File No. 812.00/12240.
Secretary Dodge to
the Secretary of State.
No. 16.]
Special Commission of the President of
the United States, near the Mediators,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
June 13, 1914.
Sir: I have the honor to enclose to you
herewith a copy of the letter, dated the 2nd instant, sent by the
Mediators to Sr. Zubáran in reply to his letter to them of the 28th
ultimo. This letter was read by the Mediators to us prior to its being
sent, as reported in the Commissioners’ telegram of the 2nd instant, but
no copy was offered us. It was only made public on the 11th instant. The
present copy is sent to the Department, notwithstanding that this letter
has appeared in the press, in order that the Department may have its
authentic text. A copy of the letter to which it is in answer was
enclosed in the Commissioners’ despatch No. 8 of the 31st ultimo
(Inclosure 8).
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure.]
The Mediators to Señor
Zubáran.
Niagara Falls, Canada,
June 2, 1914.
Sir: We have had the pleasure of receiving
your courteous communication of the 28th of May last, which we have
noted very carefully.
We must in the first place acknowledge the recognition by the First
Chief of the Constitutionalist Army of the wishes and sympathies
which prompted the tender of our good offices toward the settlement
of the conflict pending between Mexico and the United States, a
tender inspired by the declared purpose of “furthering the interests
of peace and civilization on our continent and the earnest desire of
avoiding further bloodshed, to the impairment of the cordiality and
union which have always governed the development of the relations of
the governments and peoples of America.”
In carrying out these purposes, we could not but welcome the advent
to our conferences of representatives of all parties interested,
provided they agree to submit to the consideration and counsel of
the Mediation the differences which now divide them, in order that a
peaceful settlement thereof may be sought in an atmosphere of
tranquillity and conciliation. Hence, it would be a source of great
satisfaction to us if we knew that we are authorized to interpret
the suggestion contained in the last paragraph but one of your
communication, as an expression on the part of the First Chief of
the Constitutionalist Army of that spirit of compromise which in our
judgment should prevail at the conferences
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of the Mediation, and as an adhesion to the
terms set forth in our last telegraphic communication of the 3rd of
May last.35
If this is so, we would take the liberty of suggesting through you to
the First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army that he hasten the
appointment of his representatives to the conferences in which we
are now engaged.
We avail [etc.]
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D. da Gama.
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R. S. Naón.
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E. Suárez Mujica
