New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-14
NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHILL.
TIE PRESIDENT HAS SEM NO UL1IMATUM.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS cAu5E UNEAsIyEss IN
THE COMPLEMENTARY or CONGRESS.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CAU5E UNEAsINEss IN
THH CAPIToI-INACTIyITY or CONGRESS.
Washington, Jan. 13.-In reply to an inquiry as 10
the truth Of a report that an ultlmatum demanding
instant apology and reparatOn has been oablel u
Chill President Harrison this afternoon said he mas
sent no ultimatum TO Chilli and is still devOtng him
self to careful examination OF the vOluminous Chilah
respondence.
There can be little doubt that the dcvciopments'of
the last few days In the Of the investigation
now being conducted at san Francisco by Judge-Ad-
vocac Gcnere Remcy, the publication Of the testimony
in tho Shields case, and the ugly demonstration NJ
Valparaiso against the YOrktowns gig crew. have hah
the effect 10 create uneasy feeling at the Capitol
one ominous sign IS the great inactivity OF Congress
in the matter. Heretofore it has been customary
whenever matter Of the smallest public in
terest is tho subject Of diplomatic correspondence,
for one Of the two houses Of Congress to call
upon the President for all the Information in the
possession OF the Sata Department In relation 10 the
matter. But no senator member hns yet been
venturesome enough 10 introduce resolution calling
for the CHILEAN correspondence. The gravity OF the
situation appears to have had repreSSve effect upon
Congress. The Republicans are indisp0sed to EN-
barrass the President BIZ calling the correspondence
having in Wow his significant promise 10 transmit IL
Congress at early day. The Democrats are rear
fu Of interfering with the negotiations and thereby
prcrplra-1ng trouble that may then be chargeabc to
their action. OF course the President might decline
TO accede to request for tho correspondence, as he
has done in other cases. on the ground that 1t would
not be eXpedent or in the public interest to pub
sh II.
From the private expressions OF members Of the
Foreign Affairs Committees IT Is clear that party
lines are to be drawn, and that the President will
have united support Of Congress In the adoption
Of any measures he feels TO be necessary to the
preservation Of the d gnlty Of the United states.
In the House. the members OF the Foreign Affairs
Committee have discouraged all who spoke TO them
in favor Of calling for the correspondence but there
has been no consultation among the members Of the
committee whole the subject. Members 0!
the committee said that It would not be wise to pvcp
discussion In the House while the correspondence
incomplete for fear that illc0nGered uterances
action might result in embarrassing the negotiations.
Representative O'Nel Of Massachusetts, says the
report that he would introduce n resolution calling
the President TO transmit the Gillian correspondence
to Congress Is Incorrect, and that he never said no
would introduce such resolution. lie says that all
he ever did was 10 ask Mr. Blount, the chairman OF
Tho Foreign Affairs Committee If he did think his
committee should report such resolution. Repre-
sentative Hooker, Of Mississippi, member Of the
Foreign Affairs Committee speaking OF the Chilan
.ltuaOn said that the publication In the shields case
simply eX parte, and from the aegrieved party
himself n was entirely Independent element In
the Gillian affair and the other side should be heard
from. II shields could establish all he said, he
undoubtedly entitled to the protection Of the American
Government But added Mr.. Hooker. the Balti-
more affair have been prcconcerted matter.
rhe facts in that seen TO show an unnecessary
and unjushabe feeling OF hostility toward the United
,taies and for that affair Chill ought 70 make repara
ton, and make II at once