The Secretary of State to Minister Fox.
Washington, June 9, 1910.
Referring to all your telegrams up to that of June 5, the reported attitude of Ecuador is such that the department feels that it will not be out of place for you to make more energetic, sympathetic, and lucid explanation of the unanimous position of the mediating powers. In doing so you should say that unfounded popular rumor that the United States is otherwise than absolutely impartial is too absurd to be noticed by this Government and should be easily corrected by the Government of Ecuador. For your further guidance and for communication to the minister for foreign affairs I quote the following memorandum which explains itself. It will be to-day handed to the chargé d’affaires of Chile, copies being given the minister of Peru and Mr. Carbo, who fully appreciates the situation and is bending every effort to serve the obvious interests of his country. [Memorandum supra inserted here.]
Repeat the foregoing to the legation at Lima for its information.