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 P69/3.]

The Chargé d’Affaires of Ecuador to the Secretary of State.

No. 197.]

Legation of Ecuador,
New York, December 4, 1912.

Sir: I have the honor of handing to you the “Letras Autógrafas” of Gen. Leonidas Plaza G., President of Ecuador, addressed to His Excellency William H. Taft, President of the United States of America, informing him upon his inauguration as Constitutional President of Ecuador, on the 30th of August of the present year.

I avail [etc.]

S. S. Wither y S.

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

The President of Ecuador to the President.

National Palace,
Quito, September 20, 1912.

Great and Good Friend: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that, elected by my fellow-citizens to the Presidency of the Republic, I assumed charge of this high office on August 31 of the current year, after having taken the constitutional oath on the same day before the Congress.

Upon informing Your Excellency thereof I beg to say that in the exercise of my functions I shall take especial care to draw even closer than ever, if that be possible, the bonds of friendship that happily unite our respective countries.

I earnestly desire for your noble Nation increasing prosperity, and offer my best wishes for Your Excellency’s personal welfare.

I have the honor to be Your Excellency’s

Good and True Friend,

Leonidas Plaza G.