File No. 763.72/5016
The Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Vásquez) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 31.]
Excellency: I have the honor to inform your excellency—
that, in view of the conflict that has sprung up between the United States and the Government of the German Empire, the Government of Honduras, impelled by the cordial friendship existing [Page 292] between Honduras and the United States of America, by their common interests and the sentiment of American solidarity, has resolved to join the cause upheld by your excellency’s Government in that conflict. It therefore tenders its decided cooperation in every possible way and further declares that if your excellency’s Government deems it suitable to enter upon a convention on that subject, the Government of this Republic will forthwith instruct its Minister at Washington to that effect.
Trusting that your excellency’s Government will accept this spontaneous declaration, my Government even now assumes the attitude which befits the situation.
This declaration was communicated to-day to the American Legation at this Capital with a request that it be cabled to your excellency’s Government.
I cherish the hope that the attitude taken by the Government of this Republic will be acceptable to your excellency’s Government as a token of the sincere and loyal friendship maintained by Honduras with the United States of America.
It gives me [etc.]