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

File No. 422.11G93/866

Minister Hartman to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

American Legation,
Quito, September 30, 1916.

By overwhelming vote, Ecuadorian Congress yesterday deposed Doctor Balarezo from the office of defensor fiscal, and Mr. Cervantes from the office of Government railway interventor. The Congress then named Dr. Pablo A. Vaseonez as defensor fiscal and Serafin Wither as Government railway interventor.

Hartman