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, December 17, 1893. (Received December 18.)

Mr. Thompson, in announcing that the commanding officers have ceased to interfere for the protection of commerce, states that there has been no change in the situation, and expresses the opinion that Mr. Gresham’s instructions of November 1 should be carried out. He adds that it appears from the protest of American vessels that Capt. Picking, the senior officer of the United States forces, has also withdrawn intervention; but it has not been possible to verify this, as Capt. Picking does not communicate with the land.