Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 422.11G93/846

The Secretary of State to Minister Hartman

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, April 6, 1916.

Guayaquil & Quito Railway Company informs Department that Leroux has obtained private information that, in order to make report to next Congress, Railway interventor will endeavor have local court appoint receiver pending decision in suit against railway, under pretext that management of the railway is unsatisfactory and fraudulent. Discreetly investigate and report promptly by telegraph.

Lansing