No. 383.
Mr. Blaine
to Señor Ubico.
Washington, October 31, 1881.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 19th instant, accompanied by one addressed to me by His Excellency [Page 604] Señor Don Lorenzo Montúfar, minister of foreign affairs of Guatemala, of July 20 last, in which he conveys the thanks of his government for the proffered mediation of the United States in the boundary dispute between his government and the Mexican Republic.
I beg to confidently assure you of the very grateful appreciation with which the sentiments of the Guatemalan Government have been received and of the desire of the President and Government of the United States that a full and impartial measure of justice should be accorded in each case, which in the interest of the peace, prosperity, and happiness of the family of nations of this continent is so much to be desired, and to the accomplishment of which the good offices of this government are ever ready when desired.
I avail myself, &c.,