Mr. White to Mr. Hay.
London, December 20, 1902.
(Mr. White states that the supplement to the London Gazette of December 20, 1902, contains the following notice only:
It is hereby notified that as the United States of Venezuela have failed to comply with the demands of His Majesty’s Government, a blockade by His Majesty’s naval forces on the ports of La Guayra, Carenero, Guanta, Cumana, Carupano, and the mouths of the Orinoco is declared, and such blockade will be effectively maintained from and after the 25th day of December, subject to an allowance of the following days of grace for vessels sailing before the date of this notification. From West Indian ports and from ports on the east coast of the continent of America, ten days for steamers and twenty days for sailing vessels; from all other points, twenty days for steamers and forty days for sailing vessels; for vessels lying in ports now declared to be blockaded, fifteen days. Vessels which attempt to violate the blockade will render themselves liable to all measures authorized by the law of nations and the respective treaties between His Majesty’s Government and the different neutral powers.)