The Secretary of State to the Ecuadorian Minister.
Washington, June 23, 1910.
Dear Mr. Minister: I am in receipt of your note of the 11th instant, in which, on account of your being about to leave the city, you request that the department communicate directly with the chancellery of Ecuador through the American minister at Quito until your successor arrives.
Your expression of appreciation of the part taken by the Government of the United States in conjunction with the Governments of Brazil and the Argentine Republic, to bring about, through their friendly mediation, a settlement of the boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru, has been read with much gratification. This Government will continue to exert its best efforts in conjunction with the other mediators to bring about a settlement which, it is hoped, will be highly honorable and entirely satisfactory both to Ecuador and Peru.
I regret exceedingly that you have been called upon to sever the official relations which have existed for so long a time, and with so much satisfaction on both sides, between you and this Government; and I beg to assure you that the part you have taken in the present boundary dispute between your country and Peru, which has evinced a thorough understanding by you of the situation, coupled with a lofty patriotism to serve your country’s best interests, is and always will be highly appreciated in history and by the well-wishers and friends of Ecuador and her people, among whom this department is proud to be included.
In conclusion, I beg you to accept, Mr. Minister, etc.,