Mr. Wharton to Mr. Ryan.
Washington, August 25, 1890.
Mr. Wharton acknowledges receipt of Mr. Ryan’s telegram of the 22d instant and instructs him to telegraph Mr. Mizner that he should suggest to the Guatemalan Government the submission to arbitration of the existing differences in Central America, in accordance with the provisions of the arbitration articles proposed by the International Conference; Guatemala to choose a neutral power as her representative, and Salvador to name another neutral power as hers, the two to act as arbitrators, and the existing situation to be maintained during the deliberations.
Mr. Ryan is further instructed to telegraph Mr. Mizner that upon receipt of these instructions he should notify the legation at Mexico of the fact by telegraph, whence the advice must be immediately telegraphed to the Department at Washington.