Mr. Pacheco to Mr.
Blaine.
[Extract.]
Legation of
the United States in Guatemala and Honduras,
Guatemala, August 18,
1891. (Received September 3.)
No. 53.]
Sir: In accordance with telegraphic instructions of
the 10th and 13th instants, I immediately addressed a telegram to the
minister of foreign affairs of Salvador, a copy of which I transmit
herewith.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
53.—Telegram.]
Mr. Pacheco to
Señor Galindo.
Legation of the United States in Guatemala and
Honduras,
Guatemala, August 12,
1891.
I am informed of your excellency’s telegram of the 9th instant to the
Department of State at Washington, notifying my Government that sentence
of confiscation has been pronounced on the Pacific Mail steamship City of Panama for the reason that she left La
Union without permission from captain of the port.
Capt. F. P. White reports having laid at anchor at La Union for over
twenty-four hours. Also that the commandant, with armed force, visited
the ship and made formal demand for one Gen. Letona, a passenger, on the
ground that he is a political criminal, and, further, that he would not
clear or dispatch the steamer unless the said Letona was put in his
charge. Now I must say, from the above information, Mr. Minister, that
the procedure of your excellency’s Government in pronouncing sentence of
confiscation of steamer City of Panama appears to
be unwarranted, and must, in the name of my Government, enter my earnest
protest against any such arbitrary action.
