Minister Fox to the
Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Quito, November 28,
1910.
No. 784.]Sir: I have the honor, respectfully referring
to my telegram of November 25,1 to inclose herewith copy of the note, with
translation, transcribing to me the telegram from the Spanish minister
for foreign affairs to minister for foreign affairs of Ecuador, in which
it is stated that His Majesty the King of Spain had declined to act
further as arbitrator in the boundary dispute between Ecuador and
Peru.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure—Translation.]
The Minister of Foreign
Relations to Minister Fox.
Ministry for Foreign Relations,
Quito, November 25, 1910.
No. 223.]Excellent Sir: As a matter of deference to
you I have the honor to inform you that I have received the
following cablegram from his excellency the Spanish, minister of
state:
Madrid, November 24
Minister for Foreign
Affairs:
The sole aim of the cabinet at Madrid was to promote harmony
when, on the 18th of May, it informed the Governments of
Ecuador and Peru that it saw no objection if both parties
availed themselves of the postponement of the award to reach
an agreement between themselves on the boundary question.
The Spanish Government was inspired by the same sentiments
when it advised the august arbiter that he should not
renounce the arbital powers while the parties did not decide
to seek this agreement either directly or through the
friendly mediation of the powers offered, in spite of the
fact that the peculiar complexity of the litigation had more
than ever been brought out when the opinions of the various
individuals to whom, in Spain, an investigation of the
affair had been confided were given, and by the passionate
comments made thereon even when they were imperfectly known.
At present, however, in view of the manner in which matter
has been characterized by diplomatic documents referring to
the conflict, second series, published in Quito (documents
the knowledge of which in their textual entirety the
Government of His Majesty has been waiting for), the cabinet
of Madrid, believing, further, that a prolongation of the
present situation will not bring about the desired
conciliation, has deemed it best to advise the august
arbiter to withdraw from the office conferred upon him by
the parties for the solution of the boundary question. In
informing your excellency that His Majesty has withdrawn in
accordance with the counsels of his responsible advisers I
would add that I am advising the minister for foreign
relations of Peru in the same sense.
Manuel García
Prieto,
Minister of
State.
I avail myself, etc.,
