ispatch from
Mr. Egan, our minister at Santiago, transmitting the response of
Mr. Pereira, the Chilean minister of foreign affairs, to the note of
Mr. Blaine of January 21, which was received by me on the 26th instant.
The note of Mr. Montt to Mr. Blaine, though dated January 23, was not
delivered at the State Department until after 12 o'clock m. of the 25th,
and was not translated and its receipt notified to me until late in the
afternoon of that day.

The response of Mr. Pereira to our note of the 21st withdraws, with
acceptable expressions of regret, the offensive note of Mr. Matta of
the 11th ultimo, and also the request for the recall of Mr. Egan.
The treatment of the incident of the assault upon the sailors of the
_Baltimore_ is so conciliatory and friendly that I am of the opinion
that there is a good prospect that the differences growing out of
that serious affair can now be adjusted upon terms satisfactory to
this Government by the usual methods and without special powers from
Congress. This turn in the affair is very gratifying to me, as I am sure
it will be to the Congress and to our people. The general support of the
efforts of the Executive to enforce the just rights of the nation in
this matter has given an instructive and useful illustration of the
unity and patriotism of our people.

Should it be necessary I will again communicate with Congress upon the
subject.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 2, 1892_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In reply to a resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, requesting
the President "to advise the Senate as to what action, if any, has been
taken ... to cause careful soundings to be made between San Francisco,
Cal., and Honolulu ... for the purpose of determining the practicability
of laying a telegraphic cable between those two points, or between any
point on the Pacific coast and the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands,"
I inclose herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, dated
January 30, 1892.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 9, 1892_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the House of
Representatives of the 13th of January last, a report from the Secretary
of State and accompanying papers.[24]

BENJ. HARRISON.

[Footnote 24: Correspondence with Spain, Brazil, Salvador, and the
Dominican Republic relative to reciprocal trade relations; copies of