ment pursuing an independent and decorous course toward them. It avoided offending them; and without asking for any favor, had resolved to oppose no unnecessary obstacles to the reëstablishment of amicable relations, and the negotiation of new treaties, particularly for the furtherance of trade. European subjects received protection to their persons and property, and were assured of its continuance.[1] The government likewise decreed measures for the payment of certain British and Spanish claims.[2] Italy was the first European nation to reopen diplomatic relations with the republic, which she did by accrediting a minister near the Mexican government in 1868, and entering into treaties.[3] The king of Prussia, in the name of the North German Confederation and the Zollverein, also made a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation with Mexico, in 1869.[4] Spain in 1871, having changed her dynasty, reëstablished friendly relations with Mexico, accrediting a minister near her government, and asking for the Mexican legation to be reinstalled at Madrid.[5] The government of the United
- ↑ Frenchmen specially were told, as they had been on the 12th of April, 1862, 'Los franceses pacificos residentes en el pais, quedan bajo la salvaguarda de las leyes y de las autoridades mexicanas.' Méx., Mem. Relaciones, 1873, annex no. x. 71-5.
- ↑ Decree of Dec. 21, 1967, reiterated Feb. 1, 1865. The Brit. and Sp. bondholders were asked March 11, 1870, to produce their bonds for adjustment. Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., x. 220-1, 258-9, 263–6, xi. 21-2.
- ↑ A treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation was concluded in Mexico on the 14th of Dec., 1970, and a convention for the extradition of criminals on the 17th. El Constitucional, Feb. 2, 1568; Méx., Derecho Intern., 1st pt, 51796. Diario Debales, 7 Cong., i. 1031-8; Bol. Ofic. Est. Sin., Sept. 28, 1874. Méx., Mem. Rel. Exter., 1873, annex L.
- ↑ On the 28th of Aug. A protocol was added to it on the 26th of Nov, of the same year. Méx., Derecho Intern., 1st pt, 80-101; Méx., Diario Ofic., Aug. 23, 1969, June 10, 1570; Diario Debates Quinto Cong., i. 33; Aspiroz, Cód. Extrangeria, 203-14; Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., xi. 168-76.
- ↑ The correspondence was reopened with an autograph letter from King Amadeo I. of Apr. 30, 1871, delivered by Feliciano Herreros de Tejada, accredited minister to the president of Mexico, expressing a desire to restore friendly relations between the two governments, which feeling was reciprocated on receipt of that letter in Sept. by Juarez, whose government extended a most cordial reception to the Spanish minister, promising soon to send a representative to Madrid. Prim's friendliness toward Mexico, and the good offices of the U. S. government in the negotiations to bring about the desired result, are gratefully alluded to in the correspondence between the ministers of foreign affairs of Spain and Mexico. Méx., Mem. Relaciones, 1871, 8-9, 32-43; El Monitor, July 1, 1971.
