File No. 818.00/289
The Minister in Panama ( Price) to the Secretary of State
Supplementing my December 31, 4 p.m. Volio states that it is now their intention to proceed to Nicaragua on the Pacific Mail steamer Peru next Monday or Tuesday. He has stated to the British Minister that they expected to lease launch for the trip. He states to me that the movement of Fernandez Guell3 was several months ago and that while friends of Isobar Volio persuaded Fernandez Guell of the impracticability of a movement supported by Germans, he had no other connection with him. Please instruct as to whether to let these parties leave for Nicaragua even if unarmed.
[Page 230]Emilio Clare, chief of Panaman postal service, whose brother is the editor of the Tinoco newspaper organ in San José, is attempting to find out whether Volio is receiving encouragement from the Government of the United States, stating that he is making such claim in Costa Rica.
- A member of the Costa Rican Congress.↩