Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Hay to Mr. White.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 16, 1902.

(Mr. Hay states that Ambassador Tower telegraphs from Germany that Great Britain insists on warlike blockade, and inquires if this report is accurate. If so, Mr. White is directed to try to get a definition of what is intended thereby, and to represent the great desirability of arbitration, which is now earnestly wished by Venezuela.)