723.2515/672: Telegram
The Ambassador in Chile (Shea) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:30 p.m.]
113. Your telegram no. 57, August 11. The Ministers are still functioning although the Cabinet crisis has not yet passed; they are waiting for the formation of the Tribunal of Honor before withdrawing their resignations. The Minister of Foreign Affairs told me yesterday that as there are now about 20,000 Chilean troops on the Peruvian frontier the Government is no longer shivering over the internal situation, and that rumors reaching the United States from sources other than Chile are unfounded and ridiculous.
I asked if it were true that Great Britain had recognized the new Bolivian Government, as stated here in the papers. He replied that he had received advices from La Paz in the affirmative. This morning’s press denies the rumor and the British Minister here told me that he knew nothing about it.
[Page 345]My telegram no. 111, August 16.95 I have received word from the Consul at Arica that the Chacabuco sailed south August 15.
- Transmitting the consul’s report that the Chacabuco had reached Arica Aug. 13, and landed 1,200 troops with artillery and munitions.↩