Minister Fox to the Secretary of State.
Quito, June 2, 1910.
Department’s June 1 received. This morning Brazilian chargé d’affaires and I conveyed to minister for foreign affairs the information that June 4 had been fixed upon by the mediating powers as the day for Ecuador and Peru to withdraw their troops from the frontier. I later saw President of Ecuador, who himself informed me that he had given orders at 2 p.m. to-day for withdrawal of the troops from the frontier and hoped that operations would be completed in eight days. President of Ecuador informed me further that he had last night received a telegram advising him that Peru had sent 3,000 more troops to Paita on the frontier. He would like to have this matter explained.
I have complied with department’s instructions and strongly and earnestly presented the views of the Secretary of State, leaving with the minister for foreign affairs a Spanish memorandum in the sense of the aide-mémoire.