No. 201.
Mr. Dichman to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of
the United States,
Bogotá, March 30, 1881.
(Received May 6.)
No. 258.]
Sir: In compliance with the instructions contained
in your No. 149 of the 20th of last January, relating to the protection
afforded to Colombian citizens in Peru by the minister of the United States
at Lima, I addressed a note to the Colombian secretary of foreign relations
embodying the statements contained in your dispatch, and I am now in receipt
of an answer from that gentleman in which he makes due acknowledgment of the
friendly services of Mr. Christiancy, as well as expressing a proper
appreciation of the approval extended to his action by the Department.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 258.]
Mr. Dichman to
Señor Becerra.
Legation of the United States,
Bogotá, March 18,
1881.
Sir: Under date of January 21, 1881, the
honorable Secretary of State of the United States communicates the
following information to this legation:
“In his dispatch No. 218 of the 3d ultimo, the minister of the United
States at Lima, Mr. Christiancy, reports the extension by his legation
of protection to the citizens of the United States of Colombia and their
interests during the present war now going on in Peru. In view of their
having no diplomatic representative in that country, the vice-consul of
Colombia applied to him for such protection, and the Peruvian Government
having recognized him as acting in their behalf, he will render them all
possible assistance. Mr. Christiancy’s action in the premises has been
approved.”
In complying with my instructions from the honorable Secretary of State
of the United States to bring the above recited information to your
knowledge, it affords me pleasure to add that in the action of Mr.
Christiancy at Lima, and the approval thereof by his government, the
government and people of the United States of Colombia will no doubt
recognize a manifestation of the spirit of fraternal regard and friendly
consideration which has always characterized the relations between the
United States and Colombia.
With renewed assurances, &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No.
258.—Translation.]
Señor Becerra to
Mr. Dichman.
United
States of Colombia,
Department of Foreign
Relations,
Bogotá, March 26,
1881.
Sir: Your courteous communication of the 18th
instant, in which you are pleased to transcribe a paragraph from the
honorable Secretary of State of the United States, to the effect that
the minister of said nation in Lima had assumed the protection of the
Colombian citizens and their interests during the present war in Peru,
has been received in this office.
The Colombian Government, by direct official correspondence, had already
been informed of such fact as gratifying for it, as it was honorable for
Mr. Christiancy and for the nation he so nobly represents, and had
hastened through this department to give merited thanks to the worthy
agent of the United States.
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I have the honor to make known in this note, as you desire that in the
proceeding of Mr. Christiancy, and in the approval of his conduct by his
government, the Colombian Government and people recognize a
manifestation of the spirit of fraternal regard that has existed until
now in the relations of the two countries.
Renewing the expression of my distinguished consideration, I subscribe
myself your very obedient servant,
RICARDO BECERRA,
Secretary of Public
Instruction, and in charge of the Department of Foreign
Relations.
