818.00/873: Telegram
The Consul at San José ( Chase ) to the Secretary of State
San
José
,
September 4, 1919, 9
a.m.
[Received September 5, 11.47 a.m.]
[Received September 5, 11.47 a.m.]
Aguilar Barquero in replying to the Congress investigating [investing] him with power stated that he did not approve immediate [Page 859] elections, his chosen advisers seem to be taking the same view. Agricultural interests desire delay that may mean indefinite postponement, but many want the country fully reestablished on a constitutional basis as soon as possible.
Chase