Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Takahira to Mr. Hill.

Japanese Legation,
Washington, September 21, 1900.

No. 46.]

Sir: Information having reached Japan of the appalling extent of the misfortune which has overtaken the people of Galveston, His Imperial Majesty’s minister for foreign affairs has directed me by telegraph to assure the Government of the United States of the profound sympathy of the Imperial Government with those who suffered directly by this terrible calamity, as well as with those indirectly affected by its wide-reaching results, and to tender to them the sincere condolence of the Government and people of Japan.

Accept, etc.,

K. Takahira.