Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-01-20
THE GILLIAN AFFAIR
Its Phases Discussed at the
Cabinet Meeting.
MR.. BLAINE HAD TO WITHDRAW.
Rumor That He Did Not Leave on
Account of Illness as Reported

Has the Secretary of State Had Falling
Out With the Presidept--The Special
Message Cannot Now BE TraDsmItted
Cmtn Next Week Admiral Walker
ordered to ValParaisO-Ghera 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 trif1e late.
He had with him a memorandum OF dis
patches which he has received in the last
two days, and be read them over to his
associates.
They related to the withdrawal OF the
cfTeusive circular of Minister Malta The
Secl ctary stated that the proposals made
by the CHILEAN Government were alto
gether inadequate.
The United States insists upon the
withdrawal OF the offensive dispatch
aud has demanded that its withdrawal
he u,ade as general in its character as
the original dispatch.
The CHILEAN Government is willing 10
do nothing further than cancel 1t 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 emhodying it in permanent form
The members approved, but as the Sec
rotary 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,
the President desires, of course, that
what he has to say, his recommendations,
etc shall have the concurrence and APP
pIuval of the members of the Cabinet.
But no conclusion had been reached
when Mr.. Blaine was compelled to leave,
and as 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
ns the conclusion of the members, what
ever it is, will have to be put in shape
after the adjournment, the message will
III he ready for transmission before
| Y.
ability, viii not be III session that day,
the week will have passed before an OPP
purtunity to get it before Congress will
| have presented itself.
The rumors that the delay in sending
in tho message and correspondence was
! due to the expected offer of arbitration
! 10y friendly power, or the receipt Of ad
vices that a more friendly spirit prevails
in CHILEAN 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 ut once for
| Valparaiso. and, i'll accordance with the
dispatches sent him yesterday, will
doubtless go by way of Cape Horn in
Straits of Magellan with the CHILEAN feet
blocking the way.
BY the time the Chicago. AtlAnI1, and
Bennington reach CHILEAN waters they
will have the Boston, Charleston and
Yorktown to keep them company, with
the Baltimore near at hand. Admin al
GherardI, with the Philadelphia, KcHr-
sage aud Concord, will reach VAlpAI also
III 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 he second in
command With this fleet in CHILEAN
waters the United States will be In a
position to keep the CHILEAN fleet fully
engaged until our land forces can Le
brought into action.