<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Umkhumbi omusha wokulwa,, wa-oda ngaphansi kohlelo olusha lokwakha ngo-1889. Ukufika kweMpi Yombango yaseChile ngo-1891 kwaba nokwephulwa phakathi kwamagatsha amabili amabutho ahlomile aseChile, ngenkathi iningi lemikhumbi yasolwandle lalisohlangothini lwenhlangano, iningi lebutho laseChile lahlala lithembekile kuJosé Manuel Balmaceda. Lapho iningi le-congress kazwelonke linqamula ubudlelwano nohulumeni, uJorge Montt wathatha ukulawula imikhumbi eValparaíso kanye nosopolitiki abavelele, abanjengoRamón Barros Luco, ebhodini, imikhumbi yahamba yaya enyakatho endaweni ecebile nge-nitrate yaseTarapacá, eyayithathwe yiChile ePeru eminyakeni eyi-10 ngaphambili. Ngaleso sikhathi, iTarapacá yayiyisifunda esicebe kakhulu eChile ngokwemithombo yemvelo futhi ngaphandle komkhumbi empeleni yayingafinyeleleki eMnyangweni Wezempi waseChile. Ukusuka lapha, amabutho asolwandle ahlela ibutho elalakhiwe abavukuzi be-nitrate, abahlomisa futhi babaqeqesha ukuba babhekane neButho LaseChile elinamadoda angu-40 000. Ngo-August 1891, ibutho elisha lafika eQuintero futhi lanqoba ibutho laseChile eMpini YaseChile  <response>: Impi yaseConcón neMpi yasePlacilla ngaphambi kokuba iqembu likamongameli lihlakazeke futhi uhlangothi lweCongress luthathe amandla. Ngokhetho lwango-October 1891, uJorge Montt wakhethwa njengomongameli. 