St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-17
TWO SIDES OF A STORY.
$50 and So Says" and
Months Denial.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-The Recorder
this morning has most alarming spe-
cial from Washington in regard to TIE
CHILEAN situation. All the signs, it
declares, point to war, and that
within short time. In speaking of
the cabinet meeting held yesterday the
Recorder says: Not within a quarter
of century has a cabinet meeting been
fuller of important contingency than
that which was held for nearly three
hours yesterday.
The president informed his cabinet of
many things he had not mentioned be-
fore. Two weeks ago he directed that
each United States consul i'll Chilli be
called upon for a confidential report
touching the sentiments of the people
where he is stationed toward the United
States. These reports have been arriv-
ing tor the last week, and they are
unanimous in stating that there is an
extremely unfriendly feeling against
this country"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The Post to-
morrow will print an interview with
Senior MOntt, the Gillian minister, on
the subject of the supposed unfriendly
feeling entertained by ChilianS against
Americans.
"Is there really general unfriendly
feeling against Americans in Chili?''
was asked Mr.. Montt.
''No, that is false" he replied. SIT is
as if you say, because the Irishmen in
New York city do not like the English
all the people Of the United States are
talked with Americans who have lived
in Chili-Mr. Sewald, Mr.. Nelson and
Mr.. Logan-and they all say it is not so.
Though the officers of the Baltimore
raised hue and cry in this country
over the insult'iChili had offered their
flag and uniform, that did not prevent
them pntting OH their very best uniform
and asking CHILEAN ladies and gentle
men to dance around their insulted flag
on warship belonging to their out
ragged government.
''While your press has been making
war on us and rebuilding your people
against VS., our press has been publish
ing your officials as our friends, and
thus cannot make my people see the
seriousness of the situation here, and
you see the impOsSibility of gauging
their acts accordingly. Then you see
the sailors of the Baltimore give one
testimony on which our courts in Chilli
base their action, and when they get
back to the United States they give tes-
timony quite different. But what is to
be done?"
but the sailors base this difference
in that they had to sign paper in the
CHILEAN courts without knowing what
was in it."
Then there was realistic portrayal
by Senior Montt of what the eruption of
a volcano is like. Tell me, tell me-"
said he, bending forward, the vertical
/. lines in his forehead deeping into
bitches, his eyes streaming fire, his
words Sizing and tripping over one an
other, the bronze of his face looking al
most hot enough to run and blister.
sit is absurd, absurd, and it is false
that they were made is sign papers that
contained they knew not what, by the
court of Chile. Made to sign, indeedI
Are not the sailors American and
brave? Could they be made? Have
they ever told what means of force were
used to overcome their brave resistance?
Was it the rack, the screw, the knife or
the gun? Faugh! tell you they never
signed any paper In Spanish that was
not read to them i'll English.
If the judge had made the sailors
sign some paper and then had killed the
sailors, it might have done. | know the
sailors have testified different to this
government, but tell you, since it mar
rows down to question of veracity be-
tween an American sailor and the court
of Chill. American and CHILEAN are in it
no longer. 1t Is like question of YER
acity between Justice Brewer and
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