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

Mr. Hill to Mr. Bowen.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, November 29, 1902.

(Mr. Hill instructs Mr. Bowen, in the event of possible withdrawal of British legation, but not until after being requested by the British minister, to ask the Venezuelan Government to acquiesce in Mr. Bowen’s taking temporary charge of British interests and exercising the good offices usual in such cases.)