The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-21

II
TN The d despatc he S
6N sent out from Val
~ ' paraiso last night
representing that decided improve
ment had taken place there, and that
no - war talk was heard among those
whose opinions have weight with the
government, are believed in official
circles here to be inspired by desire,
If possible, to further prolong the
present Situation ofaffairs. That such
Is the real condition of sentiment there
IS not believed here The facts, SO far
as they are developed, fatty con-
tradlct TIE statement. The dispatches
referred to say that, Notwithstanding
reports sent from Washington that
President Harrison is urging an imme
diatc reply to the demand made upon
Chill by the United States, | have
been told by representave of the
Chlllan Government, that no specific
requirements have been forwarded to
Santiago.
! Up to this time only general pro-
posals have been made, and the Chilian
Government IS now awaiting the de-
livery of the express terms of the de-
inands which the United States Govern
mcnt viii make upon it. Said a
/ prominent official, aftef reading the
above: - That is absurd. When the
! New Orleans mob massacred the
| Italians, this government at once said
to the Italian Minister " We will look
into this, and whatever is right we
viii do, or words to that effect. The
assault upon the BaIimo,e's sailors
| took place October I6. Not a word
was said by Chill about it until a week
after the Presidents letter of October
23. And now it is said the Chilian
government is awaiting the delivery
OF express terms of the demands which
the United States will make upon it.
She is sitting back waiting to be forced
to do the decent thing. If Chill had
| done as this government did with
| Italy and said: This is deplorable
thing, and whoever is at fault will
be punished" there never would have
been any Chill question. But ever
since the Presidents letter there has
been studied effort to defend those
engaged in the assault and an insolent
attitude toward this government in
the correspondence about the affair.
Another feature of the Valparaiso
dispatches shows even more clearly
the intention to befog, if not mlslead.
The correspondent says Minister
Montt has cabled from Washington
that he has assurances of an early
settlement of the question arising from
the assault upon the cruiser Baltimore S
Sailors Unless Senor Montt wholly
misConstrucs the situation in Washing
| ton and the sentiment of this country,
he could have sent no such despatch.
There is absolutely no basis for it. The
pacific settlement of the controversy
rests with Chill alone. Certainly no
assurances have been given to the
Chilian Minister here of any different
| nature.
The State Department received a
message from Minister Eagan to-day
IN reply to one of inquiry respecting
| the conflict of evidence over the
character of wounds sustained by the
BaLtm0re's sailors in the riot. The
Procurator Fiscal, in making up his
finding, rejected all the testimony
offered by the Americans, and by the
| condition of the necktie of Sailor
Johnson, through which ball passed,
| to sustain his assertion that the wounds
inflicted upon the sailors could not
have been caused by carbines, with
which the police are armed, but must
have been caused by revolvers.
Another message, received to-day,
| the contents ofwhlch were not learned,
| but which were said 10 indicate a
| peaceful purpose on the part of Chill,
| Is supposed to refer to the arrest OF
two of the party who stoned Captain
Evans gig few days ago, whose pun
| ishment is said to have been promised
by Senor PeriSa, the Chilian foreign
! minister
| Secretary Blaine was seen by the
! United Press reporter, but said he
| had nothing to say further than to
| deny the truth of some of the exag-
| Grated rumors about the Cabinet meet
ing yesterday. He had no expression
OF opinion to make concerning Chili's
| intentions.
At the Navy Department there was
much hustle and activity ell day long.
The cipher code was in constant use,
chiefly for the composition OF messages
TO various squadronS and stations. The
! N5U1rk, 1t was said at the Department.
had been ordered 10 Yorktown, from
the Norfolk Navy Yard, although she
may ultimately go to the West Indies.
1t is believed that Admiral Walker
will be ordered to proceed at once to
the west coast of South America from
VI ,nrevjdo. where he arrived Yesterday,
and wbare his c,ua1rnD Of FIVE vessels