Mr. Beaupré to Mr. Hay.
Bogotá, October 19, 1903.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that during the evening of the fateful 12th of August last, on which day the Hay-Herran treaty was rejected by the Colombian senate, I sent the Department three telegrams concerning the matter. Two of these reached the Department with an interval of about a week between them, but the third, the one of most timely import of all, was never received, or at least has [Page 214] not been acknowledged. This telegram was sent at 10 o’clock p.m. of that day and was confirmed in my No. 104 of that date.
I beg that the Department will accept the cipher dates of my telegrams as in all cases correct. The open date given by the telegraph office is made to suit its convenience.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,