No. 55.
Mr. Trescot
to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
Special
Mission of the United States in South America,
Valparaiso, Chili, March
16, 1882. (Received April 22.)
No. 15.]
Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 10, in which I
inclosed correspondence between Señor Balmaceda and myself, in relation to
General Kilpatrick’s dispatches of August 17 and December 2, I have now the
honor to inclose a publication in the Diario Oficial, together with
translation of the same.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure in No. 15.]
Abstract translated from the official newspaper of
the Chilian Republic, dated Santiago, Wednesday, March 8,
1882.
RECTIFICATION.
In the instructions given by Mr. Blaine to the honorable minister of the
United States in Chili, Mr. Trescot, mention is made of the notes of
August 15 and December 2 of last year, addressed by General Kilpatrick
to his government.
In the conferences that took place on the 16th, 19th, and 20th of
January, the text of those notes was made known, and at the moment Señor
Balmaceda objected, immediately addressing an official note to the
special envoy of the United States, in which he made serious
rectifications.
The said notes having been published in the United States, and reference
having been made to them in the instructions which Mr. Blaine gave to
Mr. Trescot, it is expedient to make known officially, whilst awaiting
the arrival of the original documents published in the United States
which will authorize the publications of the rectifications by Mr.
Balmaceda in Chili, that those notes contain substantial errors.
This rectification being of as much interest for the exactness of the
foreign transactions of the Government of Chili as for the cordial and
correct understanding with the United States, it is proper that it
should be made known that the Government of Chili has objected to the
notes of August 15th and December 2d of last year from Mr. Kilpatrick to
his government.
