File No. 24607/41.
Ambassador Reid to
the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
London, June 6,
1910.
No. 1306.]
Sir: With reference to your instruction No.
1295 of the 13th ultimo, conveying a resolution, adopted by the Senate
on May 9, expressing their condolence and sympathy on the occasion of
the death of His Late Majesty King Edward VII, I have the honor to
inclose herewith copy of the foreign office reply, expressing, on behalf
of the King, his grateful appreciation and sincere thanks for this kind
message of sympathy.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Ambassador Reid.
Foreign Office,
London, June 4,
1910.
Your Excellency: I duly laid before the
King your excellency’s note of the 25th ultimo conveying a
resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States of America, on
the 9th ultimo, expressing their condolences and sympathy on the
occasion of the deeply lamented death of His Late Majesty King
Edward VII.
The King commands me to request that your excellency will be so good
as to take the necessary steps to convey to the United States Senate
his grateful appreciation and sincere thanks for this kind message
of sympathy in the irreparable loss which has been sustained by His
Majesty, his royal house, and the British Empire.
I have, etc.,
(For
Sir Edward Grey
.)
F. A. Campbell.
