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.]

Caracas, February 10, 1905.

(Mr. Bowen states that on the 6th he answered the last note of minister of foreign affairs by stating simply that the United States declines to make any settlement which does not provide for prompt arbitration of pending questions, and that general arbitration treaty is unacceptable at this juncture. The Venezuelan Government has not replied except by fortifying mountain passes to the coast and sending extra forces and ammunition to La Guaira.)