Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, For the Year 1887, Transmitted to Congress, With a Message of the President, June 26, 1888

No. 544.
Mr. Guzman to Mr. Bayard.

[Translation.]

Legation of the Republic of Nicaragua,
Washington, D. C., October 1, 1887. (Received October 1.)

Sir: My Government informs me that the treaty which was recently signed by the Presidents of Nicaragua and Costa Rica was not ratified by the Congress of my country.

This result leaves undetermined the boundary question between the two Republics, and consequently its decision by arbitration will have due course in regard to the validity or instability of the treaty of April 15, 1858.

I beg your excellency to make known this statement to his excellency the President of the United States, and to accept the assurances, etc.,

H. Guzman.