Mr. Gresham to Mr.
Baker.
Department
of State,
Washington, February 1,
1894.
Sir: I transmit for your information a copy of a
telegram2 from our consular agent at Bluefields, Nicaragua,
touching an invasion of the troops of Honduras at Cape Gracias; also a copy
of a letter of the Secretary of the Navy by which you will see that the Kearsarge has been ordered to that quarter.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Herbert to Mr.
Gresham.
Navy
Department,
Washington, January 27,
1894.
Sir: I have the honor to submit, for your
information, the following translation of a cipher dispatch sent by this
Department to the commander in chief of the North Atlantic Station:
January 27, 1894.
Stanton, Port au Prince:
The United States consular agent reports Honduras invading at Cape
Gracias á Dios, Nicaragua. Go immediately with Kearsarge to protect lives and property of American
citizens at or in neighborhood of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and report
condition of affairs. Subsequent movements left to your
discretion.
Herbert.
Very respectfully, etc.,
H. A. Herbert,
Secretary of the Navy.