No. 114.
Mr. Hall
to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of
the United States in Central America,
Guatemala, September 30, 1887.
(Received October 22.)
No. 713.]Sir: Referring to my dispatches Nos. 707 and 711 of
the 22d and 28th instants, respectively, I have the honor to inclose
herewith a copy and translation of a note of this date which the Mexican
minister to Central America addresses to the minister for foreign affairs of
Guatemala relative to the renewal of official relations. These relations
were broken off by Mexico in June last. * * *
The Mexican minister takes occasion to say that the National Constituent
Assembly being about to open its sessions without so much as a single
protest having been raised against the elections throughout the entire
extent of the country, this establishes the fact that the nation accepts the
decree of the 26th June last and its consequences. For these reasons, and
the fact that the Guatemalan Government has given proofs of a desire to
comply with its international obligations and those of vicinage with Mexico,
his Government believes that the time has arrived for fulfilling its
promises to respect whatever the Guatemalan people in the exercise of its
sovereignty might do. He is therefore instructed to continue his official
relations with the Guatemalan Government. A copy of the communication
referred to was handed to me to-day by Señor Montufar. * * *
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
713.—Translation.]
Señor Garay to
Señor Montufar.
Legation of the United Mexican States,
Guatemala, September 30, 1887.
Mr. Minister: Inasmuch as the National
Constituent Assembly will solemnly open its sessions to-morrow, without
a single protest having been raised against the elections throughout the
whole extent of the territory, nor any ostensible manifestation having
been made against the new political regimen established three months
ago, this important fact must be considered as a proof that the nation
has accepted this consequences of the decree No. 380, issued on the 26th
of June last by his Excellency General Don Manuel Lisandro Barillas.
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The meeting of the legislative body is a praiseworthy event, because it
establishes at once a popular regimen and will prepare the way for the
re-establishment of that constitutional order which alone offers
stability among the free peoples of America.
These considerations and the circumstance that the present administration
has given to Mexico unmistakable proofs that it desires to fulfill the
obligations imposed by international law, no less than those of the
contiguity of the two countries, induce my Government to believe that
the time has arrived for fulfilling the promises it made to respect
whatever the Guatemalan people, in the exercise of their sovereignty,
might do or confirm as to the institutions to be adopted, and I am,
therefore, expressly instructed to continue with your excllency my
official relations.
In having the honor to manifest this to, etc.,
