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

Mr. Hart to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Bogotá, August 21, 1902.

(Mr. Hart inquires if he is to understand, from Department’s instruction No. 407, of June 28, 1902, that due compensation must be made at the time of seizure of property; and states that American citizens must continue to suffer without practical remedy if such rule is not observed.)