American Legation,
Montevideo,
Uruguay, December 19,
1904.
No. 798.]
The Secretary will observe that the parties to this pact have apparently
sought to restore the external official relations existing between the
two Republics previous to the recent revolution in Uruguay.
[Inclosure.]
Our relations with Argentina—The incident
terminated—The protocol signed.
[From the
Montevideo Daily Siglo, December 11,
1904.]
It is already known by telegrams from Buenos Ayres, which were
published at the time that a protocol was signed in that capital on
the 6th instant, between our minister in Argentina, Señor Daniel
Munoz, and he foreign minister of that country, Dr. Carlos Rodriguez
Larreta, terminating by direct and friendly negotiation the
difficulties created by the conflicts which arose between the two
Governments during the recent civil war.
The following is the protocol which has been signed:
“United in the ministry of foreign affairs and worship of the
Argentine Republic, their excellencies, Señor Daniel Munoz, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic
of Uruguay, and the minister of foreign affairs of the Argentine
Republic, with the object of giving a friendly and conciliatory
solution to the diplomatic incidents which arose on the occasion of
acts which provoked the reclamation previously presented by Minister
Munoz, in the name of his Government, on the occasion of the
subversive movement which broke out in that country and happily
ended to-day, and to settle all and any difficulty that might be an
obstacle to that laudable purpose, the ministers, after an exchange
of ideas, agreed on the following: [Page 862]
- “1st. To consider by common agreement as not existing and
withdrawn the notes of August 10 and 27 and of September 16
of the current year, exchanged between the legation of the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the minister of foreign
affairs of the Argentine Republic, leaving only the note
dated August 6, in which claims were initiated for certain
acts connected with the subversive movement which existed in
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, about which the Argentine
Government has taken the corresponding measures regarding
the employees accused.
- “2d. That in the desire to establish fixed rules which
will serve for proceeding in future and which it may be
possible and easy to apply in practice, should internal
commotions unfortunately occur in either of the two States,
they compromise to negotiate an essential arrangement on the
subject, or to amplify that of January 14, 1876.
- “3d. That pursuing similar purposes and in the interest of
avoiding future discussions regarding the meaning and
interpretation of Title II of the treaty of international
penal right signed in Montevideo on January 23, 1889, in
reference to asylum, they agree to formulate, separately,
protocolized declarations which will serve as a rule of
conduct for both countries in occurring cases.
“In faith of which they sign the protocol in duplicate in Buenos
Ayres, the capital of the Argentine Republic, on the 6th day of the
month of December, of the year 1904.
- “Daniel Munoz.
- “Carlos Rodriguez
Larreta.”
