No. 379.
Señor Ubico to Mr. Blaine.
Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, June 19, 1881. (Rec’d June 21.)
Sir: I have had the honor to receive your excellency’s polite note of the 16th instant, in reply to that of this legation of the day previous, in relation to the dismemberment of the territory of Central America by the Mexican authorities.
Your excellency is pleased to inform me that my appeal to the United States Government for protection has not been disregarded, and that you have tendered your mediation and good offices in order to put an end to the untoward state of things on the Mexican frontier, for which purpose you have sent suitable instructions to your representative in the Republic of Mexico.
The Government of Guatemala, to which I have communicated the decision adopted by your excellency, and to which I have sent a statement of the frank and friendly policy of your excellency’s government, as well as of your excellency’s views and those of his excellency the President, which are in every way calculated to inure to the benefit of the Spanish-Americans in general, and to that of Central America in particular, will duly appreciate the noble and generous course adopted by the United States Government, to which the inhabitants of the Guatemalan frontiers will be indebted for their future peace and tranquillity.
By way of justifying its constant dismemberment of the territory of Central America, the Government of Mexico will, perhaps, allege unfounded rights, in which case that of Guatemala will submit the case on its part, to the United States Government for arbitration, because it considers that it is the mission of that government to settle the disputes that unfortunately arise on this continent.
With assurances of my particular consideration, I remain, &c.,