Mr. Bayard to Mr. Gresham.
Your instructions communicated to the Earl of Kimberley to-day and impressed upon him serious embarrassments which were threatened if your latest proposition to renew and extend operation of modus [Page 156] (vivendi) shall not be accepted. It was readily agreed to between us that failure or delay in faithful execution of award would inflict disasters blow to principle of arbitration, and I was again assured most emphatically of full intent of British Government to carry out their obligation. I again stated reasons for convention with supplementary legislation as best mode of complying with award. A bill for executing award ready for introduction here and only excluded last week unavoidably. Earl of Kimberley promised further information without delay.