File No. 819.00/357.
The Secretary to the
President to the Secretary of
State.
The White House,
Washington,
January 23, 1912.
Dear Mr. Secretary: For your information I
send you a copy of the dispatch which the President this afternoon sent
to Colonel Goethals.
Sincerely yours,
[Inclosure.]
The President to
Colonel Goethals.
The White House,
Washington,
January 23, 1912.
I wish you would communicate confidentially and discreetly to
Federico Boyd that we of the American Government hope that when
President Arosemena leaves he will remain to take his place by
virtue of his present office as secundo
designato during the six months prior to election. Impress
on him that we think that his exercise of the office is needed to
steady matters in the Republic and that if he abandons the
government at this time it will bring about a situation not
favorable to the future prosperity of Panama.
