St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-27
NO sPECULATIVE WAR.

President HARRISoN'S war message,
followed closely by rumOrS of Chili'S
prompt apology and offers to submit
various questions to arbitration, were
the topics of lively discussion yesterday.
This CHILEAN report, however, lacks con-
firmation. Both the department of the
secretary of state and the war Office re-
manned silent upon the subject. So far
the burden of false reports concerning
the Gillian imbroglio have come from
Santiago. 1t is not unreasonable to
suppose that the present rumor is with
out foundation. At least, it Is at vari-
ance with the emphatic statement that
President MoNTT had absented himself
from Santiago for few days. and
requested delay before returning an
answer to President HARRISoN'S
ultimatum. 1t will be recalled that the
defeat of BALMACEDA by the congress
Si0nal forces was distorted by false re-
ports into a victory for his troops. 1t
will be remembered that the depoSed
president was twice captured and
killed once, two or three weeks before
authentic reports of his suicide were
received in this country. In fact. the
bulk of CHILEAN news regarding the re-
bellion in that republic and its COM
plicatiOnS with our own has been ut
terly unreliable. The present rumor
may be authentic; it IS possible that it
is pure diplomatic strategy to gain time.
The message OF President HARRISON
encounters divided opinions in the
country. The tone OF Republican Or
ganS is strictly in line with the belliger-
ent expressions of the administrati on.
With few exceptions Democratic jour
nails appear averse to accepting without
question the eX-parte testimony of this
president regarding the situation.
There is prevalent a sentiment that
much has been held back from the peo-
pie. The full text of the correspond
ence between Secretary BLAINE, Min
lister EGAN, Senior Malta and PreSi-
dent MoNTT since the inspection of the
Gillian rebellion would occupy over a
hundred columns Of ordinary news
paper type. 1t is the gist of this earlier
correspondence that President HARRI-
son seems inclined to withhold from
the people. In his ardent defense of the
minister, he 'doth protest too much"
His equivocation excites suspicicion.
Already it transpireS that the fall
of BALMACEDA wrecked the financial
claims of certain Americans against
the BALMACEDA government in which
EGAN was pecuniarily interested. How
far the ramifications of this speculation
extended in this country and among
Republican official circles is what the
people want to know before congress
takes any decided action upon the
plausible message of President HARRI-
son. The United States is not pre-
pared to 90 to war in behalf of Ameri-
can boodlerS who may have worn the
livery of our government to serve their
pockets in. True, there have been two
American sailors killed in the streets
of Valparaiso. If wantonly murdered,
and our flag insulted, PREPARATION and
ample apology should be enforced. On
the other hand, the GLOBE still be-
lieves that the United States is not in a
position to enforce the restoration of
the BALMACEDA party in Chill in order
that PAT EGAN may collect his COM
mission on about S5,000,00O American
claims against that now deposed gov
eminent. Let the whole truth be laid
before the country.