Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Russell to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, June 19, 1901.

(Mr. Russell reports that an explanation has been requested by the Venezuelan Government of the entry by the U. S. S. Mayflower of a closed port in the island of Margarita, and asks what answer he shall make.)