The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-14
STRONG WAR TALK
A Speedy Fight With Chilli is
Promised.
CONGRESSMAN o'NE1Is VIEWS.
He Believes It Time for the United
States to Make a Stand

Predicted that Detachment of Our
Army win be Moving on Chill within
six weeks--The Presidents Message on
the Matter to be Presented to Congress
Monday--why He Has withheld the
Proclamation.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Representative
O'Neil, of Massachusetts, said this morn
ing;
"'You may say there will be war. Don't
put any IFS or or's in it, Make the state
ment broad and unqualified" d"
A prominent officer of the army, who
received a letter from one of the naval
force at Valparaiso yesterday said: 'In
six weeks detachment of the army will
be moving on Chill. ] thoroughly be-
lieve what l say
The officer quoted has exceptional OPP
portunities for knowing just what the
sentiment of the people of Chilli is as
manifested to the officers of the United
States vessels in the harbor of Valpar-
also, and is undoubtedly honest in the
expressions made
In view of the crisis which is evidently
approaching, it is interesting to note the
gradual concentration of the new navy in
the direction of Pacific waters. The
gunboat Bennington has just arrived at
Montevideo and the Atlanta will reach
there tomorrow. The flagship, Chicago
the Essex and the Yantic are already
there. The Philadelphia, Concord and
Kearsage are in the West Indies, ready
TO sail southwark at any moment.
In the Pacific, the San Francisco and
Charleston are at San Diego, the Balti-
more and Mohican at San Francisco, the
Pensacola at Honolulu the lroquois at
Samoa the Boston at Callao and the
Yorktown at Valparaiso.
Many Democratic Members are growing
restive under the delay of the Executive
in communicating the Chilian correspon-
dence TO Congress, and some of them be-
lieve that the time has come for Congress
to take some action.
Representative O'Neill, of Massachu-
setts, called on Chairman Blount of the
Foreign Affairs Committee and told him
that he had it in his mind to introduce a
resolution asking the President to inform
the House whether the press representa-
tives of Col. Remy's investigation ON the
Baltimore had been officially authenti-
Gated and declaring that if they had
a
United States and Chill.
Mr. Blount cautioned Mr. O'Neil to be
careful, reminding him that war is a
serious thing and declared that the the
initiative ought to be taken by the Presi-
dent, not by Congress.
Mr.. O'Neil replied that ordinarily the
President ought to take the iniative, but
while he had faith in the patriotism of
Mr.. Harrison he believed he was sur
rounded by influences tending to restrain
him from asserting the dignity of the
United States He said that he, for one,
and many other Democratic members of
Congress, believe that the time has come
for the United States TO declare before the
world that her flag and her seamen were
TO be respected in every part of the
world.
The President has practically deter
mined on the form of his special message
concerning Chill, which it is now eX-
pected he will send to Congress not later
than Monday next. There is no doubt
that this message together with review
Of all the correspondence in the case,
would have been sent TO Congress last
week had it not been for certain private
advices which the president at the time
received from Valparaiso. This was TO
the effect that Chill was then on the
brink of another revolution, and for that
reason it might be as well for the United
States to defer an appeal to Congress for
further authority for at least a few days
This the President decided to do.