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

Mr. Hay to Mr. White.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, September 16, 1901.

You are charged to express in the name of the President and the sorrowing people of this country the deepest appreciation of the touching message of his majesty the German Emperor. The generous share of Germany in our national affliction manifests the closeness of the ties that exist between the two peoples.

John Hay.