No. 102.
Mr. Reinberg to Mr. Porter.

No. 120.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose yon herewith five declarations relative to the case of Julio Romano Santos. Of these affidavits two were forwarded by Consular Agent Goddard, and the three others were duly declared before me in this consular office.

I am, sir, &c.,

MARTIN REINBERG.
[Inclosure 1 in No. 120.]

At Bahia de Caráquez, on the 18th day of April, 1885, before Mr. E. T. Goddard, consular agent of the United States of North America in this port, appeared Mr. Virgilio Stopper, who, making oath before God our Lord, and making the sign of the cross, declared that he would tell the truth with regard to the intention of Mr. Julio R. Santos to return to North America to live. The undersigned is aware that since his early childhood he has heard that Mr. Julio R. Santos was being educated in North America, whence he returned a few years ago; that, being a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Santos, Hevia & Brothers, he had always heard that he was going to New York for the purpose of settling there, and that, being municipal secretary, he knows that both Mr. Gumercindo Nillacis and Mr. Juan B. Santos, both of whom held the office of political chief of the district, requested Mr. Santos to accept a municipal office, which he refused to do, on the ground that he was a North American citizen, and that he would soon go to that country, to which he was bound by ties of affection.

VIRGILIO STOPPER.

I hereby certify that the foregoing was declared under oath by Mr. Virgilio Stopper, who signed the above in my presence.

E. T. GODDARD,
United States Consular Agent.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 120.]

At Bahia de Caráquez, on the 18th day of April, 1885, appeared at this consular office Mr. Juan Polit, and having taken the constitutional oath, he said that he knew that Mr. Julio R. Santos, a citizen of the United States of North America by naturalization, left this country for the United States in his childhood; that he studied there until he received a diploma as engineer, and that he remained in the country for fourteen years, leaving it but twice for the purpose of visiting his family; that he returned, here in the year 1879 for the purpose of establishing a mercantile firm in connection with his brother; that, being on terms of intimacy with these gentlemen, he can positively assert that the constant desire of “Mr. Julio R. Santos was the establishment of a commission house in New York, that he might settle there with his family; that, with this view, his brother, Santos E. Santos, took a trip to New York last year, and he had heard it said that the house had begun operations; that he [Page 250] knows that Mr. Julio R. Santos has not been willing to hold any public office in this country, always asserting his rights as a citizen of the United States of North America.

JUAN POLIT.

I hereby certify that the foregoing was declared in my presence under oath by Mr. Juan Polit, and that the above signature is the true and genuine signature of said Juan Polit.

E. F. GODDAED,
United States Consular Agent.
[Inclosure 3 in No. 120.]

Manuel Navares made oath in due form and declared: (1) I have resided in Guayaquil since the year 1884; previously to that time I resided at Bahia de Caráquez; I am an owner of real estate, and I have known Julio Romano Santos since his childhood; (2) I know that he lived in the United States of North America from the year 1865 until the year when he returned; (3) I declare that I know that during the temporary residence of Julio Romano Santos in the city of Bahia de Caráquez, and in Ecuador from the year in which he returned until the year 1884, he always refused to serve in the national guards of Ecuador; he likewise refused to accept public offices from this same country, constantly declaring to his friends and the authorities of Ecuador that he was a citizen of the United States of North America, and that his intention had not been and was not to reside in Ecuador, much less to relinquish his rights as a citizen of the United States of North America.

MANUEL NAVAEES,
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 subscribed and sworn to before me by Manuel Navares.

[seal.]
MAETIN REINBEEG,
United States Vice-Consul-General.

[Inclosure 4 in No. 120.]

Francis R. Lozano made oath in due form and declared as follows: (1) I resided at Canoa, 3 miles from Bahia de Caráquez, previously to the year 1879; (2) I am a merchant, and have known Julio Romano Santos since the year 1879; (3) I declare that Julio Romano Santos came to the city of Bahia de Caráquez in the year 1879; (4) I know that he lived in the United States of North” America from the year 1865 until the year 1879; (5) I declare that I know that during the temporary residence of Julio Eomano Santos in the city of Bahia de Caráquez, and in Ecuador from the year 1879 until the year 1884, he always refused to serve in the national guard of Ecuador, and that he likewise refused to accept public offices from this same country (Ecuador), constantly declaring to his friends and to the Ecuadorian authorities that he was a citizen of the United States of North America, and that it had not been and was not his intention to reside in Ecuador, much less to relinquish his rights as a citizen of the United States of North America.

FEANCISCO E. LOZANO.
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 Subscribed and sworn to before me by Francisco R. Lozano, merchant.

[seal.]
MARTIN REINBERG,
United States Vice-Consul-General.

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[Inclosure 5 in No. 120.]

José Rosario Cedeño made oath in due form and declared as follows: (1) I have resided in the province of Manabi since the year 1879; (2) I am a merchant, and I have known Julio Romano Santos since the year 1879; (3) I declare that Julio Romano Santos came to the city of Bahia de Caráquez in the year 1879; (4) I know that he laved in the United States of North America from the year 1865 until the year 1879; (5) I declare that I know that during the temporary residence of Julio Romano Santos in the city of Bahia de Caráquez, and in Ecuador from the year 1879 until the year 1884, he always refused to serve in the national guard of Ecuador; that he likewise refused to accept public offices from this same country (Ecuador), constantly declaring to his friends and the Ecuadorian authorities that he was a citizen of the United States of North America, and that it had not been and was not his intention to remain in Ecuador, much less to relinquish his rights as a citizen of the United States of North America.

JOSÉ R. CEDEÑO.

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

[seal.]
MARTIN REINBERG.