File No. 817.51/585a.
The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister.
Washington, October 10, 1913.
After conference with General Chamorro I wrote, with his assent, as follows to Finance Minister Cuadra in New York on October 6:
[Quotes the letter; see ante.]
The Nicaraguan Mixed Claims Commission originated with the Dawson Pact1 as referred to in the Martinez note of November 5, 1910,2 and was organized under a decree of the Congress of Nicaragua. It is necessary that decisions of the Commission be respected. Three thousand awards have been made, totaling about $350,000. These should be paid from the present loan in the same order as awarded, without respect to the political affiliations of the claimants. These payments, reaching every part of the Republic, should produce a favorable effect on public sentiment.
Read this telegram to the President and urge upon him the importance of acting upon it favorably.