File No. 24354/14.

The Secretary of State to the Costa Rican Minister.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 25th ultimo, in which you express the profound gratitude of the Government of Costa Rica for the various proofs of consideration and good will given by the legislative and executive branches of the Government of the United States, the American National Red Cross, and the American people, in the hour of sorrow and grief which the calamity at Cartago has occasioned.

In compliance with your request the department will take pleasure in making known to the parties interested the contents of your note,

Accept, etc.,

P. C. Knox.