Office of the Historian

Mr. Finch to Mr. Hay.

American Legation,
Montevideo, Uruguay, December 19, 1904.
No. 798.]

Sir: I inclose translation from the Montevideo Daily Siglo headed “Our relations with Argentina—The incident terminated—The protocol signed.”

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.

Respectfully,

William R. Finch.
[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 To consider by common agreement as not existing and withdrawn the notes of August 10 and 27 and of September 16 of the current year, exchanged between the legation of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the minister of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.”