Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine .

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Santiago , April 6, 1891 .

Mr. Egan telegraphs that the Chilean Government had declared closed the ports of Chañaral, Taltal, Antofagasta, Tocopilla, Iquique, Caleta-Buena, Junin, and Pisagua, and that vessels were liable to confiscation if they attempted trade with any of these ports.