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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Tower.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 16, 1902.

(Mr. Hay directs Mr. Tower to ascertain discreetly what is intended by warlike blockade without war, especially as regards neutrals, and to represent the desirability of arbitration, which Venezuela now earnestly wishes.)