Mr. Wos y Gil to Mr. Gresham .

[Translation.]

Sir: It was with great satisfaction that I noted at the last interview which your excellency was good enough to concede to me, on the 16th of the present month, the course which matters had taken in respect to the Franco-Dominican difference, thanks to the instructions transmitted by your excellency to the American ambassador in Paris.

But your excellency will permit me to state the idea that the French Government might seek some other way to exert a pressure upon the Dominican Government, and, saving the existing American interests in Santo Domingo, might carry into effect its plan of assault against our sovereignty, has not been lost sight of by my Government.

In case of such an event transpiring, I beg to say to your excellency that my Government, in defense of its rights and the principles of justice upon which its cause is based, is disposed to resist all coercive acts and to solicit the assistance of the Government of the United States.

For this purpose I beg to inform your excellency that I have received special instructions from my Government, and in the event that such a contingency should arise they will be at once submitted for your consideration.

I can not forego the present opportunity to express to your excellency the high appreciation in which my Government holds that of the United States, and how deeply it esteems its aid and sympathy, so potent and so powerful that no suggestion of other assistance has been made.

A. Wos y Gil,
Chargé d’Affaires Dominican Republic
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