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, January 9, 1903.

(Mr. Tower acknowledges the receipt of the Department’s telegram, and reports that he has communicated to the German minister for foreign affairs President Castro’s answer, as well as Mr. Bowen’s request that the blockade be raised, and the Department’s announcement that Mr. Bowen will come to Washington immediately.

Baron Richthofen accepted Mr. Tower’s communication, but remarked incidentally that this answer still gives no specific statement as to the payment or security of the claims described in the preliminary conditions.)