Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, April 28, 1898.

No. 126.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that I have asked the consuls of the United States in Venezuela and at Curaçao to watch in a vigilant manner for the appearance of Spanish men-of-war or privateers and to make a point of asking all ship captains who may come into their ports for information that may be of use to the Government of the United States.

There are two steam vessels under the American flag still plying between Venezuelan ports and Curaçao. These boats belong to the Red “D” line, of New York.

I have, etc.,

Francis D. Loomis.