File No. 763.72112/438
The Peruvian Minister ( Pezet ) to the Secretary of State
Washington , November 30, 1914.
[Received December 3.]
Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a memorandum prepared by the Foreign Office of Peru, a copy of which, I am informed, was handed to the American Minister at Lima, and likewise was sent to the Governments of the South American Republics.1
I have been requested to lay the said document for its consideration before the members of the Governing Board of the Pan American Union, at its next meeting; it being the desire of my Government that some joint action may be taken by the American Republics to safeguard the interests of neutrals in the American Continent and to free our commerce from the effects of the present European war, that already have caused a serious paralyzation of trade in several of the countries of South America, and brought about a condition most harmful to the general economic interests of neutral nations.
Accept [etc.]