File No. 14503/4.
The Argentine Minister to the Secretary of State.
Washington, June 15, 1909.
Mr. Secretary of State: A law of the Argentine Congress has ordained that, through the medium of the executive department, the Governments of America and Europe which have representatives accredited to the Republic be invited to participate in the celebration, in 1910, of the first centennial of its national independence. In accordance with said ordinance I have been charged with the exalted and pleasant duty of inviting the United States Government to take part in said commemoration, trusting that the Nation which, ahead of every other nation, hastened to recognize Argentine sovereignty, will honor by its representation an event so intimately connected with its own history.
In the hope that I shall have the good fortune to transmit to my Government acceptance by the United States Government of the invitation, I have the honor of tendering to your excellency the compliance with the instructions referred to.
I avail, etc.,