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

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Mizner.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 20, 1890.

Mr. Blaine instructs Mr. Mizner promptly to demand of the Guatemalan Government the instant surrender of the Colima, with all her cargo, that Government having no right whatever to detain her, as she had been guilty of no offense against any treaty existing or against the law of nations.