File No. 822.00/292.]

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

No. 44.]

Sir: The Department has received your No. 75, of March 18, 1912, in regard to the disturbed political conditions existing in Ecuador, in which you report that several persons have requested asylum in the Legation in case of further trouble in Quito, and give the substance of your replies to those who have asked for asylum, in which you advised them to use other means of securing their safety preferably to coming to the Legation.

The Department approves your action, but in this connection desires to refer you to its No. 38, of January 30, 1912, in which the distinction between asylum and temporary refuge is discussed.

I am [etc.]

Rutherfurd Bingham.