No. 315. intimations to the effect that public sentiment in Salvador is opposed to the United States to such an extent that American interests there may suffer the consequences. The De partment of State is carefully contemplating the politics of the Government of Salvador, and hopes, as an assurance of its declarations of friendship, that the Government mentioned will give all necessary stimulus to serious American interests. Mayorga Rivas.
After had read that telegram, a copy of which was permitted to retain, Doctor Martínez Suárez informed me that he had come to the Legation at the instance of President don Cárlos Meléndez to request me to inform the Department of State that while it was true that there exists among the masses throughout the Republic of Salvador a sentiment hostile to the acquisition by the Government of the United States of a Salwador naval base on the Bay of Fonseca, the Government was watching the situation and would not permit such feeling of hostility to assume proportions which it would be unable to repress, and he added that President Meléndez wished to assure the Department of State that the Government of Salvador was not only prepared, but also willing to give to Americans residing in his Republic every protection for their property as well as for their lives in the event of a hostile demonstration against the interests which the American Government desired to acquire on the Bay of Fonseca.
ARCHIVES In response thanked Doctor Martínez Suárez for his visit, and informed him that would communicate to the Department of State with the greatest pleasure the message of President Meléndez, and added that hoped, in view of these friendly