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The Secretary of State to the Minister in Paraguay (Kreeck)60
42. Please address a note to the Government to which you are accredited embodying the following message from the Secretary of State to the Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“It affords me great pleasure to congratulate Your Excellency on the notable success achieved by the Commission of Inquiry and Conciliation, Bolivia and Paraguay. The successful accomplishment of the mission entrusted to this body in effecting conciliation on the unfortunate incidents which took place last December61 has been due largely to the efficacious manner in which Your Excellency’s Government and its Delegation on the Commission have interpreted the constant solicitude of all the American Republics represented by the five neutral Commissioners for the peaceful adjustment of any controversy arising among them. This achievement marks an epoch in the historical development of conciliation as a practical method for advancing the cause of Pan American peace.”
You will add that the Government of the United States has been informed of the view expressed by the Government of Paraguay in its note of September 9 answering the note of August 31 from the Chairman of the Commission submitting a proposal for a settlement of the fundamental controversy by arbitration that the work of the Commission should “have a worthy consummation in an atmosphere removed from the haste occasioned by shortness of time in a matter the magnitude and complexity of which justify any delay.” The Government of the United States will be glad to tender to the two Governments directly interested the services of its Commissioner and of the Secretary General in a continued effort to assist the two interested Governments in finding an adequate solution of the fundamental controversy.