File No. 835.001/35a.

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Argentina.

[Telegram.]

I profoundly deplore the bereavement which afflicts the great nation of Argentina in the death of its illustrious President, Doctor Saenz Pena, whose loss will be mourned not only in the country over which he so worthily presided but throughout the civilized world.

W. J. Bryan
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