Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Mr. Thompson to Mr. Olney.

[Telegram.]

Petropolis, July 19, 1895.

It is understood that a British force has occupied the island of Trinidad off the coast. Representations have been made by the Government to Great Britain and a war vessel dispatched to the island.

Thompson

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