File No. 817.00/2388.
Minister Hale to the
Secretary of State.
No. 52.]
American Legation,
San José,
December 31, 1914.
Sir: I have the honor to report as
follows:
In my No. 51 of December 25 I gave the text of the communication which,
in accordance with the Department’s instructions, I had presented to the
President of Costa Rica; and also the text of his reply (through the
Foreign Office).
On yesterday I received Department’s telegram of December 29; and herein
enclose copy of my note in accordance therewith, of December 30, to the
Foreign Office.
I venture to express the hope that President Gonzalez will now continue
in the friendly state of mind towards Mr. Bryan and our Government with
which Mr. Bryan’s letter to me of July 24 last had inspired him.2
I have [etc.]
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[Enclosure.]
Minister Hale to
the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
No. 62.]
American Legation
San José,
December 30, 1914.
Excellency: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of December 22 in
reference to my communication presented to His Excellency the
President of the Republic on the day before, and to say that your
excellency has mistaken the word “request” (peticién), used by me,
for “insistence” (instancia) and then “demand” (demanda) as used by
your excellency.
I have the honor further to inform your excellency that I reported
the substance of your excellency’s note to the Department of State,
and have received the answer that the representations of the
Government of the United States were not presented in the form of a
demand, but merely as information conveyed to it and transmitted by
it in a spirit “of friendship and amity in the interest of peace and
order in Central America. Having done this much, my Government
considers that its responsibility ends.
I avail [etc.]
