Minister Fox to the Secretary of State.
Quito, October 18, 1910.
Minister for foreign affairs of Ecuador by note to-day informs me that he has received the following telegram from Ecuadorian minister at Lima:
Peruvian Government can not take in consideration the proposal of Ecuador nor any other which has reference to boundary dispute, since that would be to disavow force of mediation; that both Governments were prevented from taking the initiative or from taking steps which would omit the mediators; that Peru has agreed to suspend any discussion of the boundary question and to maintain a status quo until the mediation has made itself effective.
Minister for foreign affairs of Ecuador said that thus Peru does not deny the intrinsic justice or expediency of the proposition of Ecuador; it is therefore deduced that if the mediators do not refuse it Peru will find no inconvenience in accepting.