Mr. Romero to Mr. Sherman.
Washington, April 9, 1897.
Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to inform you that I have been authorized by the Government of Mexico to accept the suggestion of Mr. Vicente G. Quesada, who has been named as arbitrator by the Government of Mexico and that of the United States to decide concerning the claims of Charles Oberlander and Barbara M. Messenger against Mexico, viz., that the time for the submission of the cases to the arbitrator be extended to August 1, as proposed by you in your note No. 237, of March 31 last.
We may thus sign a new protocol, in which it shall be stated that the time fixed by Article II of the protocol of March 2 is extended to [Page 381] August 1, 1897, or consider this modification as having been made by the mere exchange of the respective notes, as you may think preferable. Either of these methods will be satisfactory to me.
Be pleased to accept, etc.,