722.2315/1435

The Peruvian Ambassador (Freyre) to the Secretary of State

Your Excellency: In compliance with instructions received from my Government, I have the honour to enclose for Your Excellency’s information the Spanish text of a message addressed by cable yesterday to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador by the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to the transcription received from the Ecuadorean Foreign Minister of the Circular17 delivered by him to the Foreign Offices of America.

Please accept [etc.]

M. de Freyre y S.
[Enclosure—Translation]

The Peruvian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Solf y Muro) to the Ecuadoran, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tobar Donoso)

To His Excellency, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Quito.

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s cablegram of yesterday in which you inform me of the text of the [Page 221] telegram which you have sent to the Ministries for Foreign Affairs of the American Republics. I must express to Your Excellency the energetic protest of my Government for the declaration contained in the telegram to which reference is made that your Ministry requires that it be given guarantees of good faith in the negotiations in order to enter upon direct arrangements concerning our boundary question. The phraseology used by Your Excellency is inconsistent with the obligations of mutual respect between states. If the act of Colombia and Venezuela is encouraging for America, its merit consists in the constitution of a manifestation of the cordial relations of the two Ministries and the expression of the public spirit of the two peoples maintained during their litigation in an atmosphere propitious to a settlement and promising a favorable result. I regret that this Ministry, which, despite the continual manifestations against Peru produced in Ecuador has carefully undertaken to institute friendly negotiations in a peaceful atmosphere, has not received a response corresponding to its well intentioned objective.

In manifesting to Your Excellency that the Ecuadoran Government will find Peru always disposed to develop its relations with the serenity necessary to a peaceful relationship, I take advantage of this opportunity to reiterate the expressions of my highest consideration.

Solf y Muro
  1. See telegram of April 6, from the Ecuadoran Minister for Foreign Affairs, p. 219.