Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 714.15155/45b

The Secretary of State to Minister Ewing ²

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, December 22, 1917, 7 p.m.

In pursuance of the earnest desire of the Government of United States to facilitate and expedite by its friendly good offices the settlement of the boundary question existing between the Government of Guatemala and Honduras respectively, the Government of the United States proposes that the Governments of Guatemala and Honduras sign a boundary arbitration treaty, subject to the ratification of their respective legislatures, as outlined and agreed upon in Article I of the Protocol signed by the representatives of Guatemala and Honduras on September 17, 1917.

In formally presenting this question to the Government to which you are accredited, you will urge prompt consideration, keeping Department informed by cable.

Lansing

2. The same to the American Legation at Guatemala City.