File No. 3010/12.
The Ecuadorean Minister to the Secretary of State.
Washington, March 9, 1907.
Mr. Secretary: The minister of foreign relations of Ecuador writes me in a note of the 4th of February last as follows:
President Alfaro had the satisfaction of receiving the courteous greeting of congratulation addressed to him, through the most excellent Mr. Lee, by President Roosevelt on the occasion of his elevation to the chief magistracy. The Government for its part will take special interest in responding to the friendly sentiments of the President of your enlightened Republic and in maintaining the cordial ties which happily bind the two Governments and people.
I am glad to transmit the foregoing to your excellency, to the end that you may be pleased to convey to the most excellent President Roosevelt the high appreciation in which his courtesy is held by President Alfaro.
I renew, etc.,