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Mr. Hunter to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Legation of the United States,
Guatemala , November 7, 1899 .

(Mr. Hunter reports that Mr. Hay’s rights to indemnity, which he demanded in accordance with instruction No. 195 of October 6, are denied by Guatemalan Government, which offers to submit to an arbitral tribunal all disputed points for the determination of the question as to the existence of rights to damages, and if so, the amount of such damages.)