Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Hart to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Bogotá, August 5, 1900.

(Mr. Hart reports that the Vice-President has taken possession, by a surprise, of the Government and installed a cabinet at Bogotá. The President is unaware of the movement. The Conservative party supports the Vice-President, the President being supported by the National party. The city is quiet.)