816.00/576
The Chargé in Salvador (Engert) to
the Secretary of State
San
Salvador, February 20,
1926.
[Received March 13.]
No. 986G
Sir: In continuation of the Legation’s despatch
No. 960G of January 19, 1926, I have the honor to transmit herewith a
report on the general conditions prevailing in El Salvador for the month
from January 16 to February 15, 1926.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Extract]
Report on General Conditions Prevailing in
Salvador From January 16 to February 15, 1926
The negotiations for a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular
Eights with the Republic of El Salvador were concluded as soon as
the questions regarding Article 11 and Article 13 were
satisfactorily disposed of. As regards the former, the Salvadorean
Government was
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much
gratified to find that the Government of the United States is
willing to make an exception in favor of Central American coasting
trade. The Legation does not believe that such trade will be of any
importance for many years to come as it is practically non-existent
today. The Salvadorean Government was also grateful for the
Department’s interpretation of the last paragraph of Article 13
which had given it much concern from the time the Treaty was first
submitted to it. It evidently suspected that we intended to read
something into that clause which did not appear on the surface,
especially as it referred to petroleum and the Salvadorean
Government knew that the United States had since the World War shown
much interest in the oil resources of foreign countries.
Complete agreement has now been reached on all articles and the
Treaty is at present in the hands of the printers as the Minister of
Foreign Affairs expressed a preference for signing the document in
printed form. The Department’s instructions regarding the “Alternat”
and Spanish text will be strictly observed.
Unless there should be unforeseen delay in the printing office, the
Treaty will be signed on Washington’s Birthday, the date suggested
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
