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Show ECUfiODR BARSlHE ,, DOOR SSI PERL German Minister Will Not Be Officially Received if He Goes Quito. Ql'ITO, Ecuador. Oct. S.-The Ecuadorian Ecua-dorian secretary of foreign affairs torlay f-'ent a cablBsrani to the Koundorcan legation lega-tion at Lima, announcing that Dr. Perl, tl.e German minister to Pe.ru an1 Euea-lor. Euea-lor. rcsirierl at Lima, will not be offi-oihiU- receiver! by ,!m, E-nnrtorean gov-rrnrnent gov-rrnrnent in case Ije attempts to come to Keuaclor. Tiie action of tl-.e r.euaaorean foreign .ecretary Is unrterxtoo'l to have, been taken to demonstrate Kucador s close affiliation af-filiation with the union of the American republics. WASHIXCTON, Oct. S. Without comment com-ment or explanation, the Kcuailorean for-'.,sn for-'.,sn minister notified Minister Ehvalde foOay that his government had instruetw Its nnnister in Peru to advise the ("ier-man ("ier-man minister there that he could not he roirvmlly received at the Kcuartorea.il car-it'il. car-it'il. .Mr. klivalde will advise Secretary lnsin of his government's action to-morrow. to-morrow. By state derartment officials I and ,i,Romats. the action of Kcuador has I con.strued as practically equivalent I & "' " mpiuro of relations with Germany. f Dr. Perl was appointed minister to both f I era and Ecuador, and after the deolara-t deolara-t lion of war by the United States he f mailed his credentials to Quito. The J-.cuudorean pivennnent refused to recos-, recos-, nize such informal presentation, and ,t then the minister tried to secure acknowl-T acknowl-T edgment of his status hv sending an aeent to Quito to act as charge d'affaires. 'The ai;ent was not recognized. Diplomats here, were convinced todav, however, that Ecuador's refusal to receive re-ceive the minister, now that he is willing to pro to Quito, was not duo to ploue but was carefully calculated as an indication indi-cation of the country's Intention to Join rlhe majority of South American nations already aligned astalnst Cennany. I Argentina, and Chile in the south and "Venezuela and Colombia in -the ndrth are the only nations of South America whose positions are not clearly 'defined. |