Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Swenson to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Copenhagen, November 20, 1903.

No. 323.]

Sir: Supplementary to my No. 322, of the 18th instant, I have the honor to inclose herein a copy, with translation, of a note from the minister of foreign affairs, conveying the thanks of the King for the President’s felicitations and best wishes on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of His Majesty’s reign.

I have, etc.,

Laurits S. Swenson.

[Inclosure—Translation.]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Swenson.

Copenhagen, November 19, 1903.

Mr. Minister: The King, my august soverign, deeply sensible of the honor which the President of the United States of America has shown him by expressing, through you, his hearty felicitations and best wishes on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of His Majesty’s reign, has charged me to ask you to convey to Mr. Roosevelt His Majesty’s most sincere thanks.

Be pleased, etc.,

Deuntzer.