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 25, 1902.

(Mr. Bowen states that he has been authorized by President Castro to communicate the following:

“The Government of Venezuela declares itself in favor in principle of arbitration by The Hague tribunal.”)