Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 4, 1893

Mr. Thompson to Mr. Gresham.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Petropolis, March 11, 1894. (Received March 12.)

Mr. Thompson reports that he has communicated to the American residents a notice sent to the diplomatic representatives by the Federal Government declaring their intention to fire upon the insurgents after forty-eight hours counted from noon of that day, from the batteries in the city.