File No. 322.93/10.
The American Minister to
China to the Secretary of
State.
No. 620.]
American Legation,
Peking,
August 23, 1912.
Sir: Regarding the request of the Chinese
Government that instructions be sent to the American Minister in Ecuador
to use his good offices for the protection of Chinese and their
interests in that country, I have the honor to enclose herewith a
memorandum from the Foreign Office dated August 18, 1912, expressing the
thanks of the Chinese Government for the prompt response to its request
for the extension by the American Government of protection to Chinese
citizens and their interests.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure.—Memorandum.]
The Chinese Foreign
Office to the American
Legation.
We are in receipt of a memorandum stating that you had notified by
cable the American Government of the ill-treatment accorded Chinese
citizens in Ecuador from the natives of that country, and that you
had received a reply stating that on July 17 the Department of State
instructed by telegram the American Chargé d’Affaires at Quito,
first to consult with the Government of Ecuador and with their
consent to assist and protect the persons and interests of Chinese
in Ecuador. In addition the telegram directed the American Chargé to
communicate these instructions to all the American consuls in
Ecuador. On the receipt of this you immediately notified the Foreign
Office.
We sincerely thank your excellency for this aid and also the American
Government for its regard for the friendly relations between the two
countries in responding without discrimination to the distress of
Chinese in Ecuador by telegraphing instructions for their
protection.
The President of this Board specially sends this word of thanks to
express his deep and grateful appreciation, with the request that it
be transmitted to your Government.
