Mr. Meyer to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
Rome, January 20,
1903.
No. 227.]
Sir: I have the honor to confirm my cablegram
sent to you yesterday, January 19.
Inclosed also please find copy with translation of the note from the
minister for foreign affairs upon which the telegram was based.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Prinetti to
Mr. Meyer.
Mr. Ambassador: Referring to the note,
which I had the honor to send to your excellency on the 11th
instant, about Venezuelan matters, I beg leave to say that, in
pursuance of an exchange of ideas with the cabinets of Berlin and
London, I have Wired to the ambassador of His Majesty the King in
Washington, giving him the necessary instructions in order that, as
soon as Mr. Bowen arrives there as plenipotentiary of the Government
of Venezuela, he might, having previously made the necessary
agreements with his colleagues of Germany and England and with the
Secretary of State, put himself in communication with Mr. Bowen,
with the view either of settling the difficulties directly, or of
arranging to refer the same eventually to the permanent court at The
Hague.
These instructions rest naturally on the assumption which we do not
for a moment doubt, after the explanations furnished to us by Mr.
Hay through our ambassador in Washington, that President Castro has
fully accepted the conditions of the note which I had the honor to
address to your excellency on the 6th instant.
Accept, etc.
