EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, March 2, 1889_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate with a
view of giving its advice and consent to the ratification thereof, a
convention signed in Washington on March 1, 1889, by duly authorized
representatives of the United States and Mexico, providing for the
institution of an international commission to determine questions
between the United States and Mexico arising under the convention of
November 12, 1884, by reason of changes in the river bed of the Rio
Grande and the Colorado River when forming the boundary between the
two countries.
A report of the Secretary of State, with the accompanying correspondence
therein described, is also communicated for the information of the
Senate.