Mr. Foster to Mr.
Mendonça.
Department of State,
Washington, July 2,
1892.
Sir: I have the honor to apprise you, by the
President’s direction, of his acceptance of the post of arbitrator
jointly tendered him by the Government of Brazil and the Argentine
Republic, in accordance with the treaty of September 7, 1889, between
them, providing for an amicable settlement of their boundary
differences.
I am further directed by the President to say that it will afford him
great pleasure to perform this friendly service by which a most
gratifying occasion is afforded him to promote, as he confidently
trusts, the good relations existing between two republics so long allied
by ties of close friendship to the United States.
I inclose a copy of the President’s letter to his excellency the
President of Brazil, accepting the trust, and add that the original has
been forwarded to the minister of the United States at Rio de Janeiro
for formal delivery in the usual way.
Accept, etc.,
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[Inclosure.]
President Harrison to Vice-President Peixoto.
Benjamin Harrison, President of
the United States of America, to His Excellency, Marshal
Floriano Peixoto, Vice-President of the United States of
Brazil.
Great and Good Friend: I have received your
letter of April 15th last, by which, in pursuance of a treaty
concluded September 7, 1889, between the Governments of Brazil and
the Argentine Republic, yon request that I accept the position of
arbitrator to decide the questions of boundaries now pending between
the two republics.
It gives me pleasure to accept the important trust so courteously
tendered on the part of both Governments, and I take occasion to
express the hope that I may thus be able to promote and strengthen
the amicable relations which I so greatly desire to see existing
between two neighboring republics of our continent.
Accept, excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Your good friend,
By the President:
John W.
Foster,
Secretary of
State.
Washington, July 2, 1892.
