FileNo.812.415A/124.

Ambassador Wilson to the Secretary of State.

No. 297.]

Sir: I have the honor to advise the department that I have just received from the Mexican Government a note stating that President Diaz has appointed the honorable Joaquin D. Casasus an ambassador on special mission, to express to the Government of the United States the gratitude of the people and Government of Mexico for the participation of the United States in the exercises celebrating the centennial of Mexican independence.

I have, etc.,

Henry Lane Wilson.