Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Loomis to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, October 27, 1899.

Hernandez, probably strongest leader after Castro, left Caracas 2,000 men about midnight, probably to begin uprising, against de facto government. Hernandez was given cabinet position by Castro, but demanded other important concessions.

Loomis.