Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office.
Title: Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of Venezuela
Description: London, H.M.S.O. [1903]. Later boards. 32x21xm, xv,228,(8) pp. Later (recent) binder's blind boards.. Minor rubbing. Good ¶ British documents concerning the Venezuela crisis of 1902-03. Contents: Outrage by "Augusto" on British Citizens; Seizure of John Craig's Boat, the 'Sea Horse' by Venezuelan sailors at Patos; Burning of the sloop ' Maria Teresa' belonging to British subject by Venezuelan gunboat; Export of arms from Trinidad to Venezuela; Warning given to Venezuelan government;German views as to blockade; Belgian claims; Operations against Venezuela: Instructions to Admiral; Seizure of Venezuelan gunboats ["The Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 saw a naval blockade of several months imposed against Venezuela by Britain, Germany and Italy over (Cipriano) Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European citizens in a recent Venezuelan civil war. Castro assumed that the United States' Monroe Doctrine would see the US prevent European military intervention, but at the time the US saw the Doctrine as concerning European seizure of territory, rather than intervention per se. With prior promises that no such seizure would occur, the US allowed the action to go ahead without objection. The blockade saw Venezuela's small navy quickly disabled, but Castro refused to give in, and instead agreed in principle to submit some of the claims to international arbitration, which he had previously rejected. Germany initially objected to this, particularly as it felt some claims should be accepted by Venezuela without arbitration...." - wikipedia].

Keywords: Venezuela, Great Britain, Diplomatic History, Diplomacy, Political, Politics, South America, Gunboat Augusto, Foreign Relations