Guatemala sever diplomatic relations with Germany

Foreign Office to M.Mendez, Guatemalan Minister to the United States.

The Government of Guatemala today broke off relation the German Empire, handing passports to Minister Lehmann and cancelling the exequaturs of the German consuls accredited to Guatemala advise the American Government.

Minister Mendez accompanied the dispatch from his Government by the following: "In communicating the action of my Government to your execllency, I take pleasure in reiterating that Guatemala from the first has adhered to and supported the attitude of the United States in the defense of the rights of nations, the liberty of the seas and international justice, and that it has always considered itself in unify with your great Nation in the lofty principles which it has so wisely proclaimed for the good of humanity. "Therefore, Guatemala takes the greatest pleasure in offering to the United States of America her territorial water, her ports and railways for the use in common defense, as also all elements which may be available for the same purposes".

Friday 27 April 1917, Guatemala City