each instance in the courts. Ultimately, the Chilean congressionalists succeeded in their ouster of the Balmaceda administration and, in 1901, the Chilean steamship company, which had chartered the Itata to the congressionalist authorities, brought a case against the United States for the ship's detention, claiming the ship had acted on behalf of the legitimate provisional government. The United States and Chilean Claims Commission ruled that the seizure had been justifiable and that the US authorities had had probable cause in holding the Itata at San Diego. References Foreign Relations of the United States of America for the Year 1891. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1892. Foreign Relations of the United States of America for the Year 1892. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1893. "The Itata Incident" Osgood Hardy, in the Hispanic American Historical Review, vol V (1922) pp 195–226. The Federal Reporter. vv 47–9, 56 John W. Foster. Michael Devine, London: The Ohio University Press, 1981. History of the foreign relations of Chile History of the foreign relations of the United States 1891 in Chile Chile–United States relations Diplomatic incidents 1891 crimes in South America