The Argentine Chargé to the Acting Secretary of State.
Manchester, Mass., July 29, 1910.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to transmit herewith the dispatch which I have just received from the minister of foreign relations:
Argentine Legation, Washington:
Referring to your telegram of the 22d, I transmit the reply received from the Argentine Legation in Chile, as follows:
Carrying out instructions and in conjunction with the representatives of the United States of North America and of Brazil, we recommended to the Chilean Government that it should use its influence with Ecuador in favor of the tripartite mediation. As I indicated in the telegram of July 13, the present administration is well disposed to lend its aid toward pacification, as it has already shown, according to the statements of the chancellor. He says that five days ago the chargé d’affaires of North America gave him a copy of the protocol presented to Peru and Ecuador and that, after reading it, he telegraphed to the Chilean minister in Quito that he should advise its acceptance by the Government of Ecuador, adding that in view of the terms of the document opposition was inexplicable. It is stated that no reply to this telegram has been received.
(Signed) Anadón, Argentine Minister.
It is known that the Peruvian minister resigned as an immediate consequence of the discussions concerning the protocol.
Plaza.
Hoping that you will be so good as to keep me informed as to the progress of these negotiations, and tendering my services for the transmission to my Government of such statements as you regard suitable, I take pleasure in renewing the expression of my distinguished consideration and high personal esteem.