Telegram from Leslie Combs to Elihu Root
Leslie Combs suggests that William Lawrence Merry should continue in El Salvador until the army has disbanded.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-21
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Merry, William Lawrence, 1842-1911
Telegram from Rudolph Forster to William Loeb
Rudolph Forster sends William Loeb a telegram informing him of the armistice for the war in Central America. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president of Guatemala, wants an armistice, “but at feasible hour mutually agreed upon.” He includes a telegram from Estrada Cabrera to President Roosevelt explaining that President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico set the armistice at 5 a.m., but it was delivered five hours later while Salvadorian forces were attacking.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-16
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Telegram from Leslie Combs to Elihu Root
William Lawrence Merry has informed Leslie Combs that negotiations for peace between Guatemala and El Salvador have begun. Combs believes that the Guatemalan government is entitled to a definitive answer regarding disarmament and advises Secretary of State Root to ask Merry to obtain an answer.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-09
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Telegram from Rudolph Forster to William Loeb
Assistant Secretary of State Forster forwards William Loeb a copy of a telegram the State Department just received from Philip Marshall Brown, Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras. Brown, in turn, relates a telegram he has sent to William Lawrence Merry, American minister to Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, regarding a ceasefire and peace arrangements between Guatemala and El Salvador
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-17
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Telegram from Rudolph Forster to William Loeb
Assistant Secretary of State Forster forwards William Loeb a telegram he received from William Lawrence Merry, U.S. Minister plenipotentiary to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, reporting on a planned armistice between a number of Central American powers. Merry also relates some details about plans for further peace talks.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-17