Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Raikes to Mr. Adee.

British Embassy,
Washington, October 1, 1902.

Dear Mr. Adee: I forwarded to Lord Lansdowne in an official dispatch a copy of the report from the commanding officer of the U. S. S. Philadelphia, inclosed in your personal note of August 9, describing his readiness to protect British interests at Panama in the absence of H. M. S. Amphion. I have now great pleasure in asking you, by Lord Lansdowne’s direction, to be so good as to convey to the commander of the Philadelphia an expression of the thanks of His Majesty’s Government for his friendly attitude on this occasion.

I am, etc.,

Arthur S. Raikes.