Mr. Bowen to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Bowen reports that he received news at 7 o’clock of the evening of December 9 that all British and Germans in Caracas were being arrested; that he drove at once to the police station, where he found many Germans; that the chief of police, upon being requested to release them, referred Mr. Bowen to the governor, who in turn referred him to President Castro.

Mr. Bowen told President Castro that he must be authorized at once to represent British and German interests or he could not answer for the consequences of a refusal of his demand. The President consented and granted Mr. Bowen’s request.

Mr. Bowen then obtained the release, as a personal favor from the President, of two German subjects, and told the President he ought to release all the Germans and British. The President was not willing to comply with the suggestion, and Mr. Bowen told him that he would bring the matter up to-morrow.

Mr. Bowen states that the excitement in the streets of Caracas is very great, and that all British subjects are in hiding.)