Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.
Santiago, December 27, 1891. (Received December 28.)
Mr. Egan reports that the legation is still under the surveillance of police officers and of detectives of the lowest class; he says that several letters, which were undoubtedly also sent to Washington, were published on the 26th, in which the governor of Santiago submits reports to the minister of foreign affairs from the police in vindication of the conduct of the authorities towards the legation, composed of a tissue of misrepresentations and untruths. He says that cabinet ministers, members of both houses of Congress, council of state, judiciary, generals and colonels of the army, and many others are excluded from the amnesty which has been voted. He says that in absence of instructions he did not attend the inauguration of the President, which took place on the 26th, and that the president of the Senate, at a banquet given in the evening by the President, expressed wishes for the happiness of the nations which were represented at the inauguration of the new Government. He states that the difficulty of getting the right men to accept the situation created by Señor Matta is delaying the formation of a new ministry.