Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.
Santiago, July 28, 1891. (Received September 26.)
Sir: I have the honor to refer to my telegram of March 8, and my dispatch No. 148, of April 1 last, conveying the request of the Chilean Government that the United States would permit one of its war ships to convey from Valparaiso to Montevideo a quantity of bar silver which it desired to export for the purpose of paying the interest on the national debt abroad, to which communication I did not receive any reply. I now beg to state that the English Government has placed the British war ship Espiègle at the service of the Government of Chile to convey this bar silver to England and that she is now taking it on board at Talcahuano.
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