No. 99.
Mr. Hall to Mr.
Bayard.
Legation of
the United States in Central America,
Guatemala, October 10, 1885.
(Received November 6.)
No. 429.]Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt;
on the 8th instant, of your instruction No. 285 of the 1st ultimo. In
compliance therewith, I have advised the minister for foreign affairs of
Honduras by telegraph that steps have been taken to prevent the departure of
any expedition against that Republic in violation of the neutrality laws of
the United States.
By telegram of this date the minister, in reply, expresses the grateful
acknowledgments of his Government. I inclose copies and translations of the
telegrams referred to.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No.
429.—Telegram.—Translation.]
Mr. Hall to Señor
Zelaya.
Guatemala, October 8,
1885.
To the Minister for Foreign
Affairs,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
The honorable the Secretary of State instructs me to make known to your
Government that steps have been taken to prevent the departure of any
expedition against Honduras in violation of the laws of neutrality of
the United States.
[Inclosure 2 in No.
429.—Telegram.—Translation.]
Señor Zelaya to Mr.
Hall.
Tegucigalpa, October 10,
1885.
Minister H. C. Hall,
Guatemala:
I thank your Government, in behalf of my own, for the interest it takes
in favor of Honduras, by dictating opportune measures to impede the
departure of any filibustering expedition against her.
This rectitude of conduct on the part of your Government will not only
favor the natives of this country who are engaged in peaceful labors,
but it will encourage the important North American enterprises, which
rely for their success upon the good order and tranquillity which the
Republic now enjoys, &c.
