| Show GENERAL ON CHILE john A MCCLERN AIRD of the utah commission aaa gentleman who has boo bad considerable experience in both the civil and military departments of the government and by reason n of of this and his hie disposition to we take it A broad and comprehensive view of every question with which the nation has to do his opinion on the mean chilean situation is worth recording tersely stated he thinks chile pre omes on her littleness and goes to unwarrantable lengths because she realizes alpes that the united states cannot feord to go to war with her without the greatest provocation the people 9 that shoestring 11 nation are impetuous pettous presumptuous and vain and to tolerate an act ace of audacity or impertinence is limply aply 1 to 0 encourage them in t t direction unless something in tiie be way of a satisfactory solution is reached w without further delay the general thinks an unequivocal and unconditional apology should bode bede banded and unless ris tins immediately follows the del delivery lverY of the demand 14 lefi us proceed with as little delay and ceremony as possible to raise the necessary force on land and sea one to oo 00 operate with the other and after giving the chileans Chi leans and others ample time to take their families out of the teach rob of danger turn loose on valparaiso and keep at it till there is nothing left of the city but splinters and cinders this of itself would settle the smatter matter and he be thinks it is doubtful if anything rise else would he argues in ole hilway hi sway ay the author ties of that nation be thoroughly goy convinced that we are in earnest and as things have gone andare going it it is doubtful if anything I 1 I 1 else will so BO convince them besides having a salutary effect elsewhere it would produce a better feeling at home jn in that a brush with a foreign power would tend to diminish dimin iab the partisan acerbity bow prevailing and to unify the people generally the general to la confident confide tit that all the troops needed could be raised in this part of the country and something of the old military ardor that used to animate him seemed for the time rekindled as he be spoke showing that he woul dot it mind being called upon himself however we have not changed our views upon this subject |
