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, January 18, 1892.

Mr. Egan acknowledges the receipt on the previous day of the telegraphic instructions of the 16th, and reports that on the morning of this day he had, on the subject in question, an interview with the minister for foreign affairs, whom he found well disposed and who promised to return an answer at the earliest possible moment, but could not take any action without consultation.