Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.
Santiago, January 15, 1892. (Received January 16.)
Mr. Egan transmits an account of the interview which the minister of foreign affairs accorded on that day and says that he was told that, in view of Mr. Blaine’s indications and on the ground taken by the former Secretaries of State Buchanan and Webster that no foreign power, through its representatives, could make the message of a President of the United States the basis of diplomatic representations or controversy, his Government will not have any objection to withdrawing all that may be considered disagreeable to that of the United States in the telegram sent to their representative in Washington by the former minister of foreign affairs. He adds that he expressed an opinion that an expression of regret for such parts of that document as were considered offensive to the President and other officers of the United States would be expected to complement the withdrawal, and that he received from the minister positive assurance that the Chilean minister near the United States had been instructed to express regret for all that might create unpleasantness between the two Governments in the case. He wishes to know what action he is to take.