Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-22
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
All the Details OF n War with Chill
Have Been Settled.

In the navy department preparations for
war are going on just as If war had been
already declared. Every day now is held
in the secretary's Office a conference which
virtually amounts 10 q council of war.
The naval plan is to seize Iquique, whence
all the nitrate is shipped; take Lodi, the
great coal port, and lombard Valparaiso.
III the Commandment and occupation OF VAL
paradise will not be sufficient TO force the
Chllians to sue for peace land force will
be dispatched against Santiago. the capital
OF the republic. 1t is calculated that the
vessels which will take part in the bonn
bardment ut Valparaiso will be able TO
furnish force of from ., 500 TO 5000 blue
jackets and marines. This will not be
sufficient to send in an enemy's country so
far from the base OF supplies, especially as
small force will have TO be left in VAL
paraiso to protect the city. AS Valparaiso
will he covered by the guns of the Ameri-
can vessels comparatively small body of
marines and sailors will be all that is nec-
essary for this purpose. IL an attack must
be made on Santiago the army will take
part in IT. That question has been duly
considered.
War Seems Inevitable.
1t is over three months since the crew of
the streets OF Valparaiso. No satisfaction
has been had from Chilli That country
still maintains that the affair was a street
row and that il has nothing for which TO
make reparation. After long and patient
waiting the United States is more than
ever convinced that the attack was pre-
meditated, that it was made on the men
because OF the uniform they wore, and
that the Valparaiso police were in
measure responsible for it. This country
Is therefore insisting on reparaton. Chilli
while processing friendliness is preparing
Tor war and it evidently looks as though
Chilli would go as far as possible aud then
ask some neutral power to suggest arhitra-
ton thus letting Chill down without
losing dignity. Then the matter of indem-
nifty might be settled if an apology were
rendered to the United States. An apology
must be made and no amount of arbitra-
ton can induce the United States to yield
that point. Secretary Blaine has kept the
OF diplomacy open for the
Chilians, but he can do no more. The
chances are that when all the correspond
ence is before congress that body will be
CT the opinion of President Harrisons.
cabinet, that the only way of settling the
matter Is for the United States to secure
by force OF arms. There is APP
no expectation on the part OF those
that war will be prevented.
In fact. it is very generally regarded as
certainty that there will DO
a declaration of war and that it is only
a question of q few days before congress,
will have the matter before it. If the cor
respondence, when it is received from the
president, discloses the state of affairs that
1t is expected To, it is believed that there
will be but one voice in congress, and that
will be for prompt and vigorous action.
The genei al idea among members appears
to be that when war is declared there must
be no half way measures, but that the
geography OF South America must be
changed as regards one country.