Mr. Hay to Mr. Bowen.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Hay states that communications addressed to the British and German representatives should be forwarded to them by Mr. Bowen through the United States consul at La Guaira; that communications addressed directly to Mr. Bowen should be cabled in substance to the Department of State, but that Mr. Bowen may inform the British and German ministers of their purport.)