Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1910

File No. 24607/11 A.

The Secretary of State to Ambassador Reid.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , May 11, 1910 .

Mr. Knox informs Mr. Reid that the President desires to show the high respect due to the memory of the late King, and has invested ex-President Theodore Roosevelt with the rank and character of a special ambassador to represent him and the people of the United States at the funeral ceremonies, which are to take place at London on the 20th instant. Mr. Knox says that as time will not permit of a formal letter of credence being sent to Col. Roosevelt, who has - been notified through the embassy at Berlin, the President desires him to make this designation known to the appropriate British authorities.