Legation of
the United States,
Berlin, July 5, 1888.
(Received July 21.)
No. 638.]
[Inclosure in No. 638.]
Mr. Coleman to
Count Bismarck.
Legation of the United States of America,
Berlin, July 5, 1888.
F. O. No. 378.]
The undersigned, chargé d’affaires ad interim of
the United States of America, has the honor, acting under instructions
from his Government, to transmit herewith to his excellency Count von
Bismarek-Sehönhausen, imperial secretary of state for foreign affairs,
an engrossed copy of the resolution agreed to by the House of
Representatives of the United States on the 15th of June last,
expressing profound sorrow for the death of the Emperor Frederick III,
and sympathy with the German nation in the loss of their great and
renowned ruler.
Commenting on the circumstance that this resolution contains no request
or direction as to its communication to the Government of Germany, the
Hon. Mr. Bayard, Secretary of State, remarks in his instructions to the
undersigned that it appeared simply as an expressive tribute to the
memory of one whose heroic endurance and admirable bearing amid
sufferings and in the very article of death has endeared his memory to
the hearts of all men.
The thanks of His Majesty the Emperor and King for this manifestation of
regard by the House of Representatives, communicated to the Government
of the undersigned by Count Arco-Valley, the imperial German minister at
Washington, have been conveyed to that body by the honorable Secretary
of State.
While expressing his regret that the inclosed copy of the resolution has
sustained some injury in its transmission from America, the undersigned
avails, etc.,
