Minister Bowen to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Caracas, August 20,
1904.
(Mr. Bowen reports the answer of the Venezuelan Government just received. It is an absolute refusal to comply with Department’s request to withdraw receiver and to return the property to the company. The answer states that Venezuelan Government leaves the decision entirely to the court; that the United States could logically reserve all rights and undertake diplomatic intervention only after the decision of the court is rendered.)