422.11G93/1051: Telegram
The Minister in Ecuador (Hartman) to the Secretary of
State
Quito, August
26, 1919, 3 p.m.
[Received August 27, 3.40 p.m.]
Advisory Commission recommends to Congress arbitration of differences
between Ecuadorean Government and Guayaquil and Quito Railway
Company.
Following is the substance of proposal:
- “Article 1. Arbitrators will
take oath of office before the President of Supreme
Court of Ecuador, and from that moment they will be
authorized to agree upon the organization and
constitution of the tribunal and its procedure until
final decision.
- “Article 2. The arbitration
will include all questions pending between the
Government and railway company from June 14, 1897 to
date of decision.
- “Article 3. Their decision,
or the decision of the third member who may be named in
conformity with article 27 of contract of June 14, 1897,
will be unappealable.”
I earnestly recommend railway company to refuse to accept proposal
for several reasons which will be sent by mail and because proposal
ignores settlement by contract of 1908.
