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This was so clear to the junta of the Congressional party, established at Iquique, that before the arrival of the Itata at that port the secretary of foreign relations of the Provisional Government addressed to Rear-Admiral Brown, commanding the United States naval forces, a communication, from which the following is an extract: The Provisional Government has learned by the cablegrams of the Associated Press that the transport Itata, detained in

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

Not long afterward, however, a United States Court decided that the pursuit had been without justification under international law and ordered the release of the _Itata_.

The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley

States the undersigned takes advantage of the personal relations you have been good enough to maintain with him since your arrival in this port to declare to you that as soon as she is within reach of our orders his Government will put the Itata, with the arms and munitions she took on board in Sail Diego, at the disposition of the United States.

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The Itata, an armed vessel commanded by a naval officer of the insurgent fleet, manned by its sailors and with soldiers on board, was seized under process of the United States court at San Diego, Cal., for a violation of our neutrality laws.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

The cruiser _Charleston_ was sent in pursuit and thereupon the revolutionists surrendered the _Itata_.

The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley

If this news be correct this Government would deplore the conduct of the Itata, and as an evidence that it is not disposed to support or agree to the infraction of the laws of the United

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

_Itata_, to San Diego in California for military supplies, and American authorities seized it for violating the neutrality laws.

The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley

Friction with Chile arose from the "Itata incident."

History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

The Itata, a cruiser in the congressionalist service, was on May 6, 1891, at Egan's request, seized at San Diego, Cal., by the federal authorities, on the ground that she was about to carry a cargo of arms to the revolutionists.

History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

Associated Press that the transport _Itata_, detained in San Diego by order of the United States for taking on board munitions of war, and in possession of the marshal, left the port, carrying on board this official, who was landed at a point near the coast, and then continued her voyage.

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