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

Mr. Hill to Mr. Takahira.

Department of State,
Washington, September 26, 1900.

No. 9]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 21st instant expressing, by direction of His Imperial Majesty’s Government, their profound sympathy and sincere condolence on account of the disaster at Galveston.

I beg you to assure your Government that this sympathetic message is highly appreciated by the Government of the United States.

Accept, etc.,

David J. Hill,
Acting Secretary.