Titus to Frelinghuysen, May 12, 1882
No. 28. Mr. Titus to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
No. 5.]
Sir: Your dispatches Nos. 202 and 203 to Mr. Logan, the latter dated April 13, have been received at this legation.
Referring to the dispute between Guatemala and Mexico on the subject of boundaries, which is the subject of your No. 202, I have the honor to inclose certain documents which may give you some information of the state of affairs here. No. 1 is a translation of a note from the Mexican minister here to the Guatemalan minister of foreign relations, and No. 2 is the answer of the latter. These translations were very hastily made, but I think they will be found to be substantially correct. * * *
A few days after this correspondence President Barrios sent a message to the Assembly, asking for full powers to arrange the boundary question with Mexico as he thought best. His request was granted in a decree of which the following is a translation:
Only article. The President of the republic, General J. Rufino Barrios, is authorized in an especial and ample manner to arrange definitely, and in the manner which he may judge most beneficial to the true interests of the country, the question of frontiers pending with the United Mexican States.
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I have, &c.,