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informed us that he has received a cableEn esta clase de asuntos de su gram from Mr. William Borah, North Ameyo tan delicados, nos decia el serican Senator, and an antagonist of the ñor Presidente no se puede proceder con ligereza, ni el Gobierno present Government in Washington, in which puede estar dando informes he requests information regarding the efde cuanto se hace, porque eso acuforts made in favor of the Union of Censaría falta de seriedad y circuns tral America. The President promised us pección. Nosotros estamos obligados a dar cuenta a la nación de a copy of that message and of the reply nuestros actos, pero eso no implica when ready.
que vayamos lanzando a la publicidad los diversos pasos de los neIn this class of matters of such a gocios. Hay cuestiones de Estado como esa, agregó que deben tradelicate nature the President informed tarse con suma prudencia y reser us, one cannot proceed lightly, nor can vas, y que no son por su grave carácter, para ser dilyceridadas por the Government give notices of all that it la prensa diaria. No pueden sexdoes, for this would indicate lack of ponerse, sin peligro le coacciones, seriousness and circumspection. We are a la versatilidad de opinión de obliged to give an accounting of our acts las masas, a menudo mak orientadas.
to the nation, but that does not imply the Con llaneza y afabilidad, cual public declaration of the various steps cumple a un gobernante democrá taken in the matters. There are questions tico, así conve: só anoche con noso of state such as this he added that must tros el señor Presidente Meléndez.
De sus palabras sacamos be handled with great prudence and reserve, en claro algo que ya presumiamos: el pais and which, by reason of their grave charpuede confiar en el acter, are not to be elucidated by the daily press. They cannot, without danger of coaction, be exposed to the versatile opinion of the masses, often badly founded.
Plainly and affably, as befits a Democratic governor, President Meléndez thus conversed with us last night. From his words we clarified what we had previously presumed: that the country can confide in him.