The San Francisco call., 1897-07-31
The e. State Department
to Find. a. Way Out
s of. the Difficulty.
Can First Be Accredited as
Minister to Costa Rica and
Salvador.
Dr.: Hunter Of Kentucky VIII Go to
the Greater Republic States
That Protested.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 30.-It now
seems probable that way will be found
by the State Department by which Cap
lain Merry will be received as Minister IN
Central America. Costa Rica IS not a
mem ber of the Greater Republic, whose
Diet has declared the. captain to be per
friendly: to him, and the Costa Rican
Minister here has signitied 10 the State
Department that his Government will well
come Captain NJ erry with open arms. he
may be accredited to Guatemala also
This is likely TO. be the solution OF the
-: problem This would probably be on'y
temporary, however, as it Is hoped that
affairs in. Central America will be soon
Strengthened out. -
:. 1t IS not believed that the treaty COM
btning the Eve Central. American states
into one wiTl:be ratified. But at The next
session of Congress, when new diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill is pre-
pared, ii is expected that:a salary OF $lO,-
900 Will be appropriated for Nicaragua,
Salvador and Honduras, CONF prlslng the
Greater Repub.jc, ana $40, 600 Tor Minis
terto Costa Rica and Guatemala. II by
mis- time the objections of the Diet of the
+. Greater Republic are removed, Captain
Merry Will be accredited to the states now
-crenl rris ing .thgt federation, although this
country w iIladhere to its determination
10 recognize Nicaragua, Salvador and
Honduras as the Greater Republic. But
lE+the Diet persists in its objections to
Captain Merry, he will be accredited again
to Costa R5ca and Guatemala, while DR..
Hunter oil kentucky will be sent to the
three states that are unfriendly to Merry.
1t is expected that in day or two Cap
tain Merry will be commissioned as Min
ister TO Costa Rica. This will enable him
TO. draw the salaryo $4,000 per annum
wil4ch. by the Diplomatic and Consular
" Committee is"now appropriated for the
MInl$ter to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and
Salvad og. Although he will draw the sal
ary JUS appropriated, he will not be ac-
crediied.to either Nicaragua or Salvador,
both OF whom have representatives in the
Diet " 4hich has protested. Until Congress
passes. a new appropriation bill Captain
Merry Will act as Minister TO Costa Rica
. only: and his residence viii be al san Jose,
. town of 10000 people and situated pleas
ant1Yin the Costa Rican mountains. By
this. arrangement Captain Merry will
avoid the objections to his reception by
the Diet of the Greater Republic. He will
draw his sic 900 salary ard his residence
In Costa R1ca, one OF the countries inter
ested in the canal, will enable him to con-
thine his good work IN promoting its con-
struction. It Is expected that when the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. is considered next winter Senator
Morgan, a member of the Foreign Rela-
tions Com mittee, will call attention to the
fact. that Mr.. Rodriguez, Minister to. the
United States from the so-called Greater
Republic, has sought to interfere with
the. legislation of the American Congress,
and Rodriguez may find that he will be
persona non grata himself.