No. 210.
Mr. Foster
to Mr. Fish.
Mexico , November 28, 1876. (Received December 14.)
Sir: At a meeting of merchants and capitalists called at the national palace this morning to arrange for a loan of $500,000 to the government of General Porfirio Diaz, in agreeing upon the terms of repayment by the government, General Diaz is reported to have stated that the first payment could not be made before the 15th of March next, as the government had to make a payment of $300,000 to the United States in January next, which must have preference.
This will, doubtless, be of interest, as indicating the intentions of the government now in possession of the capital in regard to the award of the Mixed Claims Commission.
I am, &c.,