Minister Combs to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Guatemala, July 25,
1906.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
copy, with translation appended, of a note received from the Guatemalan
minister for foreign affairs expressing the gratitude of his Government
for the intervention of President Roosevelt and the United States
Government in behalf of peace.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Minister Combs.
Department of State,
Republic of
Guatemala,
Guatemala, July 23,
1906.
Mr. Minister: The President of Guatemala
has directed me—which communication I hasten with pleasure to
execute by communicating to your excellency, and through you to
President Roosevelt and the enlightened Government of the United
States—to express the most profound and sincere appreciation of the
Government and the people of Guatemala for his esteemed mediation in
restoring peace with the Republics of Salvador and Honduras.
The glory of the President of the United States, whose policy for
peace and harmony in all countries of the continent deserves the
sincere and enthusiastic applause of humanity, is unquestioned; and
since it concerns Guatemala, it
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gives me pleasure to inform you that we
appreciate the immense value of his efforts be made in behalf of the
harmony and brotherhood of Central America; to which your excellency
has contributed largely by your marked and able diplomacy.
I beg of you to be good enough to communicate to President Roosevelt
and his Government the sentiments of gratitude and sympathy of
President Estrada Cabrera and the Government of Guatemala, which
they extend to you, and to accept the assurance of my most
distinguished consideration.
