Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 863.001F85/7

The Secretary of State to Ambassador Penfield

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, November 23, 1916.

1428. The President, desiring to show the high respect due to the memory of the late Emperor and King, has invested you with the rank and character of a Special Ambassador to represent him and the people of the United States at funeral obsequies. So notify Foreign Office. Send appropriate wreath in President’s name.

Lansing