Mr. Ryan to Mr. Blaine.
Mexico, July 30, 1890. (Received August 11.)
Sir: I have the honor to advise the Department that on the 29th instant Señor Geronimo Pou, special agent of Señor Carlos Ezeta, provisional president of Salvador, in an interview upon the subject of hostilities between Salvador and Guatemala, said that it would be agreeable to Salvador if the Government of the United States would interpose its friendly offices to stop further bloodshed and restore peace upon the basis of the autonomy, integrity of territory, and independence of that Republic, notwithstanding the fact that the Salvadorian army had defeated the Guatemalan troops in every engagement, numbering eleven battles and skirmishes, and was then in strong position upon Guatemalan territory 12 leagues from the border.
I assured him that I would communicate what he said to the Department of State at Washington, and thereupon I wired you.
I am, etc.,