File No. 6775/224.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala to the Guatemalan Minister.a
Minister of Guatemala, Washington:
For your information and communication to Secretary of State I transmit hereunder my answer to Nicaragua and Honduras regarding Amapala conference.
I am informed, through your telegram received to-day, regarding interview and agreement made between their excellencies the Presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, and Salvador, in which it was resolved to instruct their respective delegations at Washington, after forgetting past differences and holding peace congress in Amapala, to conclude among the five Republics treaty of amity and commerce. It was also agreed to send fraternal invitation to Presidents of Guatemala and Costa Rica for their adherence to said agreement. I have the honor to inform your excellency, in the name of my Government, that rejoicing as we always do in all acts which may tend to good and cordial Central American harmony, Guatemala before replying expects to know results of the conference agreed upon according to protocol signed in Washington, September 17, by virtue of the terms of which she has sent her delegation to Washington. Guatemala most earnestly desires that your excellency and Government may find this completely in accordance with the solemn obligations which the five Central American Governments have entered into in said protocol, and these obligations are the more valuable as they have been made through the friendly offices of such worthy Governments as those of the United States and Mexico. This is a particular circumstance which must always be taken into consideration in any resolution Guatemala may adopt, the more so as both conferences, as your excellency explains, tend to the same end.
Barrios.
- Handed to the Secretary of State by the Guatemalan minister.↩