File No. 21274/34.
Minister Brown to the Secretary of State.
Tegucigalpa, December 14, 1909.
Sir: Referring to my Nos. 144 and 151, of October 6 and 14 last, respectively, on the subject of the interpretation and application of the Honduranean laws of navigation in the specific instance of the schooner George A. Lawry, of New York, owned by Consular Agent Glynn, at Trujillo, I have the honor to state that President Davila, taking advantage of his extraordinary powers in the time of martial law, abrogated on the 7th instant the laws above mentioned, including those relating to coastwise trade, which now would appear to be under no restrictions whatever.
I have, etc.,