Casto Mendez Nunez to General Kilpatrick, & c ., & c ., & c, March 27, 1866

Admiral Mendez to Mr. Kilpatrick.

The undersigned, commander-in-chief of her Catholic Majesty’s squadron in the Pacific and her minister plenipotentiary, has the honor to transmit to his excellency General Kilpatrick, dean of the diplomatic corps resident in this republic, the accompanying manifesto, which he addresses to the foreign representatives accredited in Chili. In it he sets forth the reasons possessed by his government for taking into its own hands the satisfaction which the government of Chili owes to it, and declares peremptorily the means which it will be his painful duty to employ.

The undersigned begs his excellency General Kilpatrick to be pleased to place the said document before his distinguished colleagues, assuring them that he will endeavor honestly to cause all the damage to fall upon the interests and property of the government of Chili, without being able to guarantee, however, in such extremity, those of private individuals, and has the honor to subscribe himself your excellency’s most obedient servant,