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

Mr. Gresham to Mr. Thompson.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, November 20, 1893.

Mr. Gresham, remarking that Mr. Thompson’s telegram of the 19th does not afford a sufficient basis for instructions, directs him to confer with the commander of the naval forces of the United States, and warns him that he should report facts and not rumors.