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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Bowen.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 10, 1902.

(Mr. Hay states that if Venezuela proposes arbitration and Great Britain and Germany acquiesce, Mr. Bowen may act as an arbitrator on the part of Venezuela.)