No. 278.
Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fish
Legation of
the United States,
Mexico, December 18,
1871. (Received January 11.)
No. 488]
Sir: I inclose a copy of a note that I
addressed to the minister of foreign affairs on the 13th instant,
transmitting a copy of a dispatch from the United States minister at
Paris, to the Department of State, respecting his conduct in extending
his good offices in behalf of Mexican citizens in France, and also a
copy of the response of the Secretary of State, (A and B.)
I now have the honor to inclose a translation of the reply of the
minister of foreign affairs, dated the 15th Instant, (B,) in which he
manifests the gratitude of the government of Mexico to the Government of
the United States, and our worthy representative at Paris, for the good
offices of our legation in that city in behalf of Mexican citizens in
France, and requests me to transmit his communication to the Department
of State.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure A.]
Mr. Nelson to Mr.
Mariscal.
Legation of the United States.
Mexico, December 13, 1871.
Sir: In compliance with instructions from
the honorable Secretary of State of the United States, I have the
pleasure of transmitting a copy of a dispatch from the United States
minister at Paris to the State Department, Washington, reporting his
action in extending his good offices in behalf of Mexican citizens
in France, and also a copy of the reply of Mr. Fish.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure B.—Translation.]
Mr. Mariscal to
Mr. Nelson.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, December 15, 1871.
Sir: I have had the honor to receive your
excellency’s note of the 13th instant, in which, according to
instructions from the honorable Secretary of State of the United
States, you were pleased to transmit me a copy of a note which the
minister of the United States at Paris had addressed to his
Government, advising it of the good offices with which he had
favored the Mexican citizens in France; and also a copy of the reply
given by the Hon. Mr. Fish to the said minister, approving his
course, and authorizing him to continue the same, if the French
government should not object to it.
The government of Mexico has, on a previous occasion, manifested its
gratitude for the good offices rendered by the representative of the
United States of America in France in behalf of the Mexican citizens
residing in that republic, and it is again exceedingly satisfactory
for me to reiterate that manifestation, by means of your excellency,
to the Government of the United States and its worthy representative
at Paris.
Although Mr. Arm and Montluc is named private commercial agent of
Mexico in that city, having his residence No. 10 Rue Notre Dame de
Lorette, and has, consequently, under his charge the care of the
interests of Mexican citizens, his action for this purpose may in
many cases be ineffectual, lacking as does the character of a public
representative, recognized by the French government. For this
reason, in similar cases, the good offices of the minister of the
United States at Paris will always be of the greatest importance
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for Mexicans, provided
that they be allowed by the French authorities, as has been the case
up to the present time.
Your excellency will have the goodness to make known this
communication to the honorable Secretary of State of the United
States, and accept anew the assurances of the high consideration
with which,
I am, &c.,
