The Secretary of State to the Minister in Ecuador (Hartman)
Department of State,
Washington,
November 14, 1914, 7 p.m.
[Telegram]
British and French Governments complain that the neutrality proclamation made by the Ecuadorian Government is not being enforced. Charge is made of the use of the Galápagos Islands as a naval base by the Germans. Discreetly inquire as to the facts.
W. J. Bryan