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

Minister Barrett to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Bogotá, December 20, 1905.

(Mr. Barrett reports that an official announcement has been made of the discovery of a plot to dispose of the President of Colombia and to organize a new government. Many prominent men who were arrested are now about to undergo trial by court-matrial. Among the leaders are a former cabinet minister and generals.)