Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister.

No. 161.]

Department of State,
Washington, August 21, 1912.

Sir: I enclose, with office copy, a letter addressed by the President to the King of Denmark, acknowledging His Majesty’s letter of June 21st last, in which he informed the President of the death of King Frederik VIII, and his accession to the throne.

You will forward the copy to the Foreign Office and deliver the original in the manner most agreeable to His Majesty.

I am [etc.]

Alvey A. Adee.

[Inclosure.]

The President of the United States to the King of Denmark.

The White House,
Washington, July 23, 1912.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter of the 21st of June last, In which Your Majesty informed me of the death, on the 14th of May, of your dearly beloved father, His Majesty King Frederik VIII, and your accession to the throne.

In expressing my sincere and heartfelt sympathy for Your Majesty’s Family and the people of Denmark in their sad bereavement, I must at the same time convey to you a knowledge of the satisfaction with which I received the announcement that you had ascended the throne, and I assure Your Majesty that your wishes for the continuance of the friendly relations subsisting between the two countries are fully appreciated and cordially reciprocated.

May God have Your Majesty in His safe and holy keeping.

Your Good Friend,

Wm. H. Taft.