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

Mr. Hay to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Department of State,
Washington , March 2, 1899 .

No. 1368.]

Excellency: I have the honor to communicate to you a copy of a resolution, adopted in the Senate of the United States March 1, 1899, expressing the sympathy of that body in the great loss which Her Majesty and the people of Great Britain have sustained by the death of Lord Herschell. I also send, for your information, copy of the letter addressed to me by the honorable the President of the Senate in communicating to me the resolution for conveyance through the proper channel.

I shall by to-morrow’s mail send a copy of the resolution to the United States ambassador in London, with instructions to communicate it to Lord Salisbury as an additional proof, if one were needed, of the high esteem in which Lord Herschell was held in this country.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.

[Inclosure.]

Senate resolution, March 1, 1899.

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sensibility of the death of Lord Herschell, an eminent jurist and statesman of Great Britain, formerly lord high chancellor; a member of the United States and British joint high commission.

Resolved, That the President of the Senate is requested to convey to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain the sympathy of the Senate of the United States in the great loss which she and the people of Great Britain have sustained by the death of Lord Herschell.