Mr. Mizner to Mr. Blaine.
Guatemala, September 17, 1890. (Received October 3.)
Sir: As directed by your telegram of the 12th instant, I sent Mr. Hosmer, secretary of legation, to the port of San José yesterday for the purpose of taking the affidavit of the captain of the steamer Acapulco in the matter of the attempted arrest of General Barrundia, and to obtain such other evidence as may be proper.
As Mr. Hosmer may not return in time to send the affidavit by today’s mail, I write this note to say that there will be no unnecessary delay, and that by next Wednesday I will forward to you all the evidence obtained, which, together with the consul-general’s dispatch No. 243 and my No. 150, will make a complete history of the affair.
The case is a much stronger one than that of Gomez, of Nicaragua, passed upon in favor of the right to arrest in Mr. Bayard’s No. 226 to Mr. Hall of March 12, 1885, in that in the present case a state of war existed and the passenger was en route to the country of the enemy, distant only 90 miles.
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