Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hart to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

Bogotá, January 21, 1899 (January 23, 1899).

Referring to the Panama claim, have accepted offer to pay $30,000 in three equal installments, February 10, April 10, and June 10, in drafts at sixty days. Best that could be done in desperate financial situation.

Hart.