File No. 13329/6–7.
Ambassador O’Brien
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Tokyo, May 5,
1908.
No. 314.]
Sir: Referring further to my dispatch No. 309
of the 2d instant, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a note
this moment [Page 507] received from the
minister for foreign affairs. This communication has reference to the
sympathy of the President and Government of the United States, which you
directed me to express in your cable message of the 1st instant.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Ambassador O’Brien.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Tokyo, May
4, 1908.
Monsieur l’Ambassadeur: In acknowledging
receipt of your excellency’s note No. 105, dated the second instant,
informing me to the effect that you have received a cablegram from
the Secretary of State asking you to convey the sympathy of the
President and Government of the United States with the Japanese
Government in the disaster of H. I. J. M. S. Matsushima, I have the honor to tender my sincere thanks
on behalf of the Imperial Government for the above courtesy, with
the request that the same be transmitted to the proper authorities,
and also to express my profound thanks for your own kind sympathy in
the matter.
I avail, etc.,
