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. Hay.

British Embassy,
Washington, July 7, 1902.

No. 171.]

Sir: In accordance with instructions which I have received from the Marquis of Lansdowne, I have the honor to convey to you the most sincere thanks of His Majesty’s Government for the generous assistance rendered by your Government and the United States authorities at Porto Rico to the inhabitants of St. Vincent on the occasion of the recent disastrous eruption in that island, by the dispatch of the U. S. Navy collier Sterling from San Juan with a cargo of provisions, tents, clothing, and other necessaries, and by the transportation of lumber on board the U. S. collier Leonidas from this country to St. Vincent.

I have, etc.,

Arthur S. Raikes.