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

File No. 894.001 M98/9.

The President to the Empress Dowager .

The White House,
Washington , July 29, 1912 .

[Telegram.]

I beg Your Majesty to accept the condolences and sincerest sympathy of Mrs. Taft and myself in the great loss which you have sustained in the death of your illustrious husband for whom I entertained sentiments of the highest personal esteem and regard.

Wm. H. Taft.