From the Prensa Libre, September 18th, 1912)
To the Editor of the Prensa Libre, San José.
Dear Friend: In yesterday editorial of your important paper, after laying special stress on the paragraph contained in the note which the American Minister to Nicaragua, the Honorable Mr. Weitzel, addressed to the Government of that sister republic and in which he says that the United States are under a moral obligation to exer10 etc. cise their influence for the maintenance of peace, etc. it concludes by asking that the Commissioners in Washington should explain to Central America what truth there is in this declaration of the American Government, in order that these peoples may adopt the line of conduct which patriotism and honor demand.
As was one of those who assisted in formulating these Treaties, in the capacity of Delegate from the Government of Costa Rica, consider that this request applies to me, and answer with much pleasure the interpellation of your esteemed paper, the more that consider it of the highest importance that certain errors and insinuations which have sprung up with regard to these Treaties should be dissipated, holding that among the former the most unfortunate is the belief that any diminution of the national sovereignty of the signatory countries is threatened. will begin, then, by asserting (on this point it is sufficient to read carefully the Treaties signed in Wa shington in 1907) that the Treaties contain not a single phrase which either establishes or even intimates any moral obligation on the part of the Government of the United States