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, September 15, 1893. (Received September 15.)

Mr. Thompson transmits advices received by him to the effect that the revolting squadron, with the apparent purpose of bombarding the city, has ordered merchant vessels in the harbor to move far up the bay.