St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-03
PEACE STILL REIGNS.
No Information Of Further
Action in the Valparaiso
Incident.
Officials Confident That the
Dispute Will Be Settled
Amicably.
Chilli is Fortunate in Having
Uncle Sam to Deal With
in This Case.
Figures on the National
Finances as They Stand
at Present.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-This after
noon Gen. Tracy said: There is moth
ing new or alarming in the CHILEAN bust
ness. Everything will, think, be sat
lSfactorily settled. This is the general
impression in this city. Our govern
ment however, will be as conciliatory
as possible in conducting the negOtia-
lions with the South American repub-
he
1t is authOritatively stated that no
complaint has been received by the
state department from the CHILEAN gov
eminent of the conduct of Mr.. Egan,
and that his recall has not been consid-
cred by the president or secretary of
state.
The tagging interest in the CHILEAN
affair was revived i'll a measure this
morning by visit of Senior Don Pedro
Montt TO the navy department. He re-
manned with Secretary Tracy for an
hour, and the secretary escorted Senior
MOntt to Secretary Blaine's Office. The
wOsecretarieS and the Chilian minister
were closeted for just fifteen minutes,
and then Senior Montt returned to the
legation.
There is reason TO believe that Senior
Months visit had reference to the in
quiry now being made at Valparaiso
into the assault upon the BaltimOre's
sailors, and that i'll behalf of the CHILEAN
government he sought to secure the
testimony of some of the American
sailors, as contained in the report of
Capt Schley's board of officers. AS the
CHILEAN inquiry is being conducted in
Secresy and as Capt. Schley was not
permitted to have one of his officers
present dnring the examination of the
arrested American sailors, the United
States government has felt bound to de-
cline to permit Its sailors to give fur
Their testimony. If, however. the con-
duet of the investigation is changed and
the proceedings are made public TO the
world. Capt. Schey will allow the testi-
mOny to be taken by the Chllian au-
thOritieS aboard his vessel, or will send
his sailors ashore to testify. The Chi
liam minister declined this afternoon to
say anything respecting his visit to the
state and navy departments, but eX-
pressed the belief that matters were
progressing satisfactorily and again
deprecated the publication OF sensa-
tional and trouble-breeding stories.
SchIey's Course Criticised.
There has been a disposition on the
part of some folks to criticiSe the course
pursued by Capt. Schley in connection
with the killing and wOunding of his
Seamen at Valparaiso. One of the
most important officials of the navy de-
partment said to-day that he could not
see how Capt. Schley could have acted
any differently in the matter. The
men were imprisoned but
day, and after their release
there was nothing to do until
the government at Washington had
demanded PREPARATION and it had been
refused. The Baltimore lay in the har-
Dor practically surrounded by Gillian
men-0t-war. Before him lay town
filled with American, English and Ger
man property of the greatest value.
To have fired upon Valparaiso would
have been to destroy everything but
CHILEAN wealth, and probably the lives
of many innocent persons. And it is
doubtful if the government would have
supported the officer. To be sure.
British officer would very likely have
fired on the town, and the British gov
flnment would have sustained him.
But we are not British.p
The above statement can best be illus
trated by two incidents which oc-
Cured recently in the history of En-
gland and Germany. The British war
ship NiObe was in port in Amoa, Hon
duraS. in 1873. when one of the sailors
who went ashore became drunk. was
arrested and imprisoned. The captain
of the ship at once went to the alcalde,
or mayor of the town, and demanded
the release of the man. The demand
was at once complied with, and then the
captain
Demanded an Apology
Of the magistrate for having made the
arrest. The official hesitated, believing
he had done a favor in incarcerating a
man who might have been robbed while
drunk. The captain. however, did not
look upon it in that light. and gave the
mayor three hours in which to deci de.
AT the end OF that time. as the apology
was not forthcoming. the British cap
tain fired three shells into the town, and
would have continued the bombardment
If the mayor had not apOlOgized as d-
rected. The town appealed to Great
Britain for indemnity for the damages
inflicted by the shells. and Lord Beac-
OnSfeld replied to the request in the
following brief but expressive sentences:
The action of the captain Of the Niobe
is approved.''
The other incident happened in
Leon. Nicaragua, in 1876. The German
consul having occasion to leave for Ger
many. left his brother in charge. The
latter went out one night in company
with his bIOther-in-law.a citizen Of Mica
ragua. They became involved in a row
and both were arrested. The release of
the German was demanded by the Ger
man government, and this demand was
instantly complied with. Not content
with this, Bismarck demanded $4,000
indemnity, the salute of the German
flag by the Nicaraguan army, and the
punishment of the policeman and of the
magistrate who had caused the Ger
mans imprisonment. all of which de-
mandS were complied with by the
Nicaragua government.
Anxious for settlement.
LONDON, Nov. 2-The feeling on the
Bubject of Chilli remains very strong,
especially among the commercial peo-
pie interested in Chill. The almost
frantic talk Of the London Times is eX-
planned by the statement that Col.
North, the nitrate king.and friend of
the Prince of Wales, owns an inter
est in that paper, and has done
so for long time. North is
anxious to prevent war and is using
all his influence in that direction, as
far as it can be brought to bear through
newspaper channels. A prominent
merchant wrote to-day that, according
to his private advices, the alarmst
news from Chill was, unfortunately,
only too we'll founded, and that all par,
ties in England who were interested