Mr. Loomis to Mr.
Sherman.
Legation of the United States,
Caracas, May 2,
1898.
No. 128.]Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith the
answer of the Venezuelan Government to my note transmitting a copy of
your cablegram of April 26 in reference to the existence of a state of
war between the United States and Spain.
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I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
United States of Venezuela,
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs,
Caracas, April 29,
1898.
Your Excellency: With your courteous
communication of the 26th instant your excellency inclosed a copy of
a telegram received the same day from his excellency the Secretary
of State in regard to the state of war existing since the 21st of
the present month between the North American Republic and the
Kingdom of Spain.
Inasmuch as his excellency the Secretary of State, in communicating
the fact of the existence of war, asked you to inform this
Government, to the end that its neutrality might be assured, I have
the honor to inform you-that this expectation on the part of the
Government of the United States is in perfect accord with the
intentions of the Executive, to wit, that the Republic will preserve
the strictest neutrality during the contest. The Government of
Venezuela, through its regular channel, will to-day likewise inform
the Spanish nation.
I renew, etc.,
