File No. 817.00/1744.
The American Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.
Managua, December 2, 1911.
Sir: Referring to the Department’s telegram of November 20 * * * I have the honor to report that after discussing this matter with President Diaz he directed that the assembly continue in session. As it has completed the constitution, it continues as a legislature, losing altogether its former character of constitutional assembly. Incidentally I venture to call the Department’s attention to the [Page 670] misnomer which has almost invariably been applied to the assembly, namely, that of constituent. The error seems first to occur in the translation of the agreements of October 27, 1910, and has been constantly repeated. It was not a constituent assembly, but a constitutional assembly. The legation has consistently applied the misnomer to avoid confusion. President Diaz has not yet approved the constitution, which, according to his wishes, will not be put in force until March 1, 1912. * * *
I have, etc.,