Evening journal., 1892-01-26

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Taaated and referred TO the committee on
~ eign rotations In view Of tho gravity Of
tae report and Of the subject matter, do
not deem it proper at this time 10 make any
further remarl1s.n
Mr. ShornAns motion was unanimously
assented 70, and this closed the Chilian in-
cident in tho senate for the day,
Secretary Tracy's strong words.
Speaking Of the presidents message, Sec
retary Tracy said to your correspondent
The presidents message can only be ae-
repted in ono way. Chill has insulted and
mligned our government as it has never
been insultod and malgned before. The
situation, as the president places il before
the country, Is simply this Shall we ac-
knowledge ourselves to be nation OF cow
ards, willing 70 permit our national dignity
70 be aasailed or shall we act the part Of
men and resent such conducts | believe
the common sense Of the American people
aud their love Of country win assert itself
that the president win be upheld, and that
Chill viii be forced either 70 apologies and
make tho proper reparation asked for by
the president or take the consequences,
which means"-and here General Tracy
rose from his scat and paced the door Of his
oflice-"that in thirty days We viii be able
70 whip the entire Gillian navy We will
pounce on her from the quarters where she
least expects it,
1T will he a naval fight from beginning 10
end If either the Puritan or Monterey
We're ready for sea we could destroy an Of
Chili's fleet with either ono Of them, but
the work on the Puritan has been delayed
becauseit has been the policy Of our gov
ernment, and wise and proper ono, too,
not to 90 to Europe for the defensive armor
Of our yeesels, but TO have the plates made
! by our worlSmen 10 cur own country For
THE reason tho Puritan viii not 10 prepared
/ for service for some time, and the same
CAUSES have delayed the Mon terey We are
working upoR the New York ten hours 4
day with a large force OF men, but we
can only hurry things up to certain point
The huilding Of a battleship is not the worl,
Of a month, and all tho money Ia the world
cannot complete ship sooner than Ger.
F, tain specified time It is only possible to
: get certain number Of men on the ship Il
work
"of course, in case Of hoetilities the worl
on all of or ships now under construction
viii be pushed forward for we want TO b,
prepared for every emergency. but, as
said before, we can whip tho Chilian navy
even with the ships which we now have
They have some big, heavy boats, but they
only run six or seven knots an hour, and oui
cruisers can run all around them and rut
them down. The Esmeralda, which is thi
only vessel in the Chilian navy that ",
have any reason TO fear, / believe, in
straight up and down fight, barring emer
gencies, can be beaten by the Baltimore
and that long line Of Chilian coast can b
made to suffer from our other boats
Our Army Is Ready.
The activity about the war and navy dc
partments has become almost feyerish an
war and naval officials were ia constant cor
sultation, and Commodore Ramsay and Ad
intant General Williams, of the war depart
ment, had a conference Of almost an hou
AZ TO the disposition Of United States troopi
their present location, etc
1t is stated on high military authority tina
the army Is in condition for immediate sery
ice. Twenty thousand United States troop
could ha thrown into Chill and 100 900 mil
tia commanded by United States officers ar
also ready for service. Colonel p. j. O'ReTy
Of the Second regiment Of Irish Volunteer
Of New York city, called az the war depart
ment and rendered Secretary Elkins tn
services OF his regiment in the event Of an
trouble with Chilli The regiment is con
posed Of 900 men
Congressman Stahlnecler accompanie
Colonel O'Kelly and said that the Secon
regiment was one Of the crack organization
Of the country, and would acquit itself wit
credit shonld its services he required. Sci
retary Elkins promised to consider the offe
and said he would accept the services Of tn
regiment if he found It necessary
The navy department positively refuses
TO disclose the movements Of United State
war vessels 1t is known, however, tha
Admirals Gherardi and Walkers fleets ar
being concentrated IN the South Atlanti
and are now on their way to Chill. Tn
navy department win not announce thei
whereabouts until they arrive in Chiliai
waters
Chill Preparing for War.
Authentic information has just been re
seived from England that the Chilian gov
srnment has purchased the cruiser nov
building at Armstrong; works and tina
Armstrong is forcing work on the cruiser
very similar to the cruiser "Twenty-fifth o
May recently constructed by the sam
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