Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Rodriguez to Mr. Olney.

[Translation.]

Legation of the Greater Republic of Central America,
Washington, December 7, 1896.

Dear Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith, reduced to writing, the suggestion of which we spoke on Saturday last toward the close of our interview, which will, I trust, as was understood, remain subject to whatever we may finally agree upon.

My secretary will likewise place in your hands the translation of the treaty of Amapala,¹ which you were pleased to intrust to me and which has been corrected by the official translator of your Department.

I am, etc.,

J. D. Rodriguez.

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

Legation of the Greater Republic of Central America[, undated].

The President of the United States of America, in recognizing the Greater Republic of Central America, constituted conformably to the stipulations of the treaty of Amapala, of June 20, 1895, between the Republics of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador, and in entering upon diplomatic relations therewith, gives such recognition and enters upon such relations upon the distinct understanding that the responsibility of each of these Republics toward the United States of America remains wholly unaffected.

1. For treaty see under Honduras, page 390.