Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1882

No. 257.
Mr. Davis to Señor Romero.

Department of State,
Washington, October 2, 1882.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 27th ultimo, stating that you had been informed by telegraph by your government of the signature on that day of the treaty defining the boundary between Mexico and Guatemala, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. You also do me the favor to furnish a copy of the convention.

In reply, I have the honor to state that the information thus communicated is, in the highest degree, acceptable. If the instrument, as concluded, should go into effect, it will put to rest a controversy dangerous to the peace and welfare of two neighboring republics, in whose prosperity and happiness the United States cannot fail to take a lively interest.

I avail, &c.,

JOHN DAVIS,
Acting Secretary.