File No. 837.51/298
The Cuban Minister (
De Céspedes) to the Secretary of State
[Translation]
No. 61
Washington,
March 18, 1918.
Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor
to deliver to your excellency, with a request that it be returned,
the credentials which set forth the new powers that have been
conferred upon me by the Honorable the President of the Republic, to
conclude with the Government of the United States the loan of
15,000,000 pesos to my Government, secured by the bonds of the
Treasury of Cuba, issued in accordance with the law of July 31,
1917.1
I beg your excellency to make my new credentials known to the
Treasury Department.
I reiterate [etc.]
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
[Enclosure—Translation]
Mario G. Menocal
president of the republic of cuba
To All Who These Presents May See,
Greeting:
Know ye, that reposing special certainty and confidence in the
integrity, tact, and ability of Señor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
y Quesada, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
the Republic of Cuba to the United States of America, I have
vested him in the full power and authority, of every
description, to interview and confer, in the name and as
representative of the Republic, with any person or persons
authorized in good form by the Government of the United States
of America who may appear vested with equal power and
representative character, and with the said attorney or
attorneys; in fact, to negotiate at will and conclude a loan
from the Government of the United States of America in an amount
that may not exceed 15,000,000 pesos, to receive at set periods
the sums that may be delivered chargeable to the said loan,
executing the corresponding obligations in the form that may be
deemed expedient, and to pledge and be able to give as security
all or part of the 15,000,000 pesos of bonds of Series A of the
Treasury of Cuba authorized by the law of July 31, of the year
1917 last.
In testimony whereof I issue the present full power signed with
my hand, authenticated with the seal of the Nation and
countersigned by the Secretary of State.
Given at the City of Habana, at the Palace of the Presidency, on
this 15th day of the month of March, one thousand and nine
hundred and eighteen.
Seal of the Republic of Cuba
Pablo Desvernine
