Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 894.—001Y8/25.

The President to the Emperor.

[Telegram.]

The White House,
Washington, November 10, 1915.

On this auspicious occasion of Your Majesty’s formal accession to the Throne, I take sincere pleasure in extending cordial felicitations and in expressing the confidence that the influence of your high ideals of right and justice which will continue to guide you in your exalted office will inure to the advancement of your country. I assure Your Majesty of my best wishes for your personal welfare and that of Your Majesty’s family and for the continuance of the friendly relations existing between Japan and the United States.

Woodrow Wilson.