File No. 814.032/4.
No. 27.]
American Legation,
Guatemala,
March 11, 1914.
[Inclosure—Translation—Extract.]
[Untitled]
Our relations with the United States of America have been maintained
on the same footing of cordiality and mutual respect, a fitting
foundation upon which these relations have always rested. His
Excellency Woodrow Wilson having been elected by the will of his
fellow citizens to the Presidency of the Great Republic, this
eminent statesman, leader of the Democratic Party, entered upon the
duties of ruling his people; and my Government, desirous of
manifesting the affection which it feels for that friendly nation,
was represented in the inauguration ceremonies of the new
Government, to which it is united with the closest links. His
Excellency President Wilson, on several solemn occasions, has
expressed the ideals of his Government to the end of increasing the
political and friendly relations between the United States and the
Central American States, which are on the threshold of a new life of
development and prosperity due to the early opening of the Panama
Canal. The policy of peace of the American Government is
demonstrated by valuable proofs, among others by the treaty of peace
to which all the nations of the world have been invited to adhere
and which was signed by Guatemala in proper time. It is agreed upon
by the convention to submit to an international commission, for its
investigation and report, all the disputes which might arise between
both Republics.
In the month of March of last year various parts of the United States
suffered by great floods, and owing to this fact the People and
Government of Guatemala sent their sympathy to the American
Government.
The invitation of the American Government for Guatemala to take part
in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of San Francisco,
California, was accepted, and our Diplomatic Representative in the
United States was instructed to receive the deed to the site where
our pavilion is to be built, and where our products and manufactures
are to be exhibited. Certain ceremonies took place on this occasion,
which made evident the friendly relations which happily exist
between both nations.
