Guatemala neutral decree

Neutrality decree, September 1, 1914, referring to Government decree No. 718 of August 12, 1914.

El Guatemalteco, Official Gazette. Guatemala, Wednesday 2 September 1914

Palace of the Executive Power

Guatemala, September 1, 1914

The Government of the Republic having issued decree No. 718 of August 12 last, by which the neutrality of Guatemala is declares in the present war between several European nation's; and

Whereas, it becomes necessary to take indispensable precautions to make neutrality effective regarding wireless communication in merchant vessels of belligerents in Guatemalan waters;

Therefore, the Constitutional President of the Republic, in order to execute the above-mentioned resolution, decrees:

That from this date all merchant vessels of belligerent nations when in the territorial Waters of Guatemala or upon entering into them shall dismantle their wireless installations during such time as they shall remain in these waters. Vessels not complying with these regulations shall be considered as armed ships, and orders shall be given them to leave Guatemalan Waters in conformity to Convention No. 13 of The Hague, 1907.

Let it be communicated.

Estrada C.

The Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs: Luis Toledo Herrarte