Office of the Historian

711.842/14

Prince Lidj Yassou of Ethiopia to President Wilson

[Translation]

To His Excellency my great friend Woodrow Wilson.
President of the United States of America.

After my respectful Greetings.

I have the honour to inform you that I have received through Colonel Charles H. M. Doughty Wylie, C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires in Adis Ababa, Your Excellency’s Autograph letter of notification, together with the Instrument of Ratification sealed with the seal of your Government informing me of your acceptance of the Commercial Treaty which was signed on the 20th Sani 1906 (Abyssinian date) 27th June 1914 (European date) between the Ethiopian Government and the Plenipotentiary of the United States of America.

I pray from my heart to Almighty God for the prosperity of the United States of America and for your personal welfare.

May God give you a long life.

Written 15th Tehsass 1907 (Abyssinian date) Year of Grace Adis Ababa.
24th of December 1914 (European date) Adis Ababa.

[Seal of Prince
Lidj Yassou
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