Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

The Swiss Minister to the Acting Secretary of State.

[Translation.]

Legation of Switzerland,
Washington, D. C., July 3, 1905.

Mr. Assistant Secretary of State: In the name of the Swiss Federal Council, the President of the Confederation, Mr. Ruchet, has just instructed me to express to the Government of the United States his sincere condolences for the great loss it has just sustained in the death of Mr. John Hay, Secretary of State.

I therefore have the honor to discharge this duty hereby, and to beg you, Mr. Assistant Secretary of State, to be so good as to acquaint President Roosevelt with the share taken in this great mourning by the Swiss Federal Council.

Be pleased, etc.,

L. Vogel.