Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 422.11G93.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Quito, October 28, 1913.

Congress has authorized the President to enter upon an agreement with the Railway Company specifying the questions to be considered and determined by the Arbitral Tribunal. This agreement will stipulate that the arbitral decision shall be final. Because of the expected early arrival of the American Arbitrator, I have called the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Railway Company to the importance of completing the authorized agreement as soon as possible.

Hartman.