The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-26
AMERICAN LETTER.
SAN Francisco. Jan. -. 1892.
TuR CuILE AFFAIR
ArrRoAcuING A CLIMAX.

APPROACHING A GILMAN.
The trouble with Chile is fast APP
preaching climax. Whether it
shall be war or peace will bc known
in a few days. The attitude Of the
administration has not changed n
particle. On the 10Th war was con-
sidered inevitable and advices stated
that both countries were making
every preparation for a conflict.
There was decided Improvement on
the | 9Th in the tone of the Chilean
affair. Senator Morgan of the SEN
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
reflects the spirit of the Senate Com
miJtee on the situation, saying: "In
my opinion, the affair between this
country and Chile will be amicably
settled. Most of the vnluminous re-
ports indicating preparations for war
that you read in the papers have no
foundation in fact. The United
States has Ga, 900 900 people to fight
Chile with as against 5000, 600 and,
of course, could whip her little neigh
Dor. There is no necessity for war,
and the people not desiring it l APP
prehend no trouble whatever. On
the contrary, believe Chile will be
put on a friendlier footing with this
country than ever by the outcome of
this affair"
A special to the Examiner from
Washington SAYS the Chilean situa-
ton has reduced itself to a matter
of waiting for the Presidents mes
sage. The prevai'ing belief is that
there will be war. Five members of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee
called on Secretary Blaine Saturday
and were treated to discourse on
the Nicaragua canal instead of on
Chile.
STILL PREPARING.
The Navy Department is steadily
increasing its war preparations, al
though it persistently denies most of
the reports about them. Assistant
Secretary Solely asserts that the de-
spatches from California alleging that
sailing orders have been issued to the
Charleston and Baltimore, are abso-
lutely false and calculated to work
great mischief. There are now thirty
six new guns completed at the Wash
ington navyyard,, twenty of six-inch
caliber and sixteen of eight and ten
inch.
Instead of fleet of fourteen or
fifteen vessels, and 10000 troops, it
will be found, if declaration of war
comes, that the authorities have a
plan which will make it possible for
the concentration of feet of twenty
five or thirty vessels and the trans
portation of 10000 men to the seat
of trouble. Hundreds of applica-
tons are pouring into the two de-
partments by every days mail and
there will be no difficulty or delay in
getting all the volunteers that are de.
sireC. Commodore William Folger,
Chief of Ordnance, has applied fol
the command of the Monterey, and
it is thought his request will be
granted.
CHILEAN PREPARATIONS.
The Navy Department view with
deep concern the reported prepare.
tions of the Chilean Government fol
war.
The despatching of fleet of three
cruisers and torpedo boat from
Valparaiso under sealed orders was
reported from Chile through private
sources Saturday. 1t is thought tc
be for the purpose of guarding the
Straits of Magellan, which are re-
garded to certain extent as the
gateway to Chile.
THE NOTE WITHDRAWN.
Definite instructions were cabled
Saturday to Minister Pedro Mont,
at Washington directing the with
drawal of Matta's offensive note. Ii
was presumed that this had been
done before, but such was not the
case.
ANOTHER INSULT.
Secretary Tracy has made public
the following despatch from Com
mander Evans of the Yorktown, now
at Valparaiso, in regard to the Bal,
macedist refugees aboard that ves-
sci:
"Valparaiso, Chile, Jan. To-
The American Minister informs mt
that the Chilean Minister of Foreign
Affairs has changed his mind about
the refugees now on the Yorktown
and they may be taken out of any
merchant vessel touching at a Chill
can port by local authorities. Ar
engagements had been made for al
of them to sail to-day, but this
change on the part of the Chilean
Minister of Foreign Affairs compel:
me to keep them, which crowds mt
very much. Shall land them a
Callao or Molendo, Peru? No steam
ers from here go direct to neutral
territory. This unexpected act OF
the Chilean Minister is dae, he
states, in part to my saluting thu
Spanish Minister when he came OF
board TO deliver two refugees.
have requested the American Minis
ter to say to the Minister of ForeigI