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

Mr. White to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Embassy of the United States,
London, December 27, 1902.

(Mr. White reports that he has communicated the contents of Mr. Hay’s telegrams of December 26 to Lord Lansdowne, who again expressed regret at the President’s decision, but said that His Majesty’s Government gratefully take note of the President’s kind offer to be of any further service possible.

Lord Lansdowne says that Mr. Hay is at liberty to communicate to the Venezuelan Government the propositions or reservations contained in the memorandum cabled by Mr. White on December 23.)