“ September 7th.—A convention is concluded in Mexico creating a joint commission of Mexican and Guatemalan engineers, in order to study the dividing line of the two countries on the eastern limit of Soconusco and Chiapas, with which Guatemala implicitly recognized that the rights of Mexico to the state of Chiapas were out of question. ”

“ The Mexican Government sends another minister to Guatemala for the settlement of the question of limits, but without success, in consequence of the opposition of Guatemala.
1854. The Guatemalan Government manifests a disposition to renounce its alleged rights to Chiapas and Soconusco, but on condition that Mexico should recognize in its favor the debt of that province; which Mexico declined to do in 1875, alleging that the debt, if any, should be recognized in favor of private creditors and not of the Guatemalan nation. ”