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Show FALSE RUMORS OF WAR. State anil Xavy Departments Deny Anything Any-thing Serious. Washington, Dee. 20. There can be no doubt of the desire of the ollicers of the state and navy departments to allay any ap-nrchensiou ap-nrchensiou of war between the I'nited S tates and Chile that may have been caused by alarm iug newspaper publications. Secretary Sec-retary Tracy this morning said the warlike stories were without foundation and that there was nothing In the situation to warrant war-rant their acceptance. He added that not a single vessel of the navy was under or-ders or-ders to proceed to Chile. Assistant Secretary Saley was subsequently subsequent-ly asked to explain the departure of the Charleston from Honolulu for Valparaiso on the 17th, as reported from the Hawaiian islands. isl-ands. In reply he said that he did not believe be-lieve that the Charleston had taken any such course and he w as sure she had not gone to Chile. The officials of the slate department are uon-coininiinicative of news, but took such an optimistic view of the situation as to warrant the belief, strengthened by the fact that Secretaries Blaino and Tracy had been today In consultation with the president, presi-dent, that some news of a most reassuring character had been received from the American Amer-ican representatives in Chile. |