Letter

Remsen Whitehouse to George D. Bayard, March 8, 1885

Author

Remsen Whitehouse

Recipient

George D. Bayard

Date

March 8, 1885

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 50.

Mr. Whitehouse to Mr. Bayard.

Legation of the United States in Central America, Guatemala, March 8, 1885. (Received April 3.)

Sir: In my dispatch of the 6th instant I stated that Salvador and Honduras had sent their adhesion to President Barrios’ decree, and I based this assertion on the assurances of one of the cabinet ministers. I now find I must moderate it.

Honduras immediately and unreservedly adhered, but President Zaldivar, of Salvador, vacillated, sending ambiguous telegrams of congratulations, but stating that it would be necessary for him to convoke his Congress and submit the matter to them.

This, as will be seen by the inclosed correspondence, President Barrios deems to be entirely unneccessary.

It is very generally expected that war will be declared within a few days.

Nothing has as yet been made public concerning the answers received form Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

I am, &c.,

H. REMSEN WHITEHOUSE.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.