File No. 817.00/2303.
Minister Hale to the
Secretary of State.
No. 55]
American Legation,
San José,
January 11, 1915.
Sir: In my despatch No. 53 of January 8 I
transmitted a copy of the Foreign Office’s reply of January 5 to my note
of December 30. The Foreign Office note was not perspicuous, and I
thought other correspondence unnecessary. Upon reflection I changed my
mind and have the honor to enclose copy of my note of this date in
reply.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure.]
Minister Hale to
the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
No. 63.]
American Legation,
San José,
January 11, 1915.
Excellency: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of January 5 in
reply to mine of December 30, and to say that I have transmitted a
copy thereof to the Department of State of my Government, confident
that the appreciation of its friendly spirit in all that relates to
the tranquillity and well-being of the Central American family,
which your excellency has been pleased to express, will be very
gratifying to it.
With respect to the disagreement between your excellency and the
undersigned concerning the definition of a word, your excellency
will be glad to know that that will be seen to be of no consequence
when it is understood, as I now have the honor to inform your
excellency, that the tone, form and words of my note of December 21,
addressed to His Excellency the President, were those employed by my
Government in its instruction to me. Consequently, when it declares
that its representations were not presented in the form of a demand,
it manifests the view which it entertains of its own act.
I avail [etc.]
