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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Takahira.

Department of State,
Washington, December 11, 1902.

No. 88.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the telegram, dated the 4th instant, from Baron Komura to you, in which he announces the death of Mr. Alfred E. Buck, United States minister to Japan, and expresses the condolence of the Japanese Government at the sad event.

In reply I beg to say that the Government of the United States greatly appreciates the courtesy and sympathy of the Japanese Government.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.