File No. 814.51/177.
The British Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State .
Washington , August 28, 1912 .
Sir: I have the honour to enclose copies1 of a correspondence which I have received from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of [Page 502] State for Foreign Affairs regarding the external debt of Guatemala, in which His Majesty’s Government have instructed the British Chargé d’Affaires at Guatemala to demand that the British claims be submitted to arbitration.
His Majesty’s Government have exhausted all possible methods: of negotiation in their endeavour to secure a settlement of the debt, but have failed to obtain satisfaction.
The Secretary of State has more than once expressed his willingness to support His Majesty’s Government in such representations as those now made, and I am instructed to ask the good offices of the United States Government on the present occasion to secure the submission of the matter to arbitration.
I have [etc.]
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