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Show SECRETARY TRACY ' S;ija Hie "Clinrlnlnn" II11 Unltra tt H Cnpluro Ilia "Ktnta" at all H Hazards, I H THC NAVV DCPARTMCNT NOT AO. H m An Important (Jorillmii Dora Hie MrxU I can Horrrninciit Htrognlre the In- siirgmlsnillelllgrrriiliS Dr Tslaarsiiti to las Nkwa.1 Tin:"i:rATA" iNiinExr, WM ah mil t,. . pin red Wlieestsr IH 1 0,1ml nu Ibe 11111 n.s, B HlNdllAMlTUX, N. Y May 12. BecrtUryTraey liln the city. In nu '1 Interview with n retorter uinlght he talked about the AScrfii Incident. Ho H raiiteil the Idea that the O.arUHnn was Inferior lo the JUmrniMa. True, '1 the Ikmtrablit carried two nlnednch 'bbbbI guns, while the U.arltU.n'i heavleit guns were uuly elght-luiii, but the , latter lia.1 a larger number of slx-lnrli lH guns. Her armor was four Inches m thick and the lmtra'tla'$ only one W and one-half Inches. Thu (Jriurfcifoi i was accordingly fully able tocoje with 1 the JUmtruMa, na were two other 'H Unlteil Htatea cruisers tiow on thu rKH Pacific. ThoaiH-rettryiUteildellnllf- ly that the Vliarltiton baa orders to MM capture thu J'Jatu wherever she may ,, lwfound upnii lliu high lea. Ho did M liotuntlrlpataallght, lut lu caau of m reslstaura thu United rtatei cruller ' would carry out tho order nt nil M haunts, lln wnauot at lllierty toitatu the exact text of Ihn cipher dispatch sent to tbe Cliar'ttlan. neither would '1 he say dellnllely If thu cruller San , Vuncf'oo, now- lu Chilian wat-ra, had H been ordered to Intercept tho JZala, ' THE MAV UNOONCEItNEt-. iH Wahiiinuton, May 12. Ho far u .'H urfacu Indications reveal the ttate of IH allalrs the navy drpartmont appears tu ',H l hoa agitated Ihnw any other depart- , ment over thu rscaai of the Chilian ! steamer J lata. Hecntary Tracy left Washington last night fur lllnghamp- ton to look alter some private t-uslnres, U and Commodore ltamiey was left lu W charge. The commodore waa as un- , couimuiilrntlve aa usual, nud stated , that he had nothing to aay about the 'W Vtnta or the CharUtton. , Upti- the close of butlners lioura nn j news waa received at tho navy depart- 1 inent of the movementa ot the Cmrfci H fun. The ofd stalled from Han Diego last Wednesday six days ago and, If IH pushed tu the highest rpeud, mutt l-u nearly out of coal, iu rhe muat put Into i Hit somowheto lo replenish liertatnk- iLaBsi era. The t7iarfeou Is also prolobly H oit of coal and news Irom ouoorthn ' other vine's may bo expected very - aoo u. m Home comment la couictl among i Httede ailment recple by the tele I mum graphed statement (hat the Chilian M IniurgentcruherJmiriiUu la now al 'Mm Acailco. The fact that her presence IH lu irt la tolerated la regarded here by 'IH noiue ofllcera as iiuatl-rectigoltlon by 'Ll HieMexIcau government of the luur- HJ gents aa bellliierrnti. If this rrcogul IH Hon should lako formal ahape It might I HI liavelmiurlaut reault for theluiur HJ gents, for, under thu inutrallty laws, HJ Ihuvraiel would II lid nn nayluuilu IH Mexican ports. iH TIUIMIlUl.I. nut wonntEii. Trumbull did not acjtn worried nhjul U Hie uutooiiiu uflhe ull'alr. Hu atld Iheiu was nothing lu thu nejtrallly HJ law hy which lm can ho held. Wh.ii .HJ nakol alout the limtm'tta he aild he H did not know tvhether 1I11 was acting H na thn convey or thu t'.lala, and a Ided H that If the Jmcralilii wai w doing ahu HJ would under no ciruJiuatauca fire on M the Utarltilun. H TIIU''CIIAIILITaN" WILhOATVllllEII, . City ok Mixta, May 12. Tin Chilian tti-aiuer JJhua la sailing undei , dinicullyaiidtho United Htatea war- ship Is gaining on her. It I extiecteel JHJ the two will reach Ac-ipulcn within a ' fuw hours of each other. |