File No. 710.11/361

The Peruvian Minister ( De Freyre y Santander) to the Secretary of State

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I take great pleasure in transmitting to you the following dispatch I have received upon this date from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru:

Lima, June 10, 1918.

Please express to the Secretary of State the satisfaction with which the Peruvian Government has taken notice of the declarations made by the President of the United States in the address he delivered to the Mexican editors, upon the Pan American treaty guaranteeing reciprocally territorial integrity among the nations of this continent, the text of which address has been published by the American Legation at Lima. Kindly also express our decision to participate in this agreement.

I am [etc.]

M. de Freyre y S.