File No. 15077/21–22.
The Acting Secretary of
State to the Chinese
Minister.
Department of State,
Washington, December 11,
1908.
No. 129.]
Sir: Referring to your note of August 13 last,
and to the department’s note of the 22d of that month in reply,
concerning the exercise of the good offices of the American diplomatic
and consular officers in Chile and Ecuador in behalf of Chinese
residents in those Republics, [Page 63] I
have the honor to inclose herewith for your information a copy of a
dispatch from the American consul general at Guayaquil on the
subject.
You will perceive thereby that the form which the Government of Ecuador
has accepted as a satisfactory certificate to be given to Chinese
subjects in Ecuador, when applied for by them, has the effect of a
passport. This concession on the part of the Government of Ecuador will,
the department feels confident, be very gratifying to you and to your
Government.
Accept, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Consul General Dietrich to the Secretary of
State.
American Consulate General,
Guayaquil, November 14,
1908.
No. 235.]
Sir: I have the honor, respectfully
referring to copy of the departments instructions No. 61 of August
22, 1908, received from the legation at Quito, regarding the
protection of Chinese subjects resident in Ecuador, to inclose
herewith form of certificate which has been accepted by the
Government of Ecuador as a satisfactory form of certificate to be
given to the Chinese subjects, when applied for by them.
I have, etc.,
[Subinclosure.]
Form of certificate.
No. _ _ _
To all whom these presents shall
come, greeting:
I, Herman R. Dietrich, consul general of the United States of
America, certify: That _ _ _ _ claims to be a subject of the Emperor
of China, resident in Ecuador, and that, upon his proving his status
as a Chinese subject, he will in case of need, be entitled to the
protection of the Government of the United States and to the good
offices of the diplomatic and consular officers thereof, while in
Ecuador, in pursuance of an understanding between the Governments of
Ecuador and China to that end.
I, therefore, request all whom it may concern to permit safely and
freely to pass Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and that in case of
need, to give him all lawful aid and protection.
Given under my hand and seal of the
consulate general at Guayaquil, Ecuador,
this _ _ _ _ day of _
_ _, nineteen hundred and eight.
_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
Consul General of the
United States at Guayaquil, Ecuador,
and in charge of the interests of China.(Signature of
the bearer.)
