Mr. Egan to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
Santiago, March 24, 1892.
(Received May 2.)
No. 284.]Sir: I have the honor to send a copy of a note
which I directed to the minister of foreign relations in reference to the
question of claims which has lain in abeyance since the commencement of the
civil war in January of last year.
It seems to me that it would conduce very much to the establishment of better
relations between the two countries if all these matters were brought to a
mutually satisfactory settlement now instead of leaving them to become a
source of trouble and vexation in the future. Besides, in all of the cases
which have real merit the hardship inflicted upon the claimants by delay
augments every year. I shall, therefore, with your approval, do all in my
power to press these case’s to an early settlement.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 284.]
Mr. Egan to Señor
Errazuriz.
Legation of the United States,
Santiago, March 24,
1892.
Sir: I beg to refer to my notes of 30th
September and of 13th December, 1890, addressed to the ministry of your
excellency with regard to certain claims of citizens of the United
States against your excellency’s Government, and to say that I was
informed by Señor don Domingo Godoy, minister of foreign relations, at
the end of December, 1890, that the various documents which accompanied
my note of 13th December had been placed in the hands of the honorable
fiscal of the supreme court, Señor don Ambrosio Montt, for his
examination and opinion. May I ask your excellency to kindly inform me
what progress has been made in said examination?
I shall proceed, without delay, to arrange and forward to your excellency
the documents in support of the list of claims arising out of the war
between Chile and Peru, referred to in my note of 30th September, 1890,
as also some small claims arising out of the late war, and I beg to
convey the assurance of my earnest desire to cooperate with your
excellency in the thorough investigation of these several claims and in
bringing them to a settlement that will be mutually satisfactory to our
respective Governments.
Renewing, etc.,
