File No. 3691/60.
The President of Salvador to President Roosevelt.
My Government has exhausted every means within its reach to bring about the pacific settlement of the questions pending between Honduras and Nicaragua in the form proposed by your excellency, or any other reasonable and equitable manner. But our efforts have been ineffective. Last evening I received reply of President Zelaya to my last efforts and I permit myself to transcribe it in full. He says:
To President of Salvador:
Referring to your telegram of to-day, I repeat that if Honduras makes due reparation for the offenses, there shall be no conflict and that I accept mediation in that sense. I thank you for your friendly interest and remain your most affectionate friend.
J. S. Zelaya.
In view of the aspect assumed by the question, I believe that nothing will avert a conflict between those two countries, but the effective and energetic mediation of Your Excellency’s Government.