The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-20
The GILLIAN AFFAIR
It's Phases Discussed at the
Cabinet Meeting.
MR. BLAINE HAD TO WITHDRAW.
Rumor That He Did Not Leave on
Account of Illness as Reported.
MR.. BLAINE HAD TO WITHDRAW.

Has the Secretary of state Had Falling
Out with the President--The Special
Until Next Week - Admiral Walker
Ordered to VaIparaiso--G GherardI VIII
Have Full Charge of the United states
Vessels.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Every member
Of the Cabinet except Secretary Foster
was present at the beginning of the
meeting yesterday.
Secretary Blaine came in a trife late.
He had with him memorandum of dis
patches which he has received in the last
two days, and he read them over to his
associates.
They related to the withdrawal of the
offensive circular of Minister Malta. The
Secretary stated that the proposals made
by the Chilian Government were alto
gether inadequate.
The United States insists upon the
withdrawal of the offensive dispatch.
and has demanded that its withdrawal
be made as general in its character as
the original dispatch.
The Chilian Government is willing to
do nothing further than cancel it with
out explanation.
The Secretary had hardly finished his
reading before he was taken i'll and had
to leave the meeting
After his withdrawal the President
went over with the others the rough
notes of his message TO Congress, which
he had jotted down in his usual way be-
fore embodying it i'll permanent form.
The members approved, but as the Sec
retary of State was absent action was
deferred.
The illness of Secretary Blaine will
result in delaying the transmission of
the Chilian correspondence to Congress,
probably until next week When he
left the White House the Cabinet was
discussing the message of the President
to accompany the correspondence, as
the President desires, of course, that
what he has to say, his recommendations,
etc, shall have the concurrence and ap-
proyal Of tu members of the Cabinet
But no CO.. d. ,on had been reached
when MIR. L.Hne was compelled to leave,
ana rs he was the official most interested
in the matter, the further discussion
was without result. The next Cabinet
meeting will not occur until Friday, and
as the conclusion of the members, what
ever it is will have to be put in shape
after the adjournment the message will
not be ready for transmission before
Saturday, and as Congress, in all, prob
ability, will not be in session that day.
the week will have passed before an op-
portunity to get it before Congress will
have presented itself.
The rumors that the delay in sending
in fnar Il
due to the expected offer of arbitration
by friendly power, or the receipt of ad-
vices that a more friendly spirit prevails
in Chilian official circles, are untrue.
Neither of these occurred.
The order issued by the Secretary of
the Navy TO Admiral Gherardi to proceed
TO the South Atlantic station, stopping
at Bahia in Brazil for further instruc-
tions confirms the earlier dispatches.
Admiral Walker will sail at once for
Valparaiso, and, il accordance with the
dispatches sent him yesterday, will
doubtless go by way of Cape Horn in
stead of attempting the passage of the
Straits of Magellan with the Chilian fleet
blocking the way.
BY the time the Chicago, Atlanta, and
Bennington reach Chilian waters they
wall have the Boston, Charleston and
Yorktown to keep them company, with
the Baltimore near at hand. Admiral
Gherardl, with the Philadelphia, Kear-
sage and Concord, will reach Valparaiso
in three weeks, and we shall have ten of
the finest vessels in the navy at the seat
of action.
Admiral Gherardi, as senior in com
mand, will have charge of operations and
Admiral Walker will be second In
command. With this fleet in Chilian
waters the United States will be IN a
position to keep the Chilian fleet fully
engaged until our land forces can be
brought into action.