Mr. Gresham to Mr. Egan.
Washington, April 11, 1893.
Mr. Gresham observes that Mr. Egan’s telegram of the 9th, in which it is stated that the Chilean Government regards as strictly correct his action in giving asylum, under the belief that their lives were in imminent danger, to Fuentes and Holley, against whom the penalty of death was demanded by the public prosecutor for participation in the attempted uprising which took place in December last, is somewhat vague. He says that the Chilean legation, in a note which was received a few hours after the receipt of Mr. Egan’s telegram, denies that the two conspirators are entitled to asylum; asserts that their only purpose in the said attempted uprising was murder and robbery; that violation of the municipal laws of Chile was the ground upon which they were indicted and regularly tried in December last, and demands that they be surrendered. Mr. Gresham asks whether surrender is demanded for trial under the old indictment or for the participation of the refugees in the late attempt at overthrow of the Government, or for both, and directs that a full report be forwarded.