Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 8, 1885

No. 89.

Mr. Bayard to Mr. Hall.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, June 19, 1885.

Mr. Bayard telegraphs Mr. Hall that the deepest concern is felt by this Government in the welfare of the Central American States, and it is earnestly hoped that force will not be resorted to; that mutual safety and welfare can only be restored and maintained by the exercise of reason and justice; and instructs Mr. Hall to use his best offices to bring about a peaceable settlement. The Department is pleased to learn that he is within telegraphic communication, and so situated as to be enabled to exert his influence toward bringing this unhappy contest to a close.