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 II

The Acting Secretary of State to the Japanese Chargé.

Department of State,
Washington, January 10, 1906.

My Dear Mr. Hioki: I send you informally a copy of a letter^a from the Secretary of Agriculture communicating one to him from Mr. B. F. Tillinghast, of Davenport, Iowa, stating that the Davenport Democrat would feel it a duty to invite subscriptions and apply them in such manner as your legation might authorize to relieve the suffering caused by famine in the northeastern provinces of Japan.

The department has no advices on the subject of the alleged famine, and I therefore beg to inquire whether the situation is, in fact, so serious that outside contributions would be acceptable.

I am, etc.,

Robert Bacon.

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