John A. Logan to National palace in San José , twenty-seventh of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty . Finding the foregoing convention arranged in all its parts according to the instructions given to the plenipotentiary, who has adjusted it on the part of this republic, let it pass to the Grand National Council for the fulfillment of article 8. T. GUARDIA, January 25, 1881
No. 74. Mr. Logan to Mr. Evarts.
No. 145.]
Sir: I have information that the boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Colombia is to be settled by arbitration. A convention was signed in San José on the 25th of December last, which was ratified by the council of state of Costa Rica, signed by President Guardia, and afterwards transmitted to the Colombian Government for like ratification. By the terms of the convention the King of Belgium is named arbitrator, and in case of his non-acceptance of the trust the King of Spain is to be requested to assume it; and in case of his declination also, the President of the Argentine Republic is to be solicited to accept the office.
The parties are to be heard by the arbitrator, and the sentence is to be pronounced within ten months from the acceptance of the position by the arbitrator. Both parties bind themselves to submit to the decision, and the status quo is to be preserved until the decision is formally made.
The selection of the arbitrator does not indicate a very favorable feeling towards the United States by the plenipotentiary of Colombia, at whose instance, as I am informed, the nominations were made.
I have, &c.,