The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-26
The Gillian Correspondence.

accompanying the Presidents message is nj
great volume and would probably fill more
than 100 columns of an ordinary newspaper. II
dates back as far as August Is, 1890, eighteen
months ago, and much of it has been described
with SUFFICIENT accuracy in the Presiden Us
message sent to Congress at the beginning of
the present session and the copious newspaner
publications that have been made 1t is divided
into three portions the first com prising cor
respondence between Mr.. Blaine and MIR.
Egan, or Mr.. Wharton in NJ T. Blaine's absence;
correspondence between Senior I,AZcaro the
Gillian minister under the Balma eda az m n
istratlon, and lastly notes exchanged between
Secretary Blaine and Dom Pedro Montt the
present Gillian minister to this country
THE EGAN CORRESPONDENCE.
The Egan correspondence begins August IL
1871 with the statement of the changes in the
Balmaceda ministry which constituted pre-
cursor to the revolution. Many chapters of
this correspondence are now ancient histor Y
and therefore of little interest at the present
luncture. The one fact that is es ablished is
that Minister Egan had an abiding faith I'D 10
the last moment IN the ultimate triumph of Bal.
maceda over his enemies and the downfall of
the insurgent cause.
March 9, 1891, MIR. Egan transmitted to Secre.
tary Blaine request by the Gillian govern
ment that the United States permit of its ships
to carry from Valparaiso To Montevideo a sum
of about 81, 100000 bar silver which is required
for the payment of the interest on the national
debt abroad; that the CHILEAN government fears
Its capture by its reVOlted feet if the sum is
sent IN the regular course of business.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY
March II, in dispatch describing the
sanguinary battles in the neighborhood OF
I4uique, the minister says that the revolution
hau me undivided sympathy and the active sup
port OF the English residents in Chill; that the
English superintendent of the nitrate works
urged their men to join the reyolutionstS and
Colonel North contributed the sum of 100000
STERLING in its support.
an effort of the Gillian govern.
ment to collect duties on exports from
the lnsurgent osts; the protests made by the
German and British ministers ami the assur-
ances he has receiv that American vessels
will not be subjected to any Inconvenience
April q he telegraphs that the Chilian gov
eminent urgently requests that the propos ton
of the Gillian minister for the purchase of q
man of war from the United States be fayora-
bly, considered.
FIRST EFFORT TOWARDS PEACE
Mr.. Egan began his efforts as a peacemaker
April "a when he telegraphed for pc miss on To
act with the Brazilian minister and French
charge d. affairs in an effort to restore peace
the indications being that mediation would be
accepted oy both parties. The next day he re-
ceiN ed Mr.. Blaine's permission 10 act as M
diator.
May "A Mr. Egan informs Mr. Blaine that the
France have been most cordially accepted by
the government of Chilli and the revolutlonists
those of Eng and anu Germany having been
declined.
THE ITATA INCIDENT.
The Itata incident first appears in the cores
pondence in connection with the declaration
sent by Mr.. McCreary the consul at Valparaiso
TO the state department here, Mr.. Whaton be-
ing then the acting secretary in Mr.. Blaine's
absence, that the South American steamship
company insists that The ltata is their property
and mas been taken from them BY force OF the
insurgents. The same day Mr.. Egan notifies
the state department, at the request OF the
Gillian government, of the presence of the Itata
in California waters.
May IA, Mr.. Wharton, alarmed by threats cur
rent IN Washington that Balmaceda threatens
TO shoot the ENJOYS who appeared before the
mediators, insisted that under the circum
stances they should have treatment of a flag OF
truce Two days later, answering Mr. Egan,
dlsclaimtd any such intention on his part Bal.
msceCa hen follows with q long history of the
medlators TO secure peace IN Chila, winding uu
with acccpnt of the breaking # of the ne D
nate Senior Cooley, oGo OF Balmaceda's min
listers.
LETTERS OF MARQUE GRANTED.
On May 2S Mr.. Wharton encloses to Mr. Egen
for his information copy OF his letter from Mr.
Davis, OF Lima, Peru, that Mr.. Egan had Bal.
maceda grant letters of marque to pr.vateers
Wharton instructs Mr., Egan TO act PROMPTED
solely by desire to restore peace and entirely
disintereSted as the President desires him IN
informal and discreetly ascertain Whether
the good offices of this government can in anv
way be used for the termination Of the conflict