The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Ide.
Washington, July 15, 1910.
I quote for your information the protocol to-day formally presented and proposed to the ministers of Ecuador and Peru by the representatives of the mediating powers. This protocol has been telegraphed to the Governments of Ecuador and Peru, whose answer [Page 488] is anticipated within a few days. The entire course of the mediation has been frankly and fully explained to the Spanish minister here, who has been handed copies of all important documents bearing upon the matter. (Quote protocol as amended. See telegram of July 14 to Minister Combs.)