Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1890

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
London, May 5, 1890. (Received 3:45 p.m.)

Mr. Lincoln states that he has presented the Venezuelan question to Lord Salisbury orally as preliminary to a note upon which His Lordship desired to confer with the colonial office. Lord Salisbury suggested that the termination of diplomatic relations was due to the action of Venezuela, and, regarding settlement of the matter, he intimated a doubt of the stability of that Government.