The Ecuadorian Minister to the Secretary of State.
Washington, May 23, 1910.
Mr. Secretary: Supplementing the memorandum I left at the Department, I have the honor to repeat in this note that my Government accepts the friendly mediation tendered by the United [Page 457] States, Brazil, and Argentine Republic for a direct settlement of its boundary dispute with Peru in accordance with article 6 of the arbitration convention between the two countries, and that, with that object in view, His Majesty the King of Spain has officially advised the Ecuadorian legation at Madrid, through his secretary of state, that he withholds his award so as to let the two Republics freely and directly settle their territorial controversy.
As an eyewitness of your excellency’s generous efforts to bring the conflict between Ecuador and Peru to an honorable, peaceful end, conformably to the most excellent President Taft’s elevated foreign policy, I perform the pleasant duty of sincerely congratulating your excellency on the brilliant diplomatic triumph you have achieved, with the cooperation you sought of Brazil and the Argentine Republic, and I find gratification in my having contributed thereto in the cause of the peace and fraternity of the American Republics.
Convinced that this most noble precedent will prove of great benefit to the relations of the States of this continent, I take great pleasure in renewing to your excellency the assurances of my highest consideration and personal regard.