Minister Combs to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Guatemala, May 9,
1906.
No. 381.]
Sir: I have the honor to forward a copy of a
telegram from Kensett Champney & Co., complaining of the unlawful
drafting of their colonists for government use.
I made immediate representations to Mr. Barrios, with a resulting promise
that the grounds for complaint should not recur.
I inclose copy of Mr. Barrios’s note to that effect.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.—Telegram.]
Kensett Champney &
Co. to Minister Combs.
Besides the colonists that they have already taken away from us for
the work on the Northern Railroad, they continue demanding
others.
Kensett Champney & Co.
[Inclosure
2.—Memorandum.]
The Minister of Foreign
Affairs to Minister Combs.
The secretary of state and of the department for foreign affairs of
the republic of Guatemala has the honor to salute his excellency Mr.
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America and returns
the telegrams of Messrs. Kensett Champney & Co., which to-day he
has transcribed to the minister of public works, begging him that
they be no further molested in the matter of laborers.
Juan Barrios M. avails himself of this opportunity to renew to Mr.
Combs, etc.
