File No. 033.1100 K77/95.]

The President to the President of Nicaragua .

[Telegram.]

I am greatly gratified at your kind message of the 7th and to learn of the marked courtesies and warm welcome so freely extended to Secretary Knox by Your Excellency’s Government and the people of Nicaragua. Pray accept the expression of my appreciation and my good wishes for your personal prosperity and that of the Nicaraguan people.

Wm. H. Taft.