File No. 419.11D29/159
Minister Price to the
Secretary of State
No. 1197
American Legation,
Panama,
December 12, 1916.
Sir: Confirming my cablegram of this date, 9
a.m., I have the honor to transmit a copy of a note from the Secretary
of Foreign Affairs of Panama and of its translation and the remittances
therein referred to, which are stated to be in payment of the
arbitration award rendered on the 20th of October, last, by the
Netherlands Minister to Washington and Panama, in the matter of the
claims growing out of the riot between American soldiers and Panaman
police and civilians on July 4, 1912. The payments, aggregating
$12,350.00, are stated to be on account of the death of one American and
the wounding of sixteen others on said occasion.
The remittances include a draft for the sum of $10,000.00, bearing No.
306, and drawn by the Treasurer General of the Republic of Panama on
William Nelson Cromwell of New York, payable to my order; also, a check
bearing the No. of 75, drawn on the Metropolitan Trust Company of New
York by the Secretary of Finance and Treasury of Panama, and payable to
my order, for the sum of $2,350.00. I have duly endorsed said
remittances.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure—Translation]
The Secretary of Foreign
Affairs of Panama to Minister Price
Panama,
December 9, 1916.
Mr. Minister: In accordance with the
decision dictated on the 20th of October of the present year by his
excellency, W. L. F. C. de Rappard, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands to the Governments of Panama and
the United States of America, designated by both countries as
arbitrator to decide the amount to be paid by Panama for the death
of an American citizen and for woundings caused to sixteen other
citizens of the same nation during the disturbances which took place
in this capital on July 4, 1912, I have the honor to remit to your
excellency draft number 306, in your favor, for the sum of ten
thousand (B/10,000.) balboas, and check number 75, also in favor of
your excellency, for the sum of two thousand three hundred and fifty
(B/2,350.) balboas, charged against Mr. William Nelson Cromwell and
the Metropolitan Trust Company, respectively, making a total of
twelve thousand three hundred and fifty (B/12,350.) balboas, as
determined by the said arbitrator, in the decision above
mentioned.
I take [etc.]
