Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Hart to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Bogotá, November 30, 1902.

(Mr. Hart, referring to the legation’s dispatch, No. 611, of May 15, 1902, reports that the Colombian Government has ordered that all the Magdalena River boats except three, which are not named, be returned to their owners.

Mr. Hart understands that, until the indemnity is fixed, the boats of the Cartagena company will not be received.)