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. 6369/272.

Minister Merry to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
San Jose, November 15, 1909.

Mr. Merry acknowledges department’s telegram of 12th, and says President of Costa Rica promises adherence to the Washington conventions, and states that Nicaraguan Government has apologized for invasion.