Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-04
NO MEAN ADVERSARY.
The Position, Advantages and Resources
of Chili--A Country That Could Not be
Whipped In n Day.


of Chili--A Country That Could Not be
whipped in Day.
Chilli could not be whipped in day,
even by SO big country as the United
States Indeed, it would require Sc
we're and, perhaps, a prolonged struggle |
to vanquish the 100000 inhabitants of |
the valiant Republic of South America. |
No country can turn up its nose and |
sneer at Chill as being too little foe to
fight with honor.
A careful study of that country,
which is now the object upon which the
ewes of all nations.rest, reveals startling
facts as to Chili's strength and re-
sources. How big is 1t, how strong, how
located, how wealthy, how much food
does it produce, who arc its people and
what kind of fight could the long, slim
country maker I'll
A FORMIDABLE FOE.
While not the largest country in
South America in area, Chilli is the most
powerful. 1t stretches along the west
ern coast of South America, between
the Andes Mountains and the Pacific
Ocean, for 1000 miles. Her sea coast
line is $500 miles long. The average
width is 200 miles. If she were plucked
loose from her Andes and laid down
over our Atlantic coast, her most north
ern province would cover Maine and
her rock bound southern extremity
would blot out of existence the penin-
sula of Florida.
This strip would extend inland half
way across the state of Pennsylvania.
Chili's territory would cover the states
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connect
cut, third of New York, all of New
| Jersey, half of Pennsylvania, most of
Maryland, all of Delaware, nearly half
of Virginia and North Carolina, three
quarters of South Carolina, half of
Georgia, corner of Alabama and all
| Florida.
WALLED IN BY MOUNTAINS.
This country clings to the Andes
mountains as if afraid of slipping off
bounds and protects Chili's whole east
ern frontier Some peaks rise $4,000
feet above the sea, and the top of the
great backbone of the continent is white
the entire year with snow.
That is the east side. The west side
of Chilli is another mountain ridge
about twice the height of the AlleghanieS
in Pennsylvania Their feet are bathed
by the ocean. A narrow strip of land Q
few miles wide intervenes between see
and mountain in some places.
Between these two mountain ranges
the Gillian plateau lies. 1t is leve
plain 1900 feet above the sea level. Thii
valley, hemmed in and protected by tn,
huge mountains, is exceedingly fertile
Hundreds of swift torrents rush acros
it, which tap the snow caps of thu
Andes. Down these gullies good railroad
have been built
,, A WEALTHY NATION.
Chill is not only rich in the production
, of cereals and oranges, lemons and othe
fruits, but is mine of mineral wealth
, Her gold and silver mines have at
tracted the capital of the Old Worl,
, and thousands of foreigners are Their
i digging for the precious metals. Iro
ahounds in immense quantities.
The farms are kept fertile in man
. places by irrigation. The farmers dcfec
the roaring rivers, form their course
y and turn the waters into hundreds c
i small bitches. Agriculture has reache
fully as great perfection there as in tn
United States. In this narrow table Ian
lie all the cities and towns of the cour
d try excepting Valparaiso, which stretche
n along the ocean outside of the mour
4. tain wall.
n Santiago, the capital, is a beaut,ft
is city, laid out like a checker board, wit
n the capitol building in the centre
n Chilians are white people like we ar
v That is, the pure Chilians are. A larg
d part of the population of 100000
n made up Of half breeds, who are a mil
d ture of Chilians and Indians. The
If are $4,000 full-blooded Indians.
d The whites are intelligent, and man
N speak English. In Valparaiso Fnglis
m is taught in the schools. They a
N smaller in stature than the people
lg the United States. but are strong al
full of fight, They have great endr
ance, and as they are used to living in
crude way, could not be starved out
AT case the United States sent an arm
e, down there.
~ HARD TO CAPTURE THE COUNTRY.
Ne Suppose the United States sent fle
aS Of IS war vessels and 100000 soldie
oh there, what could they dor Valparai
20 could be stormed and captured, but tn
what: The Chilians would retreat ba
through the mountain passes. A han
ms full of them could easily combat who
of regiment OF advancing troops.
NO In the meantime the ways to inter
Nv Chill would be so well fortified that
he would require hard pounding to dislod
he the valiant foe.
At least it would take an enormc
army u long time to make much of
his impression on Chill. Of course I'm
n.y. sam could down her in the end, but
,ov cannot down her without stiff tuss
va Chilians have good wind.