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Show SKCttKT OUDEKS To Captain llrmsy of llm "Clurleslou'' lo Capture tlio thillau U.srl "Elala." TRACY MAO NOTHINO TO BAY ADOUT THC vcastuu. Our (lorrrnmrnt 114 Already Mionn "Hue IMllipucr" In Ibo 1'ntiult or Hit) Cru'iitr. 11 Tslssrsph ioUeaas.l Till: "ITATA" lAtr. Tha llllrlala lime no neslre lo TalU Alraut II. WAaillNtiTOf, May 11. Tbt air of lecreeyaurrouudlng ihu ttata ram H Just oa pronounced at Ihu Navy IK-lAttmenl IK-lAttmenl today, and It Is evident that theoMclals lmvn no.lcilrn to lake the itlio Into their confidence. The conviction, con-viction, liowerir, Is general that United BtH.-a steamer UirlfL.n Is tent out with eecnt onliri lu cnpluru the Chilian steamer. Juat bow far thero onleis iitenil or bow ruuili Authority tbey vrsl In Coi tain Itiiuey la still unknown, and uoue of tho offlOali here will veuluro to girt any liiforiiinllonontbeiulject. Theorder, It I aald, was a long ouu aud was wlrinl vtial III the rllur of the llurrau of Ivavlgation. Tnoolllceritoolt four or llvo boms to trsuslato tho order Into clplnr. Itlsaaldtberolilnrormatlon In Iho Ifiids of Ihe Government to w arrant ii Ullef that the Jiata will l next beard of touchli g at aomo Mexican lrt, und rolmbly tbe Llirrtetton will nuku her first stop nhoiit midway down tho west coast of Texlco, 111 tbo Iiqi of picking up liltita as toiler whereabouts. Heiretary Tracy till" afternoon eent out word that bo had nothing lo ley about Mm Chilian vessel Itula or Ihn tflurrVsrori. Oilier olllclala ill IhuXavy lA-aiilnient aro tnuilly rrllceut. Thu ofllclal lulud of the. department ll evidently evi-dently lu dread that a alblo hit guarded admlaslon to a reiiotUr might rewiilt lu a dtaclosuro of Ihu plau of camilgli. Ill which tho eutlro available avail-able naval force In thu I'm itlo (surra) (sur-ra) ed ngatust ono iteamor, whoso warlike war-like character l.aa not yet lieen its inon-tlralril, inon-tlralril, Certainly the Government apt are to bei making extraordinary rifoitatorecapturb tho Hata, for, In addition lo cabling Admirals Ilromi and McCanu tobisdofTtbt rtinauAy lforo sbo reachea Chilian WAters, It ll understood that Instructions have lecii sent to United Htatra consul ortlcers at all K3lnt betwnui California and Chill where tbo tiuta would tnucll to promptly Advlso tho navAl olilcc.! of her inurements ir sbo li lighted. In strange contrast with this exhibition exhibi-tion of xeal li the course of Iho ClMrlettuii, which li in chaso of tho runaway. Thla vessel lolled from Ban Francisco enrly Haturday morning, bound south. Hhe Isnu eighteen knot rcsel and last nlgbt llioulj have Un A5u mllca down the coast, or near Ca Han Lucas, whero tho Chilian Iniurg-eut Iniurg-eut warship frmcraMa la aiippomdto bo lying lu wait for tlm Hutu. Hut, I listen 1 of covering this distance the U.urUtluii got about bulf way and then went lo anchor over night- loiter advices ad-vices show that she was last scon Just alnve tbo Mexican liuundary line. Hucli oftlcera aa bavo nn opinion that they feel freei to expirsa lay Ihe ctturtciion't movement! ran bo explained In two wa)i l.ltber tho department bcllevea tho JXattl It lying aome-wbert aome-wbert otr thu coast of Cullfurnla, or It has no Intuutlou of icUIng tbe vessel unless her prceenro la nude unpleasantly noticeable vvltbln ery reach. 'I ho motive for luch an altitude alti-tude by the government aa Indicated In tho last theory li In brief Hist It might not bo good diplomacy for the United Hlalca to go too far lu theillrco-tlon theillrco-tlon of hostility toward tho Chilian lu-lurgeiits. lu-lurgeiits. Tho duties devolving un a frlondly govcriiment In caui sucli as this havo never been finally and clearly clear-ly euunclated by authorities In International Inter-national law, but It cau bo safely i-u i-u mod that lu the Ulcerations of tbo United Hlalea marshal In soiling tho JJata and HtjUrt antt Mlnnla and In Iho pursuit or Ihu Jiuta ai long ai alio wai in United Hiatea watt rs, our gov eminent baa already shown what Iho Geneva arbitration lu tbo Alabama case has dec tared tu bo due diligence. |