Office of the Historian

No. 100.
Mr. Reinberg to Mr. Porter.

United States Consulate-General,
Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 17, 1885. (Received May 5.)
No. 118.]

Sir: I beg to inclose you copies of declarations made before me by Señor J. C. Zedeño and Señor B. Monje, affirming Mr. Santos’s intention to return to the United States, both these gentlemen being merchants of good character.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

MARTIN REINBERG,
United States Vice-Consul-General.
[Inclosure 1 in No. 118.]
Republic of Ecuador,
Province of Guayaquil, April 16, 1885.

B. Monje, being duly sworn, says, I reside in Guayaquil, and am a merchant, and I have resided five years in Bahia since the year 1880, to the year 1885, and know Julio Romano Santos, of the firm of Santos Hina Hermanos since the year 1880. Further, I know he has lived in the United States of North America since about the year 1865, and that he returned to Bahia in the year 1879. Further, I say that to my personal knowledge during the temporary residence of Julio Romano Santos in the city Bahia de Caráquez, and this country, Ecuador, since the year I knew him 1880, until December of the year 1884, has at all times refused to serve in the national guard of Ecuador, and refused to accept any state appointments in this same country, Ecuador, declaring Julio Romano Santos to his friends and authorities of Ecuador that he is a [Page 244] citizen of the United States of North America, and not having the intention to reside in Ecuador, or at least to give up his rights as a citizen of the United States of North America.

B. MONJE.
United States Consulate-General,
Guayaquil, Ecuador.

I, Martin Reinberg, vice-consul-general of the United States at Guayaquil, do hereby certify that the within declaration was sworn to before me, and subscribed by B. Monje, a merchant of this city, in my presence.

Guayaquil, April 17, 1885.

MARTIN REINBERG,
United States Vice-Consul-General.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 118.]
Republic of Ecuador, Province of Guayas,
City of Guayaquil, April 17, 1885.

José C. Zediño made oath in due form and declared:

(1)
I reside at Bahia de Caráquez, and did so previously to 1879; I am a merchant, and have known Julio R. Santos since the year 1879.
(2)
I declare that Julio R. Santos came to the city of Bahia de Caráquez in the year 1879; I know that he lived in the United States of North America from the year 1865 until 1879.
(3)
I declare that I know that during the temporary stay of Julio Romano Santos in this city of Bahia de Caráquez, and in Ecuador from the year 1879 until 1884, he has constantly refused to serve in the national guard of Ecuador, arid he has likewise refused to accept public offices from this same country, Ecuador; always telling his friends and the authorities of Ecuador that he is a citizen of the United States of North America, and that it has not been, nor is it his intention to reside in Ecuador, much less to relinquish his rights as a citizen of the United States of North America.

J. C. ZEDIÑO.
United States Consulate-General,
Guayaquil, Ecuador.

I, Martin Reinberg, vice-consul-general of the United States of America at Guayaquil, do hereby certify that the within declaration was subscribed and sworn to before me by J. C. Zediño.

Guayaquil, April 17, 1885.

MARTIN REINBERG,
United States Vice-Consul-General.