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

Mr. Day to Mr. Hay.

Department of State,
Washington, May 21, 1898.

No. 643.]

Sir: I append on the overleaf copy of my telegram of the 19th instant, directing you to express to his family, through the proper channel, the sympathy of the American people, in view of the death of Mr. Gladstone.

Respectfully, yours,

William R. Day.

[Inclosure in No. 643—Telegram.]

Mr. Day to Mr. Hay.

Department of State,
Washington, May 19, 1898.

Through appropriate channel express to Mr. Gladstone’s family the sympathy and sorrow of the American people at the passing away, in the ripeness of years and fullness of honors, of one of the most notable figures of modern civil statesmanship.

Day.