Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 814.51/240.

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American Legation,
Guatemala, May 1, 1913.

The President says that the British Government flatly refused the request of the Guatemalan Chargé d’Affaires at London for time and stated that they would insist upon the restoration of the coffee tax regardless of any arrangement between the Guatemalan Government and the bankers.

Wilson.