Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-21

better prepared for it. One of the most
= conservative of Democratic senators,
who had persistently ridculed the notion
4 that war could possibly come out of the
! controversy, came away from President
Harrison with contrary opinion. He
learned great deal more in his short
e talk with the President than he would
a have believed if told him by any less
well-informed person, and he was a
convert to the belief that a collision is
imminent.
The dispatch from Commander Evans
nating that four Gillian vessels are
inder sailing orders to start from Val
araiso Wednesday next leads naval
arN IA, 1cers to believe that the Chilians, in
} thabe pace, materially reducing their forces in
Mr. German ! eSo-H- waters, haze concluded to
,ryice on thelio renuuadron 10 the Straits of
18th Canada ailan to waylay Admiral Walker
ointed in hi dispute the passage OF the straits.
Hondmiral Walker will be sent through
W. before war is declared, and for the
70 Chilians to interfere in any way with
list his passage would be to precipitate hos
,e tilities.
,mr IF this course should be followed
nd Commander Evans would be in tight
- plfce with the Yorktown, which would
be bdexposed to the attack of the forces in
lei Valparaiso harbor. Minister Egan
10 wbuld have to be notified and given
nd time to get away, and in the meantime
me The Yorktown would probably be able
erv Ito get off. People who know her COM
.ac Y handing officer do not believe he would
@ w the oa Ev against Rf him G WePs
ii overwhelming. Commander Evans has
ii. been in a very difficult situation ever
be since he was left alone at Valparaiso,
leet but the navy department has every
Mr.. confidence in his discretion and in his
be co ability to take care OF himself and his
urreJ ship.
nittet Secretary Tracy tonight made public
nde2 he following dispatch he had received
ion ans-isTon Commander Evans in regard to
ects. ( the Balmacedist refugees put aboard
The that vessel by United States Minister
lndsrv Egan and the Spanish minister:
ntrod, VALPARAISO, CHILL Jan. 16 1s92-Secre
lam ( tary Of the Navy Washington d. g.: The
lass De American minister informs me that the
,ther CHILEAN. minister of foreign affairs has
,a,,sf anged his mind about the refugees now
10y the Yorktown, and that they may be
'Se rem out of any merchant vessel touch
,uthf OF at Gillian port by local authority
lays arrangements had been made for all Of
iblec feym to sail to-day, but this change of base
Mr. th, the part of the CHILEAN minister of
Ale weigh affairs compels me to keep them.
~ stuch crowds me very much. Shall L
- Ind them at Calao, Peru, or Molendo,
~ 3Ihru? No steamers from here go direct to
70 hsutral territory.
irThis unexpected act Of the Gillian Min
inter of Foreign Affairs is due, he states, in
CART to my saluting the Spanish minister
Neal Sin when he came board To deliver two (2)
Said to refugees. have requested the American
MoBI minister to say to the minister Of foreign
late last analrs that am Responsible 70 my own
scene s,c nat,ns anu ny ~ t pl I'm III. u
hang c;STn nfrens;ve aud nri not nccent + Ti
pro- action seems unworthy of the representa-
Bee tive OF serious government. EVANS.
30 This refusal of the Gillian govern
hi ment to allow the transfer Of the Balma-
lie cedist refugees from the Yorktown to a
~ mail steamer may make it necessary fol
Commander Evans to carry them up the
coast to Peruvian port, or to take them
out to sea and transfer them to the mai
81 steamer beyond the three-mile limit. II
he leaves Valparaiso it is probable thai
I. the Boston will be sent down from
Callao to take the place of the York
town during her absence.
Only one vessel has been kept in
s.A Chilian waters during most of this con-
troversy, as the administration does no
wish to seem 70 be threatening thu
Chiliaus while diplomatic negotiation
are in progress. 1t has not been in
tended to send any more ships directly
to Chill until all possibility of peace
full settlement has passed away.
If Chilli yields without fight it vii
be believed that her course was dictate,
by the preparations made by the Unite,
States and her conviction that they
must be an apology or a runous war
One noticeable feature Of the maya
preparations is the unanimity wit
which officers of all grades have apple,
for service in case Of hostilities. A
soon as there seemed TO lie o probabilit
of war, applications for service atloa
began to pour in at the department unit
the secretary has many more volunteer
than there could be places for at ono,
The applications came not only fr9r
officers on the active list, but from r,
tired officers rs we'll. If war is declare
many Of these veterans will he assignc
to duty on shore, so that more of iii
1tff1l In fT,l,t g.