Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 8, 1908

File No. 14911/6.

The Chinese Minister to the Secretary of State.

Imperial Chinese Legation,
Washington, November 15, 1908.

No. 12.]

Sir: It is my very sad duty to announce to you the demise of His Imperial Majesty Kuanghsu, the Emperor of China, which occurred in Peking at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon (November 14).

Accept, etc.,

Wu Ting Fang.