Mr. Tillman to Mr.
Olney.
Legation of the United States, October
13, 1896.
No. 90.]
Sir: I have the honor to hand you herewith copy
of letter from Mr. St. John, arbitrator in the Santos matter, also copy
of his award and translation of the same. I am not yet informed whether
the Government of Ecuador is in receipt of copy of the award.
I have, etc.;
[Inclosure 1 in No. 90.]
Mr. St. John to
Mr. Tillman.
British Legation,
Lima, September 22,
1896.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you
herewith my decision on the Santos case, which is based upon the
terms of the compromise arrived at between the interested
parties.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2 in No.
90.—Translation.]
Award of arbitrator.
The undersigned, nominated arbitrator in conformity with section 2 of
Article II, of the convention between the United States and the
Republic of Ecuador, concluded in Quito the 29th of February, 1893,
to decide the claim of Mr. Julio R. Santos against the Government of
Ecuador on account of the acts done by the authorities of the
Republic of Ecuador in the years 1884 and 1885, in view of the
transaction which is presented and that has intervened between Mr.
Julio R. Santos and the special agent of the Ecuadorian Government,
duly approved by said Government and the representative of the
United States at Quito, and in which they solicit that there may be
pronounced judgment in favor of the claimant for the sum of $40,000
gold,
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payable by
installments semiannually without interest, decides that the
Government of Ecuador shall pay to the Government of the United
States in four semiannual installments of $10,000, the sum of
$40,000 gold of the United States without interest, the first
dividend to be paid within sixty days, counting from the first
session of the Congress of Ecuador subsequent to the notification of
this judgment in conformity of section 2 of Article V of the
above-mentioned treaty of 1893.
Lima, September 22,
1896.
Alfred St. John.
