Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 3, 1894

Mr. McGarr to Mr. Gresham.

Legation of the United States,
Santiago, June 5, 1894. (Received July 14.)

No. 134.]

Sir: In reply to your note of the 10th of April last, in reference to another commission to adjudicate the claim left undisposed of by the late arbitration commission, I received yesterday a note from the minister of foreign relations, a translation of which I inclose.

It will be seen that Mr. Fontecilla confirms his oral statement reported in my dispatch, No. 131, of the 29th ultimo, that Chile had agreed to discuss, through its representative at Washington, the matter of another international commission.

I am, etc.,

O. McGarr.

[Inclosure in No. 134—Translation.]

Mr. Fontecilla to Mr. McGarr.

Republic of Chile,
Ministry of Foreign Relations,
Santiago, May 31, 1894.

Sir: Relative to your note of the 11th of April last, I have the honor to inform you that a conference having taking place in Washington at the invitation of the honorable Secretary of State to the diplomatic representative of Chile, and they having exchanged views upon the matter to which your note alludes, I have agreed to conduct at your capital the negotiations referred to.

Advising you that proper and timely instructions will be given to the plenipotentiary of Chile in the United States, I avail myself with pleasure of this occasion to renew to you the assurances of my distingushed consideration.

M. Sanchez Fontecilla.