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

Mr. Bowen to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, December 23, 1902.

(Mr. Bowen reports that he has received from the minister for foreign affairs an official note confirming the acceptance of the President of the United States as arbitrator in the pending difficulty between Venezuela and Germany and Great Britain, and stating that the President of Venezuela suggests that Italy be included in the arbitration.)