File No. 812.00/9424.
The American Chargé d’Affaires at Madrid to the Secretary of State.
San Sebastian, August 29, 1913.
Department’s August 28, 2 p.m. The Minister of State this evening answered my request that Spain instruct its representative in Mexico to give his moral support to the President’s propositions. The note says that while the Government appreciates the action of the Department in communicating the propositions, it would have been difficult to advise Huerta to forego his presidential aspirations in view of the fact that the Spanish Government had recognized him; that as the situation had changed since receiving the propositions, the Spanish Government limits itself to the ardent wish that the understanding between the Republics may be of a character most favorable to the general interest of the two countries.