The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-10

2 In regard 80 the Affairs ~ The Cm arr ,hs Presi
dent ~ihes Z, e.ll lhs Seeoti n NJ de Rchr tns
MOTIVES. rn soo cons tines utdrr which h. ESsei-
lency snspended for sx month h. decree IL n Cha
her.
3 The contracts not having been fuIaisi u tssir
essert conaion ~ peopng HI aid d-tfct VI -
Ge therein stipulated tire become Mt iiso ttc'',
AID AL the concessions b. Gusen Ia wtth thst pre-
else ohj, CT bsse cessed
For the President = sorry - I'M the
prop sails made By v T. Bafoa toadini''tgs 20 "ss'f
psDt -bee proposals hiug suossatirl reduced q ~t
I. mia granting sntW AMI gAta'toh-y, the h"'t "'a
Pre- ious tsrt of The dsiet without a"s eomaehss
p The county; tho ntraets having became sod
an, The OBJECT for sheh hey eefe mace ont hssicg
t@.n attained. The Company has ne right whstsver that
MIG lit be sbandoroo in favor OF Guatemala
BAaos BEHR TO Mr.. AycISENA.
GUATEMALA, Feb I, 1885,
have the honor to acknc Wedge the receipt OF your
Escelenoy's despatch Of this cay and the document
must add that the recsip. Of this IA for nothing
lectys ard iodi' idua rights OF the elsan subjects.
beg your Exeelency 20 admit, &c &c
Eere follows . letter Of the Belgian vics Consul in
charge of the Consuat General, to Mr. Aycnrna,
cIosiI q protest made before the Consulate by Mr..
Coquet sf the Company OF zatios,
and u en- the answer OF Mr. Aycueos ssndog back ths
protest denying the right the Consulate have to
interfere In ths affairs OF the company virtue 81 the
contract OF 1S42 fol long hetween
Berme2 the Vice Cor sui and the Minister for Foreign
Relsions-hs al ways declining 10 receive the protests
made by The representatives or the company, the
ground that the company is free t. nase Its OF sims
In the forms used by the czens OF III republic accord
Ing 10 he 4tn article OF TIE Treaty between boun anu
Gustemaia.
BARON BEuR TO NJ. AYcNENA.
GUATEMALA FEB. q, 1854.
MONSIEUR TX MSrTgK:In o letter Of the 18th o, this
month, the Vice Consul IN charge OF ths Consulate
General Il Belgium, in Guatemala, hal the lonor to
fsnsmit 70 you copy of protest deposited in his
ohapcery by the preventative the Belgium Company
II Colonization Your Excellebcy Thought proper t.
.nyp that ro est on the goth of tbruary wftn ts pro
that the Belgian Consulate had right II Interfere
officially with the affairs OF the compsnya protest tue
more extraordinary as during many years yar depart
has. .H r9t.
suiste upon the v,ry affairs.
MBieimez answerei you the 2oa Of the mouth.
After saving his right he observed to you air, That
snce the origin of consnates cousuIs encharget
to fulfil the functions Of public officers With the respect
10 those OF their lion that they have nothing to do
with the bject or Of the protests they
with the character OF the to whom ttey
addressed &c &cn
/, is to be presumsd NJ 10 Muistre that you have hal
knowledge OF this letter. bscause Otherwise 1t would
be difficult TO expain how you sout have thought it
proper 10 return three oaJs after hs protest si'ed
In the Cbarcefy giving motive for thus returning 1t
second time the pretxt used BY you the 6rst
occasion ana without replying single word to tae ooser
BE that as 1t may cannot delay Monsieur 10 Nipis.re
asking Of you explanations upon 80 strange MOLE Of
wish Your Excellency to inform II your govern
ment has The intention to impede Bermez in toe ex-
formally guaranteed by the articles 49, q and IS Of the
trerty Of amty, commerce. and navigation, c,nclud-
cd on the 18th Of April, 1872, between Belgium and
with above all, le Mni.tre, to know in virtue Of
what principle Of international right your Exceency
putting ssde all established BY dc
partment shouli wish impede the Be gan Consul
late interfering officially in the Affairs Of the Begian
Company Of Colonization
BARON BeHR
NJ. AYcINENA TO RARoS BEH..
