Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Hay to Mr. White.

Department of State,
Washington , July 6, 1900 .

No. 1067.]

Sir: I confirm on the overleaf the President’s telegram of yesterday to His Majesty the German Emperor, relative to the murder of the German minister at Pekin.

The regret at Baron von Ketteler’s untimely end is keenly felt in this city, where his long residence is most agreeably recalled by those with whom he held official and social relations.

I am, sir, etc.,

John Hay.

[Inclosure.]

The President to the German Emperor .

[Telegram.—Translation.]

Washington , July 5, 1900 .

His Imperial and Royal Majesty William II, Berlin:

The confirmation of the murder of Your Majesty’s minister in Pekin leads me to tender to Your Majesty and to the family of Baron von Ketteler my sorrowful condolences and those of the American people.

Wm. McKinley.