COSTA RICA. EXTRADITION AND DEPORTATION FROM COSTA RICA TO THE UNITED STATES AS AN ACT OF COMITY. File No. 200.11L44/1. The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d'Affaires. [Telegram-Paraphrase.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 14, 1913. The Department is informed by the Attorney General that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Waldo C. Lawson, on the charge of embezzling postal and money-order funds of the United States; that Lawson recently sailed on a steamer bound for Costa Rica in company with Ross M. Pennypacker. [Descriptions.] You will informally ascertain whether the Government of Costa Rica will grant the extradition of Lawson as an act of comity, explaining that for constitutional reasons this Government cannot reciprocate, in the absence of an extradition treaty, in case of a similar request being made by Costa Rica. BRYAN. File No. 200.11L44/8. The American Chargé d'Affaires to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, San José, June 21, 1913. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that upon receipt of the Department's telegraphic instruction of the 14th instant I called upon President Jiménez-the Minister for Foreign Affairs being absent from the city-to informally request the extradition of Lawson should he arrive in Costa Rica. The President said that he would be glad to have Lawson deported if found, and would have him arrested and placed on board of the first steamer leaving for the United States, but for the sake of formality he wished a warrant or extradition papers,' which I telegraphed to the Department [etc.] I have [etc.] MARSHALL LANGHORNE. 1 The Department promised these upon notification (f the arrest of the fugitive. (File No. 200 11.44/2.) File No. 200.11L44/14 and 15. The American Chargé d'Affaires to the Secretary of State. [Telegrams-Paraphrases.] AMERICAN LEGATION, San José, July 17, 1913. Lawson arrested today. The Minister for Foreign Affairs tells me that he will be deported for Galveston on the 18th instant. LANGHORNE. AMERICAN LEGATION. My July 17. Lawson deported yesterday. LANGHORNE. File No. 200.11L44/17. The American Chargé d'Affaires to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, SIR: In confirmation of my telegram of the 17th and also of the 19th instant, reporting the arrest and deportation of Waldo C. Lawson, I have the honor to inform you that on the 17th instant Mr. W. E. Mullins, the general manager of the United Fruit Company, whose aid in trying to locate the fugitives I had requested, telephoned me that Lawson was at that moment in his office in Limon. Mr. Mullins said that Lawson came to him to ask for work and, recognizing him from his descriptions, he questioned him as to his identity. Lawson at once confessed to everything and said that he would be glad to give himself up and to be sent to America to face his charges and that he was tired of being a fugitive from justice. Upon receipt of this news I immediately called upon the Minister for Foreign Affairs to ask for his arrest and extradition, which the President had informed me he would grant. Mr. Castro, however, said that it would be preferable to have Lawson arrested and deported as a "pernicious foreigner" (estranjero pernicioso), as the Central American Court of Justice would be sure to take an exception to the granting of extradition in the absence of such a treaty. [Details regarding arrangements for deportation.] I have [etc.], File No. 200.11L44/8. MARSHALL LANGHORNE. The Acting Secretary of State to the American Chargé d'Affaires. No. 27.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: The Department has received your unnumbered despatch of June 21 in regard to the desired extradition of Waldo C. Lawson, and approves your action in taking up the matter with the President of Costa Rica in the absence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and in taking measures to cause the arrest of the fugitive. The attitude of the Costa Rican Government in the matter is highly appreciated by the Department. I am [etc.] J. B. MOORE. File No. 200.11L44/17. The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d'Affaires. No. 30.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 31, 1913. SIR: The Department has received your unnumbered despatch of July 19 [etc.] The Department approves your action in having Lawson arrested and deported as an objectionable foreigner, in accordance with the suggestion of the Costa Rican Government that you would thus avoid any possible objection of the Central American Court of Justice to the granting of extradition in the absence of treaty provisions applicable to the case. I am [etc.] For the Secretary of State: J. B. MOORE. CUBA. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT MENOCAL.-PARTICIPATION IN THE CEREMONIES OF A SPECIAL MISSION REPRESENTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. File No. 837.001M52/2. The Secretary of State to the American Minister. [Telegram-Paraphrase.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, May 14, 1913. The personnel of the Special Mission to the inauguration of President-elect Menocal is as follows: Chief of Mission, Arthur M. Beaupré, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Habana, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on Special Mission. General Enoch H. Crowder, Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, as Representative on Special Mission, with rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; and Mr. Dudley Field Malone, Third Assistant Secretary of State, as Representative on Special Mission, with rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The Representatives, accompanied by their Secretary, Mr. Edward Bell, of the Division of Latin-American Affairs of the Department of State, will be conveyed from Key West to Habana on the U. S. S. Prairie. Make all necessary arrangements for their reception. File No. 837.001M52/ BRYAN. The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister. [Telegram.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, The Legation staff is hereby attached to the Special Mission. File No. 837.001M52/7. The American Minister to the Secretary of State. [Telegram-Paraphrase.] MOORE. AMERICAN LEGATION, In the absence of instructions on the subject, Mr. Gibson will go to Key West to confer with the Special Representatives on the details of the mission, to expedite definite arrangements on arrival. BEAUPRÉ File No. 837.001M52/15. The Cuban Chargé d'Affaires to the Acting Secretary of State. No. 19.] [Translation.] LEGATION OF CUBA, Washington, May 20, 1913. SIR: By order of my Government I have the honor of informing Doctor Cosme de la Torriente, Secretary of State; General Emilio Núñez, Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor: Doctor Ezequiel Garcia Enseñat, Secretary of Public Instruction and Fine Arts; Doctor Enrique Núñez, Secretary of Health and Charities; and Doctor Rafael Montoro, Secretary of the Presidency. I avail [etc.] MANUEL DE LA VEGA. File No. 837.001M52, f. w. Report of the Secretary of the Special Mission. [Extract.] May 18. Arrived Key West 8 a. m. Met by Captain E. E. Hayden, U. S. N., Commandant of Key West Naval Station, and Mr. Hugh S. Gibson, First Secretary, American Legation, Habana, who hadbeen sent over by Mr. Beaupré to meet the envoys. Arrived Habana 4:30 p. m. Salutes exchanged with Cabaña fortress. Met at ship by the Honorable A. M. Beaupré, United States Minister and Chief of Special Mission; Colonel Slocum, United States Military Attaché; Mr. F. T. Coxe, Second Secretary, United States Legation; Mr. Patterson, Sub-Secretary of State of Cuba; Senator Coronado, Secretary of Cuban Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, who came. as the personal representative of the President-elect: Mr. J. L. Rodgers, American Consul General; and Señor Carrillo, attached to the Special Mission. Salute of seventeen guns fired as the Special Mission left the ship. May 19. At 9:45 the Special Mission, attended by staff and attachés, called upon Sr. Sanguily, Secretary of State, and conversed for about twenty minutes. They then repaired by motor to the Finca América, Calabazar, about eighteen miles south of Habana, to call upon President Gómez. Mr. Beaupré, in presenting his colleagues made a short address to President Gómez: |