GUATEMALA, March I, 1854.
have the honor to acknow Wedge the receipt Of the
Official nnication Of 10 Bacon Sshr adires ed to
date the 9th OF last month relative to the
notes exchanged lately 18th the Wee Consul in charge
Of the Consulate General in regard to the protests maas
1 must to N. le Baron that the ministry for
foreign relations h,s al~ays refused to inter.
as If Rodriguez told NJ Coquet in q coadisnti4f
note OF the Sss Of January 1858 The Minister Of the
Interior had some correspondence with C.oqaes, out
Of considera lou and attention of the
copsny be himself said in ts alton OF tho
seth of 5sprsry 1853, marked with the No Ca para
"a gh lg rs was the reason why. when tho t,me
Tivsds1s <S ieria i .rSngeo,eag si,h .,eau-s,
I the sEes1 y dsnaspdoi Of bun the 'osmL pa.ers
ty.r y Z 'sts. why this Ministry viii admit tue
teIftaes = e Coasa'ste General in the Affairs Of the
The esso The Ministry had TO return the protests Of
the commissioners OF the company, expresses ia
muncatons Of the Goth and 18th OF February. II
he Eelgsn company believes that any act whn' Of
the government Of Guatemala can il jure it. the
parry has the and open TO apply for redress
20 tie government Itself 50 the trib0nais-to
it's claims in ike circumstances is dons by those who
haze sty claim against tho government whether it be
foreigner In support OF tais principle re
red BieImeg to article OF the treaty between Guae
meh and Belgium, which places on an equal footing
IL respect 10 the enjoyment Of rights &c &C.,
the Begiaps and the Guaem ssns II not then the
time for the representative Of the company to make
protest; and made although the Consulate General
nieh have registered it in its protocol without qualify
ing it. the government Of Guatemas might very well not
acmit IT II they thought II was not proper to 40
The government of GuatemaA has not could have,
the idea OF impeding the Consulate General of BE
in the exercise OF its attribuons, and they will admit
its Intervention in the prescribed in the
treaty, and by the general principles OF international
right
As for the rest, Monsieur 10 Baron is not ig-
noIaDt OF the particular consideration that the
government Of Guatemala entertaius towards his Ma
jesty, ,be King Of the Begisns, and that in order
to afford far possible proof OF such coasdera-
ton, the dehnve resolution taken in regard to tbs
receiving an indication on the subject from the Kog's
goveypmcnt 1t is aso evident that kind OF
sderston has been hid in regard to the com aud
that after the expiration Of the preaxsd for
the sanction OF the decree OF the Chsmber the proposals
which expected TO be mat the par, of NJ IL
pany, waited for.
Unfortunately, all that has been do5e up to the pre-.
sent lime ia to demand portion % the territory wi hout
compensation whatever and then make protests
because no hibupa has been organized and assurety
there has been no reason why ~ should be organized
affair, leave hope Of arranging IL in satisfactory
manner to all, the government Of Guatemala Wishes
consequently free from all compromise, will proceed as
it think proper respecting always and In every
case, rights legitmately acquired.
have the honor to be, &c, P. DE AYClNENA.
BARON BEHR TO NJ. AYcrNHNA.
GUATEMALA, March I, 1854.
have taken note Of the protests deposited In the
chancery Of the Belgian Consulate the 10th and 2d Of
February last by n Cloquet, representative Of the Bel
gian Company Of Colonization. These tvo documents
contain assertions the exaottude of which IL Is indis
pensable make known, that the Kings government
tx their attention upon the facts that must In fu
ture determins their position AMI direct their conduct
relative to the affairs Of the company.
therefore big Of you, n. 10 Maistre to inform me
upon the folio wing points
lst las the mixed commission Of arbttrators stpula
ted in the articles 80 So OF the Of the const
tuen Assembly CT Guatemala dated the l4th Of October
1853, been legally established?
I'd. go who have been the members Of this co minis
sion and what are their decisicusy
Sd II rot So has the Belgian Company OF Colonization
been legally put in the position to fulfil its part in the
dispositions Of the aforesaid article 32s
We are king Of positive fac that be wei
known In the department. Of Fo.e'gn Relations hope
your Ex cheney will have objection TO answer ma a.
possible. You will allow to insist upon this
point II limited term OF my special mission Gus