File No. 4598/108.
[Inclosure.]
President’s Message—Extract.
San
Salvador, February 21,
1910.
The international relations which, the Government of El Salvador has
cultivated with all the friendly Governments have been preserved on
a footing of the most cordial fitness.
As a reflection of this cordiality of relations, the minister of the
department will explain to you the different diplomatic conferences
in which El Salvador has taken part and the international acts to
which our representatives abroad have subscribed, as well as the
honorable invitations which the Government has received to take part
in other international congresses planned for the future.
Referring especially to the relations which we have preserved on a
basis of the most strict and cordial fraternity with our sister
Republics of Central America, I am glad to inform you that the bonds
which unite them with us by our common origin happily continue
undisturbed, deploring only the disturbance of order which has taken
place in Nicaragua; but it is to be hoped that within a short time
normal conditions will be reestablished in that sister Republic.
In compliance with one of the stipulations of the Washington treaties
and desiring to bind closer the good friendship which has always
united us with the sister Republic of Costa Rica, I appointed as
chargé d’affaires before that Government Dr. Reyes Arrieta Rossi,
which appointment was made on the 17th of last June. In July of the
same year the Government of Costa Rica invited that of El Salvador
to take part in the Fourth International Sanitary Congress, which
invitation was accepted, Dr. Alfonso Quinones M. being appointed to
assist at the congress referred to as delegate for this
Republic.
The honorable legation of the Kingdom of Italy has been transferred
to this capital for the purpose of arranging certain matters, of
which I will give you an account in the proper report.
With the Government of the United States of America relations have
been maintained unaltered, and on the 18th of October Mr. William
Heimke was received in public audience in the character of envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. On the 3d of July of
last year there took place in Washington the exchange of
ratifications of the treaty of arbitration celebrated between El
Salvador and the United States of America.
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With the other countries of the American Continent there has not
happened during the year any event of importance, good relations
being cultivated, as usual, with them all.
Likewise with the Governments of Europe that of El Salvador has
maintained on the basis of the greatest harmony the relations which
have existed for many years. The Treaty of Commerce celebrated with
Germany was exchanged in Guatemala through the medium of our
plenipotentiary, Dr. Francisco G. de Machon and his excellency Count
Ulrich von Schwerin, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the German Empire in Central America.
The Government, desiring to bind closer the relations of friendship
which it cultivates with the Government of the Kingdom of Italy,
decided to accredit Dr. J. Gustavo Guerrero in the capacity of
chargé d’affaires of El Salvador in that country, on the 21st of May
of last year.
On the 8th of March the instrument of ratification of the conventions
celebrated by the second peace conference in 1907 was remitted to
the minister for foreign affairs at The Hague.
