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

Memorandum to the Russian Ambassador.

Department of State,
Washington, October 20, 1905.

The President has been gratified to receive the memorandum of the Russian Ambassador, conveying to the President, by the orders of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, the expression of His Imperial Majesty’s sincere satisfaction at the reestablishment of peace.

The President is cordially pleased to learn that, in his Imperial Majesty’s opinion, his efforts have cooperated in the attainment of that great result.

The President desires to assure His Imperial Majesty that in his course of action he has been animated by the sentiment of friendship and regard, which he has ever entertained for His Imperial Majesty personally and for the Russian people.