Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 21267/4.

Minister Sands to the Secretary of State.

American Legation,
Guatemala, November 24, 1909.

No. 17.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose copy and translation of the acknowledgment of the foreign office of my note of November 1, communicating the department’s view of decree 699, on the presumption of guilt in case of the burning of insured premises.

I have, etc.,

W. F. Sands.

[Inclosure.]

The UnderSecretary of State to Minister Sands.

Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Guatemala,
Guatemala, November 19, 1909.

Mr. Minister: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s attentive note No. 4, of the 1st instant, relative to decree No. 699 issued by this Government.

I renew, etc.,

Felipe Estrada Paniagua.