File No. 894.001 M98/9.

The President to the Emperor.

[Telegram.]

On the sad occasion of the death of His Majesty the Emperor Mutsuhito, your illustrious father, I offer to Your Majesty my most profound sympathy and that of the Government and people of the United States.

Accept my good wishes for a long and prosperous reign and the continuance of the welfare of the Japanese Empire.

Wm. H. Taft.