Mr. Clayton to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
Mexico, October 7,
1904.
No. 2467.]
Sir:
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I have the honor to inclose a copy and translation of Mr. Mariseal’s note
of the 5th instant informing me that he had transmitted therewith two
copies of the Diario Oficial containing Mexico’s official declaration of
neutrality.
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I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Mariscal to
Mr. Clayton.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, October 5, 1904.
Mr. Ambassador: In reply to your
excellency’s note of the 3d instant requesting data concerning the
neutrality proclamations issued by the Government of Mexico during
the war between Russia and Japan, I have the honor to transmit
herewith two copies of the Diario Oficial, wherein Mexico’s official
declaration of neutrality in the Russian-Japanese conflict appears.
I renew, etc.,
[Subinclosure.]
Mexico’s neutrality in the Russian-Japanese
conflict.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, February 18, 1904.
[From Diario Oficial of February 16, 1904.]
proclamation.
This department having been informed by the diplomatic
representatives of Russia and Japan, accredited before the
Government of Mexico, of the state of war in which both of the
aforesaid countries have been since the 10th instant,
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and in consideration of all
the circumstances attending the case, the President of the Republic
has declared that the Mexican Government should and shall observe
the strictest neutrality with regard to said conflict.
The President also ordered that the aforesaid proclamation be made
known to the parties concerned, and that it be published in the
Diario Oficial in order that it may be properly observed.
