The Minister of Costa Rica to the Secretary of State.
Washington, May 4, 1907.
Sir: Referring to your obliging communication of the 5th of March, in regard to the forthcoming meeting of the Second Peace Conference at The Hague, I have the honor to address you and to inform you that the Government of Costa Rica, which had declared its intention to send representatives to the said conference, finds itself, much to its regret, constrained to forego its purpose for reasons of a special nature, but declares its readiness to subscribe to such resolutions of the conference as it may adopt, if invited to do so.
I am in receipt of instructions to make a communication in that sense to the department in your worthy charge, as an act of reciprocal courtesy.
I take, etc.,