Mr. Baker to Mr.
Sherman.
Legation of the United States,
Managua, Nicaragua, November 29, 1897.
(Received Jan. 3,
1898.)
No. 875.]
Sir: Referring to your No. 618 of the 3d
instant, I have to report that on the 25th instant I addressed a note to
President Zelaya, asking him for an official expression as to the
position of Nicaragua upon the award of Gen. E. P. Alexander, the
engineer arbitrator of the commissions of limits of Costa Rica and
Nicaragua.
I inclose herewith a copy of President Zelaya’s reply and a translation
of the same. You will observe that the Government of Nicaragua has
accepted the award, and the people of the country have received it with
pleasure.
I have the honor, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
875.—Translation.]
President Zelaya to Mr. Baker.
National
Palace,
Managua, November 27, 1897.
Mr. Minister: In reply to your estimable
communication of the 25th instant, in which you were pleased to ask
me, in the name of your Government, if Nicaragua has accepted the
award of the arbitrator appointed by the President of the United
States to determine the points of disagreement between the
commissions of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, charged with the tracing of
the division line, the award relating to the starting point on the
Atlantic, I must indicate to your excellency that my Government has
accepted with pleasure the said award, because it was inspired by
justice, based upon impartial and honest judgment, and the
Nicaraguan people have received it with equal pleasure.
It is my duty to indicate again the gratitude of the Government of
Nicaragua for the wise appointment of the engineer arbitrator made
by the President of the United States in the person of the honorable
Mr. Alexander, whose illustrious and honored procedure has
contributed to give a pacific solution to the boundary dispute
between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Taking this opportunity to repeat to your excellency, etc.,
