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 25, 1893. (Received December 27.)

Mr. Thompson communicates a notice sent by the insurgents to the Italian admiral of their intention to bombard should they not receive recognition as belligerents; he observes that the engagements with the insurgents have not been enforced by the naval commanding officers and reports that a very perceptible change of feeling in favor of the Government has been created by the proclamation in which Da Gama favors the restoration of the Empire.