The Ecuadorean Minister to the Secretary of State.
October 26, 1906.
Mr. Secretary: Confirming the agreeable interview I had with your excellency I have the pleasure to repeat in this note that I have received instructions from the foreign office at Quito to state how much the Government and people of Ecuador regretted to be deprived of your excellency’s visit on your recent trip to South America.
My Government regrets that conditions beyond your excellency’s control prevented your reaching Guayaquil, where Ecuador would have had the hoped-for opportunity to express their high esteem for your excellency and for the great Republic which you so worthily represent.
I beg your excellency to be pleased to accept, etc.,