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friendly settlement without recourse to diplomatic inter-
vention, and begging that the matter might receive que con.
sideration.
An account of interviews which the President of
the Canyang ake at this time with the #iristors of Vinance
and the inter for 15,1 en in my Inclosure No 7, from anich
you will age that both of these officials expressed them-
selves in favour of the justice of the clein.
Again, no further progress was made in the mat-
Ler, und în Debruary had Harch of this year the Company
again approached the President direct ( Inclosures 8 & 9 )
begging him to cause a settlement to be arrived at.
In
reply, the President informed him (Inclosure 10) that the
natter must be taken up offici lly when it would be proper
ly studied.
To this the Company replied (Inclosureh1)
that, at the outeel of the case, it had been agreed betsedl
His Excelleroy and the President of the Company that the
matter should be trested restl; between them and the Mez
ican Government.
They adced that the claims of the Com--
pany had been presented to the Mexican Government through
the legution, but I cannot find that this statement is
quite accurate: all that the Legation aid, waÐ to reserve
formally
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