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File No. 835.032/4.

[Untitled]

[May 12, 1911]

[The message of the President, Dr. Roque Saenz Peña, was read to the Congress May 12, 1911, and transmitted to the Secretary of State May 13 by the chargé d’affaires, Mr. Bliss. The following is the only passage referring to the United States:]

[Translation.]

The conciliatory action taken by the Republic, together with the United States and Brazil, in the conflict between Peru and Ecuador, although not reaching a final settlement, has contributed toward maintaining continental peace by revealing the high purposes that actuate the three mediators.