Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Combs to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Guatemala , March 23, 1903 .

(Mr. Combs reports that the Government of Guatemala, in maintaining its constitution, refuses to recognize the American citizenship of Alberto, Posadas, a native-born Guatemalan returning bearing a United States passport, and that the naturalized citizen referred to is under detention for refusal to pay a forced loan.

Mr. Combs requests instructions.)