trast between imitiess snow fields above and
summer time below, all bathed in softly bril-
liant, swiftly changing colors. warm air. odorous
of flowers, but tempered by ocean breezes and
the mighty Pacific throbbing beneath in meas
ured swells like the beating of a human heart.
To properly appreciate these things you should
have occupied another reclining chair beside
us on the upper deck. Then you would have
seen Aconcagua, that sublimest peak OF the
Andes, unveiled for once IN all his majesty.
standing apparently in the center OF the snow
covered COrdillera that stretches north and
south far the eve can reach. but towering
three times higher than his fellow peaks. lou
would have noted how purple banks OF clouds
lay piled all along on top of the range, while
Aconcagua rose clean and clear above the
clouds separated and solitary. When the sun
finally dipped into the dark ocean you would
have seen the Jet black of unlit lower peaks in
splendid contrast with the rosy amethyst of the
the upper heights, which paved with gold the
watery path we were to pillow and threw a
strange irridescent light upon sky and shore
and the gray shipping in the harbor.
An INCREASED uL-FEELISa IN CHILE.
Notwithstanding the beauty OF this celebrated
port, its surrounding hills and crescent-shaped
bay, crowded with vessels from all parts Of the
world, we were delighted to bid it adieu. for
in this dies ira of rebellion the cities
Of Chile are neither safe nor desirable places
Of abode for Americans Though there is alb
solutely no cause for il, the ill-feeling toward
our countrymen grows In bitterness every
day-so much SO that the most inoffensive
American residents are subjected TO q
thousand annoyances. and i am afraid that
the time Is not far distant when their lives
and property will be imperiled. Ameri-
can ladies Of highest responsibility, passing
quietly along the streets, are not only SUBJ
jected to covert sneers, but openly hooted by
the rabble as "Gringas'' and sometimes in
suited in less bearabls terms. Arrests on the
most trivial pretexts are frequent, and when
once an American gets into a Chilean prison.
though innocent as o babe unborn, he stands
no sort of chance for clemency or justice.
As before remarked, there is no reason under
heaven for all this. Its instigators are inter
ested Englishmen, who are using every endeavol
to drive Americans out Of the country, that
there may be no interference with the rich
hauls they have long been making here. One
incontestable proof OF this may be found in tn,
notoriously false dispatches that are being sen