CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES-Continued.

No. From whom and to whom.

Date.

82 Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish

83

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84

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85

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1873.
Dec. 11
Dec. 13
Dec. 14
Dec. 14

35

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Dec. 17

87

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Dec. 21

Subject.

Same subject; memorandum of conversation be-
tween Mr. Williamson and President Guardía.
Same subject; correspondence with President
Guardia.

Proposed sale of the steamship Montijo by the
government of Nicaragua to Costa Rica.
Note to the government of Nicaragua respecting
Mr. Williamson's conversation with President
Guardia.
Mr. Williamson's interview with the President of
Salvador respecting the proposed conference of
the Central American Presidents.

Correspondence with the Guatemalan government
respecting prevention of war in Central America.

88 Mr. Davis to Mr. Williamson Dec. 22 Proposed meeting of the Presidents of the Central

1874. Jan. 3

Jan. 7

Jan. 10

Jan. 14

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92

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93

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94

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95

96

98

American republics.

Construction of high roads in Guatemala
Reply to instructions

Pacification of the republics of Central America; proposed meeting of the Presidents.

Extract from the "Porvenir" relative to the situation in Central America.

Decree of Señor Leiva on assuming the provisional presidency of Honduras.

Negotiations with Arias

Capture of Comayagua and overthrow of Arias..
Same subject...

Outrage upon the consulate of the United States
at Omoa; satisfaction demanded.

Prospects of Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras.
Inclosing correspondence respecting the relations
between Costa Rica and the other Central
American republics.

Decrees of the Guatemalan government relative to
the religious orders; abolition of monasteries.
Discovery of a conspiracy to overthrow the gov
ernment of Costa Rica.

Address of Gonzalez, President of Salvador, to the people of Central America.

Apr. 14 Inclosing extract from a report by the minister for foreign affairs of Salvador respecting the relations between Costa Rica and the other Central American republics.

Outrage committed upon Mr. Magee, the British
vice-consul at San José, Guatemala.
Same subject; full statement

Same subject; further correspondence inclosed
Message of Tomas Guardia, President of Costa
Rica.

Political affairs in Honduras...

Outrage on the British vice-consul at San José de
Guatemala; investigation into the conduct of
the United States consular agent requested.
Population and debt of the Central American
States.

June 5
June 8 Containing instructions to express to the Guate-
malan government the expectation that the per-
petrator of the outrage on the British vice-consul
at San José will be punished, and commenting
on the conduct of the United States consular
agent at that place.

Reply of the constitutional assembly of Costa Rica
to the message of the President.

June 9
June 24
July 10
July 27

Report of the minister of foreign affairs of Costa

Rica.

Obstacles to a union of the Central American
States.

Invasion of Guatemalan territory by Mexican
troops.

Close of the trial of Gonzalez for the outrage upon
the British vice-consul at San José de Guate-
mala; dissatisfaction of the British Chargé
with the sentence.

Political affairs in Nicaragua; decree of Presi-
dent Quadra.
Second trial of Gonzalez and Bulnes, perpetrators
of the outrage on Vice-Consul Magees; British
Chargé protests against the release of Bulnes.

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CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES-Continued.

No. From whom and to whom.

Date.

1874.

Subject.

119 Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. Aug. 15 Correspondence between the minister of foreign

121

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affairs of Guatemala and the President of Hon-
duras respecting the imprisonment of Señor
Arias.

Aug. 17
Aug. 21

Proposing to furnish various information respect-
ing Central America.

Page.

178

180

1873.

Third trial of Gonzalez and Bulnes; dissatisfac-
tion of the British chargé with the sentence;
indemnity demanded and granted.

1:22 Señor Dardon to Mr. Fish... Aug. 30 Stating that the steamer General Sherman, carry

123 Mr. Fish to Señor Dardon... Sept. 9

124 Señor Dardon to Mr. Fish...

ing the American flag, is engaged in a hostile
expedition against Central American states,
and requesting her detention.

