Mr. Bryan to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Petropolis, July 11,
1902.
No. 134.]
Sir: Referring to your telegraphic
instructiona of May 24, in regard to
permission to United States consuls to act for Cuba, and your unnumbered
instructionb of May 20, in regard to
notifying this Government of the inauguration of an independent
government in Cuba, I have the honor to report that the permission asked
has been granted.
It will be noted that the Brazilian Government suggests that a direct
communication is also expected from Cuba.
Copies of my notes to the foreign office and of the reply just received
thereto are inclosed.
According to the instructions sent by you, I have notified the consuls
through the consulate-general.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure 1.]
Mr. Bryan to
Dr. Magalhaes.
Legation of the United States,
Petropolis, May
27, 1902.
Mr. Minister: Pursuant to instructions from
my Government, I have the honor to ask, through your excellency, the
kind permission of the Government of Brazil that until consuls shall
have been appointed by the Government of Cuba the consular officers
of the United States of America may use their good offices within
the jurisdiction of Brazil in representation of the interests of
Cuba and its citizens.
His Excellency Tomas Estrada Palma, President of the Cuban Republic,
has asked that this permission be requested.
I improve the opportunity, etc.,
[Inclosure 2.]
Mr. Bryan to
Dr. Magalhaes.
Legation of the United States,
Petropolis, June 28, 1902.
Mr. Minister: Pursuant to instructions
received from the President of the United States of America through
the Secretary of State, I have the honor to convey to the Government
of Brazil, through your excellency as minister for foreign affairs,
that the military occupation of the island of Cuba by the United
States of America ceased on the 20th day of May, 1902, and that an
independent government, republican in form, has been inaugurated
there under the presidency of His Excellency Señor Don Tomas Estrada
Palma.
I improve this opportunity, etc.,
[Inclosure 3.]
Dr. Magalhaes
to Mr. Bryan.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Rio de Janeiro, July 9, 1902.
I have received the two notes which Mr. Charles Page Bryan, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of
America, addressed to me on the 27th of May and the 28th of June,
requesting, at the desire of the Cuban Government, permission for
the consular officers of the United States to exercise provisionally
their good offices in behalf of that Republic and its citizens; and
informing me that the military occupation of the island by the
American Government ceased on the 20th of the month just past (May),
an independent and republican government having been organized under
the presidency of Señor Estrada Palma.
The Government of Cuba has not yet communicated to that of Brazil the
important events referred to by Mr. Bryan, and that Government has
therefore not been recognized in the usual form, but the President
of the Republic, assured that this action will not be delayed, gives
with pleasure the permission requested.
I have, etc.,
