The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-26

miums therefor shaii be mase a. IN the eiscrs-
ton Of the secretary ol tbs navy nlay be deemed
advisabie. In their cuns fruction the provisions
OF tAe act of August 3 lsss, Coz increase OF The
naval estabAstmenf shall 10 OBJ
served, save thar In all their parts
the vessels shall be cf domestic manufacture
II the secretary OF the navy shall be unable to
contract ~ reasonable prices for building
any OF the vessels the bill provides
that he nav bald such vessels or any part
thereof IN navy yards % 10 designated hy the
secretary. Toward construction Of the vessels.
with their engines. boilers and machinery.
Si,ee.ooO Il appropriated. and toward their
armament 81 .Oo0.000
10 Is said that . startling piece OF information
has reached the navy department which adds
70 the seriousness of the situs;ion Agents Of
the department in Paris report that the Captain
FRAT Is not the only Chilean vessel preparing
for sea at French shipyards, but the
cruiser President Pinto is fitting out for
service At French Atlantic port
and is actually ready to sail. II Chile succeeds
in her evident plan of delaying action in this
country for three or four weeks longer the
United States will End it difficult matter to
secure from that nation any terms. naval
expert Is authority for the statement that the
United States viii find IT impossible to de-
ieat the Chilean forces. They already have a
warlike feet. drilled and otherwise put in con
clifton for actual service. They have increased
their stock of torpedoes and supplied al the
ships with smokeless powder. They are
at work on coast defenses, and have
SO lar progressed with the projects that
few more weeks will see them on a
very formidable footing aud one that will make
the planned invasion Of Chile by United States
forces extremely difficult The navy depart.
ment is lsooring under the disadvantage just
now OF having no source OF infOrms-
ton from Valparaiso, but the latest ad-
vices are anything but resssuring Depart
ment people looE upon the request for the re-
call OF Egan as in reality emanating from this
country, and that the prime movers in ths
measure are American firms who are too fearful
for their individual financial interest to allow
the matter 10 go before congress on its merits.
Authentic information has been received from
England that Chile has just purchased a new
cruiser being built at Armstrong; shipyard,
Newcastle, and her completion is being rap
idly pushed This vessel is described as a
high-speed S,000-ton cruiser, very similar TO the
Twenty OF May, recently constructed
by the same firm for the Argentine Republic
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Jan. 25.-The Eagle one OF
Secretary Traey's own papers, this evening
prints Washington City special purportIng TO
give the following interview with Tracy:
The message can only be accepted one way.
Chile insulted and maligned our government as
II had never been insulted and maligned before.
The president places the situation thus. shall We
acknowledge ourselves TO be nation of towards,
permitting the national dignity To be assailed,
or shall we act the part OF men ana resent such
conduct? believe the common sense of the
American people and their love OF country
viii assert itself: that the president
will be upheld and Chile forced either To apollo
gize and make proper reparation. or take the
consequences, which means that in thirty DAYS
we viii be able to whip the entire Chilean navy.
We will pouuCe on her from quarters where she
least expects it 1t Will be naval fight from
beginning to end; II either the Puritan or
Monterey were ready Tor we could destroy
Chiles whole fleet with either one. Work on
all the ships is being pushed rapidly. Very
many members of congress do not seem TO un-
deTstand the condition of affairs but in case OF
immediate hostiiites, rs said before. we can
whip the Chilean navy with the ships now
have They have some big boats but they
run slowly, and our cruisers can run all around
them. The Esmeralda is the only one of their
boats we have any reason to fear and | believe
the Baltimore can whip it on a straight fight.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Jan. 25-The Associated
Press correspondent here learns that the first
flask of domestic manufacture of the 100
Whitehead torpedoes for the navy WIS
tested at the works of tho +. w.
Bliss Company on Friday. 1t is
feet long and 17i< inches in diameter, with
she'll 34-l0o OF an inch thick. Having success
fully withstood the test, it was accepted by the
navy department.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 25-Comrnodore Folger, of
the ordnance bureau OF the United States
proceeded 20 Carnegie's armor-plate plant
Tonight he was closeted with the
me m bsrs of the firm. Newspaper men could
not see him, but 1t is said his object in coming
here was to facilitate the manufacture OF armor
plate for the cruisers now being constructed
CHICAGO, Jan. 2a-fiity employees in the
freight house OF the Burlington road are drill
ing at the noon hour every day. Today they
unanimously voted TO volunteer their services TO
the government the moment war is declared
with Chile They are intensely enthusiastic,
and it is said the temper of these men Is a sam
pie of what exists among all the railroaders ia
the city, The war spirit Is rampant at the stock
yards, among the rolling-mill hands and in the
great manufacturing establishments.
NEW YORK, Jan j. One thousand men have
already had their names enrolled in the "First
New York volunteer infantry for Chilean
service" and today Colonel James e.
McMurray wrote TO the secretary of wsr Offer
ing the services of his company should war
with Chile be declared The volunteers are
mostly young men, but include many veterans
of the civil war.