Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Chin Pom Ye to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of Korea,
Washington, February 18, 1898.

Sir: I hereby desire to express on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor and the Government of Korea sympathy with the United States on the loss of the battle ship Maine and so many brave officers and men.

Accept, etc.,

Chin Pom Ye.