Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Hill to Mr. Bowen.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, April 30, 1902.

(Mr. Hill directs Mr. Bowen to inform the Venezuelan Government that the United States Government is informed and understands that the port of Caño Colorado is in actual possession and control of insurgents; and that the inability of the United States Government to recognize any closure of the port by the titular Government of Venezuela, unsupported by an effective blockade, is founded on precedents set by the United States Government during the civil war, and repeatedly asserted and constantly maintained ever since that time.)