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  4. Document 822

Mr. Everett to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Guatemala and Honduras,
Guatemala , November 9, 1900 .
No. 459.]

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that on the 6th instant I received a telegram, a copy of which I inclose herewith, from the minister of foreign affairs of Honduras informing me that his Government had decided to pay the indemnity demanded in the Pears case, and that drafts for the amount would be sent me in due course.

A copy of my note of October 11, to which he refers, was inclosed in my dispatch to the Department, No. 446, of October 12.

I at once acknowledged the receipt of above telegram in a telegram dated the 6th instant, a copy of which I inclose herewith, and communicated the facts to the Department the same day in a cablegram.

I am now awaiting the arrival of the promised drafts, which will be forwarded to the Department as soon as received.

I have, etc.,

Sidney B. Everett,
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
[Inclosure 1.]

Mr. Bonilla to Mr. Everett .

[Telegram—Translation.]
Tegucigalpa , November 5, 1900 .

I have the honor to inform your excellency that on receipt of your courteous dispatch of October 11 last this Government has ordered the immediate payment of the indemnity claimed in the Pears case. Drafts in conformity therewith will arrive in due course.

César Bonilla.
[Inclosure 2.]

Mr. Everett to Mr. Bonilla .

[Telegram.]
Legation of the United States,
Guatemala , November 6, 1900 .

Your excellency’s telegram received informing me that Government of Honduras had decided to pay the indemnity demanded in the Pears case and that drafts for required amount would be sent me immediately. I shall acknowledge their receipt as soon as received.

Everett,
Chargé d’Affaires.