No. 123.
Mr. Logan
to Mr. Fish.
Santiago de Chile, June 4, 1875. (Received July 12.)
Sir: In further relation to the dispute of the “Tacna,” between England and Chili, fully treated of in previous dispatches from this legation. I have to inform you that a telegraphic dispatch, in cipher, has just been received by the Chilian executive from the Chilian minister in England, announcing that the proposition of the Chilian government to submit the whole question to arbitration has been accepted by the government of Great Britain, and the Emperor of Germany agreed upon as the person to whom such submission shall be made. This result is looked upon by the Chilians as a substantial victory in their favor.
Having previously had the opportunity to privately peruse the dispatch of Lord Derby to the English minister in Chili upon the subject, in which it is announced that the offer of arbitration had been made by [Page 200] the representatives in England both of Germany and the United States, I have no doubt this result has been contributed to by the joint efforts of both governments. At all events, the result is received here with the greatest satisfaction, as affording an opportunity to the Chilian government for ample vindication if in the right, and an honorable retreat if in the wrong.
I have, &c.,