Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-01-14
STRONG WAR TALK
A Speedy Fight With Chilli is
Promised.
CONGRESSMAN o'NE1L's VIEWS.
He Believes it Time for the United
States to Make q Stand.

Predicted that q Detachment of Our
Army VIII be Moving Chill Within
six wseks--Tho President's Message on
the Matter to be Presented to Congress
Monday--Why He Has Withheld the
Proclamation.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-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
mcnt broad and unqualified"
prominent officer of the army, who
received a letter from one of the naval
force at Valparaiso yesterday said: ''In
six weeks a detachment of the army will
be moving on Chilli. thoroughly be-
licve 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 Iroquois at
Samoa, the Boston at Callao, and the
Yorktown at Valparaiso.
Many Democratic Members are growing
FESTIVE under the delay of the Executive
in communicating the Gillian 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-
sets, called on Chairman Blount of tn g
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
been, casus belli existed between the
United States and Chilli.
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 he respected in every part of the
| world
The President has practically deter
| mined on the form of his special message
concerning Chilli which it is now ex-
pccted he will send to Congress not later
| than Monday next. There is no doubt
that this message. together with a 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 Chilli was then on the
brink of another revolution, and for that
reason it might be as we'll for the United
States to defer an appeal to Congress fol
further authority for at least a few days.
| This the President decided to do