Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 4001/2.

The Acting Secretary of State to the British Chargé.

Department of State,
Washington, January 21, 1907.

No. 604.]

Sir: In acknowledging the receipt of your note of the 17th instant, expressing the appreciation felt by your Government for the aid rendered by the United States naval vessels to the population of Kingston, I have the honor to say that this Government was glad that the proximity of its naval vessels to the scene of disaster permitted it to be of some service to His Majesty’s stricken subjects.

I have, etc.,

Robert Bacon.