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judgments rendered by courts in one country may be carried into effect
in another, I have now to state that the subject has received the careful
and deliberate consideration of this G overfmet, which finds itself con-
strained to say that the difficulties are so great in the way of carrying
into effect the project, arising from the nature of the organic Constitu-
tion of the United States and the relations of the States to the Federal
Government, that it is not thought best to attempt it.
      Accept, &c.,                           HAMILTON FISH.




                            PERU.
                              No. 510.
                      Mr. Thomas to Mr. Fish.
No. 74.]                  LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
          Lima, Peru, -November 25, 1873. (Received December 18.)
   SIR: For some time past grave apprehensions of public disasters have
prevailed in this community. It was feared that the credit of Peru
would be dishonored by a failure to pay the accruing interest due on
the 1st day of January next on the public bonds which had been dis-
posed of by the financial agent of the Peruvian government, and it was
seriously feared that the failure to furnish the required funds for ther
prosecution of the work on numerous railroads, now being built by con-
tractors with the government of Peru, would arrest their construction,
and thereby leave unemployed thousands of laborers. These apprehen-
sions had their origin in a difference of opinion between those who have
in charge the government of Peru and Messers Dreyfus Brothers & Co.
as to the obligation which were imposed on that firm under a contract
with the administration of the late President Balta, which gave to Drey-
fus ilermunes & Co. an exclusive right to ship and sell in Europe the
guano of the Peruvian government, and required them to pay out of the
proceeds of such sales the interest on the bonds of Peru as it accrued
and to furnish funds for the prosecution of the public works. These
difficulties have now fortunately passed away. The Peruvian govern-
ment andý their financial agents, Dreyfus Brothers & Co., have
come to
a right understanding. The interest on the Peruvian bonds will be
punctually paid and the public improvements will progress.
       I am, &c.,
                                            FRANCIS THOMAS.



                              No. 511.
                      Mr. Thomas to Mr. Fish.
 No. 76.1                          UNITED STATES LEGATION,
           Lima, Peru, December 13, 1873. (Received December 30.)
   SIR: A few days since a committee of seven respectable Chinese
 residents of this city called upon me, to ask my assistance in opening for
 them communication with the governiment of China. In reply to my
 inquiry as to the objects they had in view, I was informed that the
 committee represented a Chinese society of this city, and desired to
 acquaint the Chinese government of the true condition and treatment