CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 415

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sidered pertinent.

This Department retered the case to i

the report ant of the Interior, whore the papers have re- mained without any decision whatever yeing pronounced which would put an end to it in one sense or the other.

I give you the above relation in order to show you that we have already dealt with the matter officially, and that we are only waiting for you to take it into con- sideration and after a careful study pronounce the decision

which is dye.

I must inform you that the methou I have explain- cd, has been followed by me with every good will, in view of the confidence which the company has in your well known spirit of justice and in the well onserved prestige of the Yexican forornmont, and which lead me to believe in a

prompt administration of Justice with respect to these

claius, and I can adware you bal I positively desire to

reach a just decision without diplomatic intervention which I have been glad to leave sospended, with a certainty that

the company will have no reason to again ap eal to the emp-

port of the British Tegation, because your decision will be

based upon equity, law and the unquestionable honour of the

Government of the nupublic.

Lastly, I must beg of you, Mr President, that you

will have the kindness to fix your attention on the time

it has elapsed and which has resulted in certain losses to

the company, so that it may influence you to shorten as far

as possible the decision which we respectfully request.

I have

etc.

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