Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 2540/8.

Minister Fox to the Secretary of State.

[Extract.]

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Quito, June 18, 1907.

(Mr. Fox informs Mr. Root, referring to previous correspondence^a eight, twelve, and also fifteen, that the railway crisis is reached, and that revolution is imminent owing to the railway problem. He also states that the American investments are reported as being in danger, the people insisting on confiscation. He further states that the railway company urges arbitration of her contract. He asks for instructions.)

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