New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-26
MR.. WILLIAMSON LETTER.
LIyEEPOoL. Sra January, 1882

The Editor Of NeJr York W0rid
SIR: In your issue Of -th December. y0u COM
men ed uutavourlbly on my cable message to LIE
TRIBUNE with regard To The Peruvian Controversy.
II order 10 detract from amy value which might
attach To my opinions on the merits OF that queS-
ton. Won made Cc tain allegations which am sorry
10 be Obliged 20 characterize pure inventions.
Ii,st-You commenced 10y styling me or my Firm
one 3f these English Igenh interested IN securing
valuable province for an English company. have
10 state IN regard to this that not interested
directly Or indirectly, IN amy company at home or
abroad. having y such object lu view. We nave
40 interest in any GuGuo or Nitrate company, and
have never SouCht nor Obtained any such agency.
The idea L. a pure invention.
Sec,ud-You speak of me or nv Firm as the owner
of a treat deal OF real estate III Valparaiso. IhlS
likewise Is a fabrication.
TLird-lou say / am 90 large owner III The
Pacific Steam Navigation Company Now II hap
pens that neither myself nor any oi my partners
holds has held OF owned single share III THIS com
pauy TOR great many years past. lnay also inform
you ha the thiilau Government has no extensive
relations with that company buf rather iayOuis
Ch.iIIn Steam Navigation company, WHcI com
pe with H. Even II TINS a!!HGalon h2d been
true instead of false. am at loss 10 perceive how
il could affect my judgment Oh the PERUVIAN que5-
Fyarth-You say that in conjunction with Messrs.
Antony Gibbs !, SONS, Alr. Edwards and otheT,,
have been engaged IN prohianle financial opera
lions based Oh tn" war expenditure oil thIll MS
likewise Is entirely false. Neither nor my lrln,
by ourselves OF IN conjunction Wlth others, nave
had any concern IN any such supposed operations.
Nor have we shipped a single package OF waI ma
tcrlal. BOT have we executed any orders directly or
indirectly from the tulan Government
You wish Americans to excuse Themselves from
seeing things connected with Peru precisely a.
zee item. and for this purpose you have
naZa;dcd statements intended 10 be drTO2at0ry TO
The value OF my testimony. Surely 1t would have
been better not to have accepted these utterly unre
liable statements, or h@p-hazard cucsscs, from
tainted sources. than 10 have obliged
me TO Characterize them a. have done.
Intelligent Americans, just like Eng.Ishmen, are
generally posse. scd of common seuac aud right lccl
ing. / leave ,hem to draw their own conclusions rs
To the value OF your Suggestions
Ii You scru;luizc SECRETARY Blaue'5 dispatches
Won will find that he dd speak OF the ccsS.On OF ter
rIOry. under certain conditions, as perhaps " wise
a. well a. necessary You accuse me OF putting
these words In his mouth!
In conclusion. permit me 10 say that q long resi-
dcucr on the Pacific Coast perhaps entities me 10
speak with authority ia regard 10 the ISSUE of
this war NJ, sympathies, ! acknowledge are en-
tIrcly with Cm Tor, II addition 10 20 crtu con-
sIucratiOns sucu a. those summarized IL my dis
patch to HE EIBCNE on December l6, 1t ought
not To Ice forgotten that II was the perIdy OF Pctu
anu Bolivia which compelled Chill IN the first IN
stance 10 tahc up arms. Your ObeGent servant,
:. WILLIAMSON.