St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-17
After 1t Has Been Properly
Asserted, an Apology Is
Likely to Come.
Then the Question Of Indenl :
nifty Will Be Decided by
Arbitration.
MONT and His Ministers in a
Delicate Position to Quit
Bluffing.
Gillian War Vessels Sent to
the Straits Of Magellan to
Be Ready.


Be Ready.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 16.-Members of
congress are awaiting with considerable
| interest the publication of the Gillian
correspondence. The members of the
house foreign affairs committee have
followed the matter closely, but gener-
ally with little to guide them in FORM
| ing conclusions except the publications
| in the newspapers. There is belief
entertained by some members who have
watched the developments with more
than ordinary closeness and interest
that a peaceful solution of the trouble
| will be found. and that, while tue Situa
ton is grave, war will not result.
1t is understood at the capital that the
position assumed by the United States
is that an apology must be made by
Chill, and that there will then follow
| the question of indemnity to the sailors
injured in the attack on the crew of the
Baltimore and to the kin of those killed
IN that attack. 1t is believed by many
| representatives that Chill will acknoWl-
edge the wrong done the United States
by making an apology. and that the rea-
son for her delay in this respect is to be
found IN the disproportion in the
strength of the two countries. 1t is ex-
pected that Chill, after
| Asserting Her Dignity.
by a sufficient delay to show that,
| though if an unequal comb Blatant in the
event of war, she will not be hurriedly
forced into giving way, will make
the amends due to the United States.
| Then will arse the question of indem-
nifty, and arbitration is looked forward
| to as the probable outcome of this phase
of the case. 1t is pointed out by mem
| bers who have made study of diplo-
matte affairs that ian apology having
! previously been made) this would not
be an arbitration of question of honor,
but merely settlement of damages to
be awarded.
History, it is said, is full of instances
of resort to arbitration i'll cases where
the previous utteranceS or actions of ne
tons had apparently estopped them
from invoking this method of settling
disputes, and of cases in which, where
nations themselves could not take the
initiative in proposing arbitration, they
friedly third power that arbitration
take the place of bloodshed as a means
of settling the dispute. Some fear is
entertained that Chill in asserting her
Independence and freedom from outside
pressure may by procraStination bring
about state of things which will ter
inmate in
Rupture of Relations
hatrvaan tho two countries oDJ thot
hostilities may then ensue, though this
latter is regarded as unlikely and i'm
probable. The members who express
themselves in this pacific manner also
intimate verv plainly. however, that
they will not be backward in upholding
the administration in steps necessary to
maintenance of national dignity and
Selt-reSpect.
One senator called attention to the in
tense national pride of the CHILEAN peo-
pie as accounting for the delay of the
government in making PREPARATION. He
said that President Montt was in posi-
ton beset with difficulties. No doubt
his disposition was to make amends for
the Baltimore outrage, but to do so
without cautiously leading his people to
believe that he was not sacrificing the
national dignity would bring down upon
his administration the wrath Of the eX-
citable and sensitive people and might
cause another revolution.
They have to talk to the galleries
down there just as we do here" said the
senator. He recalled the fact that a
president of the United States had made
himself very unpopular with a certain
over-Sensitive class Of people by making
an
Apology to Great Britain
fOr La Oi1 ~
although sober second thought justified
the propriety of his action. $50 it isl
said he, "that President Montt probably
has before his eyes the resentment he
must encounter when he tenders an
apology to the United States, and is
merely taking such time as is necessary
to reason this sensitive element of his
people into line with his proposed
apology"
DiIigent inquiry at the war depart
ment fails to disclose any Warlike prep
arations on the part of the army. Men
are at work on the Notifications around
San Francisco, but this work was begun
last spring, before there were any Sug-
geStlonS of a war with Chill. For the
comfort of the Californians, who have
been represented as defenSelesS, it NAV
be stated on the authority of the ord
nance officers that the Golden Gate is
defended by some fifteen-inch guns,
which. though smOothbores, are yet
most formidable weapons.
Improvements in slow-burning DOW
ders have made larger charges posi-
bic, and now the fifteen-inch smooth
bore, with a charge of 100 pounds of
powder. will throw a projectile weigh
ing 450 pounds distance OF nearly four
miles. At LOCO yards, the usual naval
fighting distance, this heavy shot will
penetrate ten inches of armOr, and the
ChilianS have as yet no vessel that
could withstand such projectiles.
A Humane Convention,
A curious outcome of the present agi-
tatiOn was the publication today by the
war department of convention framed
as long ago as 1864, to which the United
States and Chill have since signified
their adhesion. In view of the allega-
tiOns that have been made to the effect
that the Chilians practice inhuman bar
baritieS in war, such as massacring
prisoners and wounded men and mutt
lating desd bodies. it may be reassuring
to our soldiers to know that this is a 4
convention "for the amelioration of the
wounded in armies in the field"
BY some oversight the convention
was never before officially published.
1t guarantees the neutrality and pro-
lection of ambulance and hOspital
corps, and provides that wounded or
sick soldiers shall be taken care Of
without regard to nationality. 1t also
contains ample provisions for the sue
coring CT wounded sailors, and in brief
throws ar,uInd tho oomhat anto a,oy,-