Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1892

Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Foster.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, October 10, 1892. (Received October 13.)

Mr. Scruggs asks whether he is not to recognize without delay and formally the de facto government of Gen. Crespo, who has duly appointed cabinet and public officers, has the purpose and power of executing international obligations, and holds without opposition the full machinery of government.