File No. 422.11 G93/459.]

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

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

The Government of Ecuador now has 86,000 sucres toward payment of coal ship, and the other 14,000 can be obtained in about one month from the New York Consulate.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs says that his Government is so fully convinced of the rights and justice of its claims in the railway dispute that it stands ready to submit all questions to arbitration, and desires a full and impartial investigation of pending claims.

It cannot be denied that the Government of Ecuador has many just grounds for complaint against the railway which should be submitted to arbitration. I am convinced that Ecuador is sincerely desirous of meeting its financial obligations toward the railway.

Bingham.