Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Russell to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, June 15, 1901.

(Mr. Russell reports that information has been received by the President of Venezuela that a war vessel of the United States has been anchored off the island of Margarita, and that full details have been requested by the President by cable of the governor of the island.)