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ance with instructions received from His Britannic Kajes-
ty's Government, that the Hexican Government should appoint
u representative to discuss with a representative of the
Company the amount of compensation which should justly be
paid to the Company, and expressing the hope that, by this
moans ↓ an amicable settlement might be arrived at.
After much delay, que, I believe,
to the temporary
loss of some of the documents dealing with the case, xr
Lascurain finally replied to this communication in a Note |
(No 1965) dated September 26th last.
His Excellency did
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not, however, at least in my opinion, show a correct apprai
ciation of the qquity of the Company's claims, and proba-
bly, on that account, he did not show a diaposition to
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treat the matter in the conciliatory spirit which charse-
terizes the relations between Mexico and Gre t Britain.
I, at once, transmitted a translation of Mr Las-
curain's letter to my Covernment, and I subsequently recal-
ved instructions to propose to the Vexican Government that
the matter should be submitted to arbitration. I accord...
ingly addressed a further Note to Mr Garcia, then acting
Kinister for Foreign Affairs, on the 9th of January last,
containing this proposal, and, in due course, I received
an