File No. 814.51/212.
The American Chargé d’Affaires at London to the Secretary of State.
London , January 15, 1913 .
Reports, in reply to Department’s telegram of the 14th instant, that he had an interview with Sir Edward Grey and understood that he would confer with Cooper. His representations were received amiably but he does not hope for the consent of the British Government. He informed Sir Edward Grey that his representations were merely preparatory and he would be more fully informed of the situation after detailed instructions had been received from the Department.
The Foreign Office seems to have a complete distrust of any negotiations with the President of Guatemala other than the insistence on the restoration of the coffee revenues. The Foreign Office appears loath to depart from the fixed purpose of having the coffee revenues restored, for fear that they would abandon a secure position for one of great uncertainty.