Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part I

The Chilean Chargé to the Acting Secretary of State.

[Translation.]

Legation of Chile,
Washington , August 21, 1906 .

Sir: Pursuant to my Government’s instructions, I have the honor to say to your excellency that the Chilean Government and people have received with the most sincere and friendly gratitude the noble expressions of sympathy sent to Santiago in behalf of the people of the United States by the Government of this great and prosperous nation in so befitting and expressive a manner on the occasion of the earthquake which made havoc of a part of our national territory on the 16th instant.

I avail myself, etc.,

Manuel J. Vega.