Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 6369/268.

Minister Merry to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
San Jose, November 11, 1909.

Mr. Merry says that Nicaraguan Army while fighting revolutionists offensively invaded Costa Rica on the southern bank of San Juan River, and that Costa Rica had asked explanation from Managua.