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

Mr. May to Mr. Bowen.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, May 1, 1902.

(Mr. Hay directs Mr. Bowen to say to the Venezuelan Government, without waiving rights already claimed, that upon representations made to the Department of State that the men of the New York and Bermudez Company are without food and are dependent upon provisions on board the Viking, it is urged that, after search for arms and ammunition, the vessel be cleared with an innocent cargo for Caño Colorado, either by the Venezuelan or the United States consul; that an answer is urgently desired.)