File No. 812.002/23.
The American Ambassador to
the Secretary of State.
No. 1351.]
American Embassy,
Mexico,
April 9, 1912.
Sir: I beg to transmit herewith copies of my
letter to Mr. Calero of the 8th instant and his reply of the 9th instant
on the occasion of his relinquishing the duties of Minister for Foreign
Affairs for Mexico.
I have to-day telegraphed2 the Department that Mr. Pedro Lascurain took the
oath of office as Minister for Foreign Affairs to-day, and at once took
up the duties of his office.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure 1.]
The American Ambassador
to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs.
American Embassy,
Mexico,
April 8, 1912.
My Dear Mr. Calero: Mr. Schuyler advised
me yesterday of your announced intention to lay down the portfolio
of the Mexican Foreign Office on the 9th. It will of course be a
great satisfaction to know that in surrendering this post, the
affairs of which you have managed with such distinguished ability
and marked success under most difficult circumstances, you are to
pass to another of a different character but not inferior
importance.
Before your official character as Minister for Foreign Affairs ceases
I wish to express to you in this informal and personal way my high
appreciation of the considerate, helpful, and sincere attitude which
you have maintained toward this Embassy and toward the international
matters which it has brought to your attention.
I shall hope to continue in private life the pleasant and cordial
relations which I have formed with you in your official character
and I wish you all happiness and success in whatever sphere of life
the interests of your country or your own interests may call
you.
I am [etc.]
[Inclosure 2.—Translation.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to the American
Ambassador.
Foreign Office,
Mexico, D. F.,
April 9, 1912.
My Dear Mr. Ambassador: I have just
received your kind informal note of yesterday in which you are
pleased to express generous sentiments of sympathy
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toward me and of estimation of my
labors as Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am deeply grateful for
this manifestation of friendship, and I wish that you may know that,
in the very frequent visits which we have had by reason of our
official posts, I have always found in you an excellent disposition
toward the Mexican Government, breadth of views, and a most just
purpose of aiding the country to satisfactorily dispose of its
difficulties of an international character.
For the cooperation with which you have aided me and for your
reiterated proofs of friendship, I express to you my deepest
appreciation.
With the lively desire that our private and official relations may
continue to be as pleasing as they have been up to the present, I am
[etc.]
