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Show If any reader can tell anything from I the dispatches about the situation in 1 Chile be must be able to read between 1 the lines. The news of one day contradicts contra-dicts that of the day before, and the dispatches are all declared to be from ' reliable sources. The last issue of the San Francisco Argonaut contains a leader in defense of the congressional party. It brands BaI.m ackda. as a usurper aud tyrant and declares that the insurgents will soon vanquish him. Dispatches published in this country since that paper was issued represent that tho president's forces are practically practic-ally masters of the situation; that the insurgent leaders are llying from Iquiqiie and that it is only a question of a few days until the war will have been decided iu favor of tho president. When peace shall have been restored sonid American correspondent can make a hit by going down there aud getting at the truth concerning the onn ft i it |