File No. 817.00/2046.
The American Minister to the Secretary of State.
Managua, October 1, 1912—9 a.m.
Your September 26, 6 p.m. I believe that any other course than the one therein proposed would result only in further disorder, which would probably spread to other Central American States.
No objection has ever been made to the validity of President Díaz’s succession to office, and the acts complained of during his administration were Mena’s acts as the real ruler of Nicaragua.
The President of Salvador is misinformed as to the conduct of the United States forces in Nicaragua, and if he says that the selection of Calderón as provisional president is acceptable to Díaz, he misstates the facts.
That Araujo is intriguing to name the next President of Nicaragua seems to me certain; his idea is doubtless a Central American union under the auspices of Salvador. His pretensions, I am sure, are not supported by any of the other countries.