Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

Minister Bowen to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Caracas, August 5, 1904.

(Manager of the Bermudez Company informed Mr. Bowen to-night his superintendent, American citizen, is held prisoner at the Lake, and closely guarded by Venezuelan soldiers. Mr. Bowen will protest to-morrow morning, and request immediate release, stating he does so while waiting instructions.)