Same subject; United States not responsible for
the acts of the "General Sherman "if she has
been sold to foreigners; but orders will be given
for her arrest if she has committed any acts of
piracy on the high seas.

Nov. 22 Requesting the detention at the New York cus-
tom-house of arms belonging to insurgents
against Guatemala and Salvador.

1874.

125 Mr. Fish to Señor Dardon... Jan. 15 196 Señor Benard to Mr. Fish... Sept. 14

127 Mr. Fish to Señor Benard... Sept. 16

Same subject; the arms cannot be detained ex-
cept upon an order from a court of justice.
Interoceanic canal; the question of its locality not
being decided; the Nicaraguan minister an-
nounces his departure; incloses a pamphlet re-
specting the projected canal.
Same subject..

CHILI.

182

183

183

185

185

186

194

Trial and sentence of persons concerned in an attack made upon Rev. H. Corbett, at Chi-mi. Correspondence relating to the proposed dredging of the Woosung Bar.

Instruction respecting Americans in the military service of China or Japan.

Demand of the magistracy of Hong-Kong for the extradition from Shanghai of W. Jackson, an American citizen, accused of piracy.

Aug. 29 Transmitting copy of an instruction to the consal-general respecting the participation of United States citizens in the Japanese expedi tion to Formosa.

Aug. 29

Sept. 1

Mr. Williams to Mr. Fish ...) Sept. 3

Mr. Fish to Mr. Williams... Oct. 23 154 Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Will- Nov. 2 iams.

155 Mr. Henderson to Mr. Davis.
156
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June 1
June 3

Transmitting copy of an instruction to the minister in Japan relating to the co-operation be. tween the United States and other western powers in Japan.

Transmitting copy of an instruction to the minister in Japan respecting the authority conferred by the act of June 22, 1860, on ministers of the United States in countries where rights of exterritoriality are granted.

Arrest of General Le Gendre for his connection with the Japanese expedition to Formosa; his protest.

Transmitting copy of an instruction to the consulgeneral respecting the case of Walter Jackson. Transmitting copy of an instruction to the consulgeneral respecting the arrest of General Le Gendre.

Visit to Liang-Kiau Bay, Formosa....

Conversation with the Taotai at Amoy respecting the alleged participation of American citizens in the Formosan expedition.

June 6 Inclosing correspondence with Commander Kautz, U.S. N., respecting the Japanese expedition to Formosa; the consul's notification on the subject of the participation of Americans in the expedition.

June 16

June 23

June 23

Same subject

Same subject; correspondence with the consul at
Amoy.

Assent accorded to the Great Northern Telegraph
Company by the Chinese authorities to the con-
struction of a telegraph on Chinese soil.
June 23 Expedition to Formosa; the United States consul
at Amoy solicited by Chinese officers to inter-
vene in the matter.

168

169

170

Mr. Seward to Mr. Cadwal. Aug. 31 ader.

Further information respecting the expedition to
Formosa; relative strength of the Chinese and
Japanese; proposed telegraph from Foochow
to Formosa.

General Le Gendre; his connection with the For-
mosa expedition; his arrest.

Americans in the Japanese service; right of
American citizens to enter the military service
of foreign powers; disapproval of the notifica-
tion issued by the consul at Amoy.
Proposed telegraph from Foochow to Amoy
Case of Walter Jackson, claiming to be an Amer
ican citizen; requisition of the authorities of
Hong-Kong for his delivery to them; no author-
ity to grant a warrant of extradition in such a
Identical note addressed by the consuls-general in
China to their respective superiors respecting
the neutrality of the foreign settlements in
China and Japan in case of war.

case.

Release of General Le Gendre from arrest.
Respecting Mr. Henderson's notification in regard
to the Formosa expedition; Mr. Fish's dispatch
No. 409, to the consul-general, referred to.

Mr. Fish to Mr. Williams... Sept. 8 Transmitting copy of correspondence with the

consul at Amoy, respecting the participation of citizens of the United States in the Japanese expedition to Formosa.