Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Cardinal Rampolla to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

Rome, July 23, 1903.

I have not failed to convey to the Sacred College the heartfelt sympathy expressed by you in the President’s name on the sad occasion of His Holiness’s death.

The Sacred College desires me to express to the President its deep and sincere gratitude for such a noble manifestation.

Rampolla.