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

Mr. McCreery to Mr. Blaine.

[Telegram.]

Consulate of the United States,
Valparaiso, May 8, 1891.

The president, managing director, and one other director of the South American Steamship Company declare before me that the steamer Itata is the property of said company, and that she was taken by force and is now in the service of the revolutionary party without the consent of the company.

W. B. McCreery,
United States Consul.