Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-15
frnoN sRcoSp EDITION.
HAVE SATISFACTION.
No Doubt of the Gravity Of the Gillian
Situation.
PRESIDENT HARRISON is DETERMINED.
secret Orders ISSUED by the Navy Depart
mcnt Looking Toward an Immediate
General Movement of All
Available War ships.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. l3.-lSpecial
Telegram TO Tue BEE. The gravity OF the
Gillian situation has not been exaggerated.
1t is absolutely true, as stated In the dis
patches'las night, that the Harrison admin
~istration has called time on Chill.
Its course will be fully determined on at
the cabinet meeting Friday, when full infor-
nation is expected from Minister Egan on
all the questions he has been directed to
bring to the attention or tho Montt govern
ment, and these instructions are in the ma
ture Of an ultimatum. When all the facts
become public it will be known that up to
January IL the CHILEAN government had not
given satisfaction for the insulting Malta
letter or circular, as well as for offensive
words in the CHILEAN hambe of Deputies.
1t will be further shown that the minister
from the United States was. directed to
bring this matter before the Chilian govern
ment as a preliminary to the second request
for reparation for the Baltimore outrage.
No Further Delay Possible.
Fine spur discussions OF what the ulti-
matum means and the indefinite statement
about the personal attention which the
president is giving to the Gillian CORE
spondeuce do not change the situation
The instruments. have gone TO Minister
Egan that Chill must disavow Matta,s insult
and do it quickly. t%. q VI
Cablegrams have been coming and going
between Valparaiso and Santiago aud Wash
ington all day. 1t is known that Minister
Egan has laid his instructions before the
fereigu minister and the CHILEAN government
is aware that delay in answering will be a
further aggravation and will hasten Presi-
dent Harrison's special message TO congress.
Responsibility Denied.
AS to the Baltimore incidents the direc-
tions are no less explicit. There was a
cabinet conference, though all the members
were not present, Tuesday, at which the
course outlined last night was agreed upon.
The developments Monday did not Justify
Withholding the instructions any longer,
and they were sent. The ground taken Is,
that the reports of the procurator fiscal en-
bodies everything that can be looked for
Chill, and then this may be two months in
coming. e-t :"
From that finding 1t appears all response
bility for the police is denied; that lndem-
nifty is not assured, and that the most which
can be looked for is the possible punishment
of three individuals by terms of from four
teen months to three or five years.
Navy Preparations Continue.
The inquiry of Judge Advocate Remy has
shown that the United States can never ad-
NIT this conclusion as satisfactory and there
is no reason for longer delay. What the
president and his cabinet intend is that
when the correspondence goes to congress
the case of the United States shalt be COM
plete in every point.
Orders were sent to Admiral Gherardi In
the Barbados and to Admiral Walker at
Montevideo by the Navy department this
afternoon. Secresy is maintained regarding.
their nature, but it Is known that the fleets
at both places are to move towards Chilean
waters. ..s. A.
in congress it has bean decided that no
resolution shall be introduced calling for the
Chilean CORES pondenoe. This is the advice
of Chairman Blount Of the foreign affairs
committee. He says in substance that such
a resolution might increase the chances of
nostilities ana that tho president and secre-
tary of state are in the better position to
judge when the attention Of congress should
be formally called to the resolution. ~