File No. 812.00/16599.
The Ambassador of Brazil to the Secretary of State.
Washington, October 15, 1915.
My dear Mr. Secretary: I beg to confirm my telegram of this morning saying that: “I am authorized to proceed as agreed,” and that “if not needed there before, I shall be in Washington next Wednesday afternoon.”
The telegram from my Government that I received last night expresses gratification for the solution found in the recognition of Carranza, although “it would be wise for Carranza to begin at once to act in a way adequate to promotion of peace among Mexicans, one of the measures toward that end, besides the others already mentioned in our correspondence, being the adoption of full spiritual freedom, as enjoyed by Brazil and the United States.” I will duly transmit to Rio de Janeiro the promises, seemingly reassuring, made by Carranza’s agent in that sense.
I am at your disposal any time you need me in Washington. If not needed before, I shall be there next Wednesday and it will give me great pleasure to see you.
I remain [etc.]