724.34119/1367: Telegram
The President of the Chaco Peace Conference (Cantilo) to President Roosevelt
I have the honor to address Your Excellency to make known to you that a virtual agreement has been reached between the representatives of Bolivia and Paraguay in the sense of establishing that the boundary line between the two countries shall be determined by the Presidents of the Republics represented at the Peace Conference, thus bringing to a close arduous and lengthy negotiations that do honor both to the countries concerned and those that have contributed by their mediation toward bringing about this settlement. Article II of the draft treaty, which has already met the approval of both delegations, provides that the arbitrators shall decide according to their best knowledge and understanding, taking into account the experience accumulated by the Peace Conference and the opinions of the military advisers of the said entity, and that the six Presidents of the Republics named be empowered to make the award directly or through plenipotentiary delegates. In virtue whereof I venture to ask Your Excellency whether, in case the said treaty is signed, Your Excellency would accept the post of arbitrator as mentioned.
I avail myself [etc.]