Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 422.11 G93/539a.]

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

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, October 23, 1912.

You will inform the Government of Ecuador that the President is now prepared, as requested, to designate an arbitrator, and that this Government desires to know whether Ecuador has named its arbitrator; and whether action has been taken by Ecuador as to protocol relative to jurisdiction of the tribunal, and as to other pertinent matters submitted by the railway company to Ecuador some time ago, as the Department understands.

Wilson.