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, November 18, 1893.(Received November 19.)

Mr. Thompson transmits a request of the United States consul at Pernambuco, where, according to a prevalent report, the citizens and troops have been engaged in a conflict, that at the instance of American citizens a war vessel of the United States be sent to that port.