File No. 13837/2.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Dodge.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Mr. Bacon acknowledges his telegram of June 3, and requests him to advise department immediately upon the arrest of Bailey and [Page 476] detention of the Goldsboro. Mr. Bacon instructs Mr. Dodge to ascertain what formalities the Honduranean Government will require before turning Bailey and the vessel over to the United States Government.