Translation of September 30, 1913.
of Enclosure with Despatch No. Confidential Memorandum.
Pres. Diaz thinks that the financial aid of Central America referred to 23 in the invitation of Salvador 18 unnecessary owing to the fact that the principal negotiations of Nicaragua in this respect have already been concluded.
Apropos of the political portion, the president prefers not to discuss whether or not the aforesaid invitation subserves motives of local politics or is inspired by sentiments which it professos of confraternity towards Nicaragua: he observes, indeed, in actions so singular, that, while this republic is made to appear the object of the solicitude of Salvador it is wounded deeply by its elimination of all participation in the projected conference, in which act is soon the purpose to create a conflict from that moment in which, without the consent of Nicaragua, it is protended to discuss vital matters exclusively appertaining to it.
The Government of Nicaragua has, moreover, strong reasons for weighing the possible outcome of an invitation which Salvador knows beforehand, for reasons sufficiently obvious, will not bring about the result which the professes to strive after.
The offers which Salvador made during last year in her character of sister republic are indeed well known; likewiso the attitude she assumed immediately afterwards when she fomented the civil war and oven went so far as to request of a foreign power a change in the personnel of this government without the knowledge or the acquiescence of met Nicaragua.
Even at this moment, the president has data deemed by him trustworthy to the effect that, with the support of prosident Molondoz, emigrados from Nicaragua and Honduras are preparing a subversive movement against Nicaragua to which end the authorities of the so ports of Salvador arem surreptitionsly, supplying the elements necossary in the premises.
In virtue of the foregoing it is the opinion of the president that the invitation of Salvador is not conducive of the attainment of the object which it pretends to have in viow, that it contrrenos contravenos the rights of Nicaragua, and is repugnant to the interests of peace.
Consequently the attitude of the president will be consistent with these ideas with the inviolable principle of non intervention in the affairs of the other Central American republics. This Memo. was given to Mr. Lopez Padilla to be sent to pros. of Hon duras in answer to his request.