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

Mr. Meyer to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Embassy of the United States,
Rome, December 21, 1902.

(Mr. Meyer reports the receipt on this date from the Italian minister for foreign affairs of an official note, dated December 20, announcing that Italy had decided to participate with her naval forces in the blockade of Venezuelan ports declared by the Governments of Great Britain and Germany.)