File No. 722.2315/586.
The American Minister to Peru to the Secretary of State.
Lima, May 17, 1913.
The President invokes mediating powers in settling minor issue, hoping to secure arbitration of boundary dispute, as Ecuador now reported favorable. Indians recently killed nineteen Peruvians near the Morona. Of 100 sent, 30 [Peruvian] soldiers remain and Ecuadorian Minister asks their withdrawal because a violation of the status quo of the mediation. President [of Peru] says he would voluntarily withdraw soldiers but not on request, because of admitting a right to demand it. Ecuadorian Minister is submitting matter to his Government, as are Legations of Argentina and Brazil.