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. 4116/58–59.

Ambassador Hill to the Secretary of State.

American Embassy,
Berlin, August 28, 1908.

No. 59]

Sir: Upon the receipt of the department’s telegram of the 24th instant I did not fail to communicate to the imperial ministry of foreign affairs and to her excellency Baroness Speck von Sternberg the expression of the sorrow and condolence of the President and of the Secretary of State of the United States upon the death of the late Baron Speck von Sternberg, German ambassador to the United States.

To my communication to the foreign office I have now received a reply, of which a copy with translation is inclosed herewith, in which the acting secretary of state of the imperial ministry of foreign affairs takes occasion to express to the President and to yourself the thanks of the Imperial Government for the warm sympathy evidenced.

I have, etc.,

David J. Hill.

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

note verbale.

The acting secretary of state of the imperial ministry of foreign affairs acknowledges the receipt of the American ambassador’s note communicating the sorrow of the President and Secretary of State of the United States at the death of the imperial ambassador, Baron Speck von Sternberg. He begs to express to President Roosevelt and to his excellency, Mr. Elihu Root, the thanks of the Imperial Government for the warm sympathy evidenced. The imperial service has suffered a severe loss in the premature passing away of the ambassador at Washington, who was one of its most efficient members.

Berlin, August 26, 1908.

Foreign Office.