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

Mr. Wharton to Mr. Egan.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, June 30, 1891.

Mr. Wharton transmits to Mr. Egan information received by wire from the president of the Central and South American Telegraph Company relating to the company being forcibly prevented from working the cable between Iquique and Valparaiso, and expressing the willingness of the company but the fear that if the direct cable were connected through between Peru and Valparaiso it would be cut by the officials at Iquique.