New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-01
THE STATUS UNCHANGED.
SENIOR MONTT THINKS THE REPORTED ILL
FEELING IS EXAGGERATED.
MINISTER EGAN's RECALL NOT DEMANDED
ENGLANDS BULLYING.
tpr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuSEJ

1sY TELEGRAPH THE TRrBUSEJ
Washington, Oct. 3l.-ITo all outward appear
anccs the status of the Chilian affair remains
unchanged. II l. understood, of course, that the
Administration will maintain it's firm and just
attitude in respect to the controversy-for the
Provisional Government has chosen to make il
one-and that, in the end, Chill will be con!
strained to accede TO the reasonable demands
which have been made, not in any spirit Of
bullying but with the earnestness which the
case requires Senor Montt apparently realizes
that the Provisional Government has been placed
at a serious disadvantage by the violent utter'
ances of some of it's fiery partisans, and the cons
slant vocal ebnlitions of hostility TO the United
States He has, therefore, taken pains to-day to
assert that the stories of hostility to Americans
in Chill are sensational and untrue, and TO de-
clare that on the contrary, Americans living In
Chill are highly respected and treated with uni
form courtesy and consideration by the natives
of that country. Senior Montt further expressed
the belief that the pending difficulty will be
amicably settled terms which Will be honor
able and satisfactory to the United States az
well as to Chill.
His opinions on this subject are not shared, ap
narently. by a son of Julius Foster who has just
arrived here from Chill, and who does not scruph
70 say. in conversation, that Chill wants TO fight
the United States, although she expects TO get
n whipping if she does SO that Chilli will die
rather than YIELD" and much more TO the sams
effect brother of this bloodthirsty Gillian, II
may be remembered, is the Official who is conduct
ing the judicial Investigation of the outrage 81
Valparaiso.
The press associations here have been kept busy
to-day denying statements tclegraphed from this
city to the effect that the Provisional Government
had demanded the recall Of Minister Egan; that he
had been recalled, etc. So far as can be learned.
no such demand has been made is likely to
he made by or ON behalf of he Provisional Govern
ment whose existence, it should be remembered.
is only temporary and will end with the instaila-
ton Of constitutonally elected President and
the re-estabsbment Of constitutional Govern
ment. Moreover, if the Provisional Government
should make such demand there is good reason
to believe that it might not he granted by the
United States. There is high authority fol
saying that the Administration h'@ ''t, up to thu
time, received a scrap Of OIL, '' other trust
worthy information showing tha, n. tyan haa
not represented the United States with lonor, OF
that he has not efficiently performed tn; delicate
and responsible duties OF IA office. 1t is not be.
Ieved therefore, that tae Pl. fsional Government
cxpects or even desireG the recall Of Mr.. Egan,
still less that Scnor Mont has received any in
structions to demand il.
Probably the dispatches sent from here to-day
in regard to the matter had no more substantial
foundation than the cock and bull story which
was printed on the first page Of The New-Yors
Evening Post" OF yesterday ay-that is to say, ne
foundation whatever. That story itself is con
Trajectory in several vital PARTICULARS it is false
on its face and entitled to no credit whatever II
ought TO be remembered, in this relation, thai
Minister Egan has been intrusted with the nego
tiatons and correspondence growing out of ths
Valparaiso outrage, and that alone would be q
sufficient reason against his recall pending the sot
tlement of that matter il IL Shall be found practi
cable to reach settlement al all without rcup.
ure Of diplomatic relations between the United
States aud Chill an event which, if it occurs, will
be caused by Chilis refusal to acccde 10 the just
demands Of the United States based The facu
in the case.
The tender solicitude Of the English newspapers