Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.
Santiago, December 14, 1891. (Received December 15.)
I have just received the following reply to my note of 12th December, 1891:
[Translation.]
Sir: Yesterday, after 6 o’clock in the evening, at his house, the undersigned received your note of the 12th, in which, inclosing a copy of the newspaper called the Ferrocarril, containing the telegram addressed on the 11th instant to Don Pedro Montt, at Washington, you inquire whether the printed text is authentic. In reply the undersigned has the honor to state that, with the exception of very slight differences of words or letters, the said text is the same that was transmitted by the department of foreign relations.
The copy of the newspaper inclosed in your note is herewith returned to you, and, to the-end that a comparison may be made, the undersigned incloses the Official Journal of the 12th, wherein you will find the genuine text of that telegram, and the contents of the series of notes which have passed between the United States legation and this department in relation to the riot of October 16 and to the case of the persons to whom an asylum has been granted. Inasmuch as that telegram is an official act of the Government of Chile, whereby it communicates instructions to its envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in the United States of North America, any explanation or dissertation on the part of the undersigned could add nothing to its contents, which are to serve as a guide for Don Pedro Montt at Washington in treating of these matters. Your note being thus answered, the undersigned renews to you, as usual, the assurance of his high consideration, and signs himself,
Your obedient servant,
M. A. Matta.