File No. 24607/30.
Ambassador Reid to
the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
London, May 17,
1910.
1277.]Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a
copy of a note received by me from Sir Edward Grey on the 14th instant,
in reply to my note of the 12th instant, forwarding a copy of the
resolution adopted by the House of Representatives on the announcement
of the deeply lamented death of His Majesty King Edward VII.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.]
Ambassador Reid
to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs.
American Embassy,
London, May 12,
1910.
Sir: Under instructions from my Government
I have the honor to inform you that the following resolution was
adopted by the House of Representatives at Washington on the 7th
instant.1
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Ambassador Reid.
Foreign Office,
London, May 14,
1910.
Your Excellency: I laid before the King
your excellency’s note of the 12th instant, conveying a resolution
adopted by the House of Representatives at Washington on the 7th
instant, in which their condolences and sympathy are expressed on
the occasion of the lamented death of His Late Majesty King Edward
VII.
The King commands me to request that your excellency will convey to
the House of Representatives His Majesty’s sincere appreciation and
warmest thanks for this kind message of sympathy in the irreparable
loss which has fallen upon His Majesty, his royal house, and the
British Empire.
I have, etc.,
