Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-22
Comes to Foster Friendly and Com
mercial Relations,
His SECOND VISIT TO WASHINGTON
To Exchange Nitrate for Our
Manufactured Goods.
HIS FAMILY WITH HIM

Senor c. Morla Vicuna. envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary of Chile
to the United States, has arrived here ana
is at the Arlington, where he will remain
until he has secured house in which to
make his home during his residence here.
Senor Vicuna was accompanied to this
country by Mrs. Vicuna and their four
children, Mrs. Vicuna and the children
having stopped at Buena Vista, Nd, where
they can enjoy the comforts of that resort
until the heated term has passed. Their
children all suffered from typhoid fever
before leaving Chile and are now GONZALES
cent from their Illness.
Senor Vicuna is no stranger to Washing
ton, his diplomatic career, which has in
cluded some of the most important mn .sions
under his government having been begun
here nearly thirty years ago. 1t was In
1870 that he first came to this city as first
secretary Of the Chilean legislation. He
remained here nearly two years. He was
then transferred to England as fret secre-
tary of the legation in London and then
served in the same capacity at Paris.
While he was at Paris he was appointed
financial secretary of the republic of Chile
in connection with the various European
legations. In 1895. he was appointed min
lister plenipotentiary to Uruguay and Para
quay and in 1896 was transferred to act in
d IKE capacity IN IIS argentine hcplDlC.
During the latter part of 1895 was appoint
ed secretary of state of Chile, which office
he held ten months, and q few months later
he was appointed minister to the United
States.
When asked concerning his misson here
Senor Vicuna replied:
Friendly and Commercial Relations.
MY mission is especially to foster the
relations of friendship between the two
nd aau al
relations. There is now line of steamers
plying between the west coast of South
America and New York, and we hope that
the commercial relations between the two
countries will be fostered in the future. We
hope that the United States Will become one
of the chief consumers of nitrate which is
produced in Chile. We desire to have the
advantages derived from using nitrate in
agriculture brought before the people OF the
United States"
The export of nitrate from Chile to Eu-
rope, Senor Nicuna said, now amounts to
1,250, 600 tons annually, and has for years
increased steadily from 8 to z per cent,
while last year IL increased from 10 to II
per cent When the advantage of using
nitrate in this country is fully appreciated
he thought the demand for it here would
greatly increase. American lumber, furni-
ture and machinery, especially agricultural
machinery, he said, are being used ex-
tensiyely in Chile, and lately there has
sprung up a very promising import trade
there of American cotton manufactures. In
cotton manufactured goods this country. in
some respects, he said, is competing favor
ably with England and France. though the
trade in this line is in its infancy.
Our Younger Sister.
Speaking of the feeling of friendliness be-
tween the two governments, he remarked
that the people of Chile call themselves the
younger sister of the United States, and
fully appreciate the enormous influence ex-
ercised by this country in preserving peace
in South America not only in their rela-
tions with European governments, but
among themselves. He said the people Of
Chile were inclined to sympathize with the
Cubans in what they regarded as their
struggle for independence from Spain.
which the Chileans themselves made from
1910 to 1926.