Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 822.001 P69/1.]

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No. 136.]

September 4, 1912.

Sir: I have the honor to report that on the afternoon of August 31, General Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez was inaugurated as President of the Republic of Ecuador for the next constitutional period 1912 to 1916.

The ceremony of the inauguration took place in the National Palace, in the presence of both Houses of Congress, the Diplomatic Corps and numerous spectators.

The day of the inauguration passed quietly, without any disturbances whatsoever.

I have [etc.]

Rutherfurd Bingham.