Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

The President to German Emperor.

[Telegram.]

Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 6, 1901.

I learn with deep sorrow of the death of Your Majesty’s beloved mother, the Dowager Empress Queen Frederick. Her noble qualities have endeared her memory to the American people, in whose name, and in my own, I tender to Your Majesty heartfelt condolence.

William McKinley.