Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.
Santiago, December 12, 1891. (Received December 13.)
Mr. Egan, in reply to the telegraphic instructions of the 9th instant, denies that he was ever asked by the minister for foreign affairs to give any testimony except that referred to in the letters written by Capt. Schley to the authorities of Valparaiso, which has already been reported in his telegram of the 4th instant. He repeats that he had no personal knowledge of the circumstances of the case; that the request of the minister for foreign affairs for testimony was made in the note of November 9, about which he called on the 14th on the undersecretary and on two other occasions on the minister, and stated that the matter was being treated directly between the Valparaiso authorities and Capt. Schley; that the minister expressed to him his entire satisfaction and [Page 264] agreed that the circumstances made a written reply to his note unnecessary. A copy of said note was inclosed in his dispatch No. 230 of November 11.