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 23, 1893. (Received November 24.)

Mr. Thompson transmits the information given him by the minister of foreign affairs that a decisive battle may be expected to take place within a few days between a force of 1,800 revolutionists marching from Rio Grande to Santa Catharina and 5,000 troops ordered against them in ten detachments by the Government.