File No. 817.00/1960.
The American Chargé d’Affaires in Salvador to the Secretary of State.
San Salvador, September 10, 1912.
An orderly anti-American mass-meeting was held here last night, the second demonstration that has been prompted by our policy in Nicaragua. The following report as to the sequel to the meeting has been received by this Legation from the Minister for Foreign Affairs:
A large committee of workmen and students called to-day on the President to appeal to him in regard to the Nicaragua situation. The President replied as follows:
The sovereignty of our brother country has not been attacked and is not in danger. The United States troops who disembarked did so at the solicitation of the lawfully established Government of Nicaragua; their only motive for disembarking was to protect the lives and property of foreigners. As soon as order is reestablished they will depart. Certain agitators are maliciously asserting that the United States intends to establish a protectorate, but this is not true.
The Government of the United States is friendly to Salvador. As the Secretary of State of that Government said not long ago, “When American ships visit the waters of Salvador, it is in order to render to her the homage of sympathy.”
The transmission of these declarations will be thankfully appreciated by
Your obedient servant and friend,
M. Castro R.