Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Beaupré to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Bogotá, May 5, 1903.

No. 18.]

Sir: I have the honor to advise you that information has reached me through a private source to the effect that within a week or two the Colombian Government will send Gen. Marcellano Vargas, a sonin-law of Vice-President Marroquín, to Washington, to negotiate for better or different terms in connection with the Panama Canal convention.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

A. M. Beaupré.