File No. 815.001 B 64/10.

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister of Honduras.

No. 6.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant by which you officially convey the sad intelligence of the death at Tegucigalpa of President Bonilla.

The President, to whom the information has been conveyed, has, in a telegram to President Bertrand, expressed the sincere condolences of the people and Government of the United States in this sad bereavement which has befallen the Government and people of your country, as well as his personal sympathy.

Accept [etc.]

Alvey A. Adee.