Minister Combs to the Secretary of State.
Lima, July 11, 1910.
In reference to July 7, of Mr. Fox. Called on minister for foreign affairs of Peru this morning in company with minister of the Argentine Pepublic and Brazilian chargé d’affaires for the purpose of showing the allegations of July 7. Minister for foreign affairs of Peru said he had explained to minister of Ecuador at Lima that allegations were inexact and exaggerated; such truth as they contained referred to action taken before mediation. Orders had been given and reiterated recently for a return to normal conditions in Amazon region, both as to number of troops and location. Minister for foreign affairs of Peru said Government of Peru had refrained from augmenting difficulties of mediators by withholding many well-founded complaints of the conduct of Ecuador and it would continue to forward settlement by self-restraint.
Repeated Quito.