Office of the Historian

818.00/623: Telegram

Mr. Julio Acosta to President Wilson4

[Translation]
Peña Blanca, May 7, 1919.

President Wilson: Being placed at the head of the liberating movement in Costa Rica as Provisional President by unanimous will of the constitutional army, I have the honor to salute you respectfully and to express my warranted hope that, in view of the high justice of our cause, our arm being fortified by stout resolution, you will grant us your protection and recognition in behalf of the Costa Rican people and of universal right. Please accept the homage of my profound regards.

Julio Acosta
  1. Received in the Department May 20, from the White House.↩