The Chinese Minister to
Acting Secretary of State Adee.
Imperial Chinese Legation,
Amherst, Mass., September 5,
1905.
My dear Mr. Secretary: I have just received
through the Waiwu Pu, the foreign office at Peking, a telegraphic
message addressed by the Emperor of China to the President of the United
States, of which the inclosed is an English translation; and I beg that
you will kindly transmit the same to its high destination.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
The Emperor of China to the President of the United
States of America, greeting:
The joyful tidings respecting the satisfactory issue of the peace
negotiations between Japan and Russia having been received by all
friendly governments with profound gratification, we congratulate
you, Mr. President, upon the success of your efforts to bring the
relations of the neighboring powers concerned into harmony and to
promote the welfare of mankind. With the cessation of hostilities
and the establishment of a good understanding, we earnestly hope
that all nations will hereafter enjoy the fruits of peace without
interruption, to the end that the three Manchurian provinces of
China may be blessed with complete tranquillity and lasting welfare,
to the benefit of the whole world.
Her Majesty the Empress Dowager of China, being mindful of the
friendly relations that have always subsisted between China and the
United States, desires to join us in offering you hearty
felicitations for your grand achievement.
