Ambassador Reid to
the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
London, March 9,
1910.
No. 1205.]
Sir: With reference to your cable instruction
of March 5,1 informing me that the President will, probably
within a fortnight, send a special message to Congress with regard to
our relations with Liberia, and that meanwhile it is desirable to
maintain there the statu quo, I have the honor to inclose herewith a
copy of my note to the foreign office, dated the 7th instant, in which I
express the hope that Great Britain may be disposed also to acquiesce in
the status quo until the proposed action of the United States in
assistance of Liberia shall have been definitely determined.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Ambassador Reid
to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs.
American Embassy,
London, March 7,
1910.
Sir: Under the instructions of my
Government I have the honor to advise you that the President of the
United States will soon, probably within a fortnight, send a special
message to the Congress on our relations with Liberia. A response to
the requests of Liberia will soon thereafter be made and a
representative sent to Monrovia to negotiate concerning them.
Meanwhile Liberia is expected to maintain the status quo, as stated
by our commission, and avoid all entanglements. But at present my
Government is informed that boundary negotiations with Liberia are
actively pressed. In view of the above facts, as well as of the
peculiar relations long existing between the United States and
Liberia, perhaps you will regard as not unreasonable the hope which
my Government entertains and has instructed me to communicate, that
you may be disposed also to acquiesce in the status quo, until the
proposed action of the United States in assistance of Liberia shall
have been definitely determined.
I have, etc.,
