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

Mr. Tower to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Embassy of the United States,
Berlin, December 19, 1902.

(Mr. Tower reports that he has been informed by the German minister for foreign affairs that the German and British governments are agreed in principle to an arbitration in order to adjust their claims against Venezuela, and to invite the President of the United States to act as arbitrator. They reserve for the present certain of their claims, in regard to which they will make a further communication. The German minister for foreign affairs announces that the two governments had already arrived at the agreement mentioned above before the receipt of the second communication made by the United States Government.)