Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

The Peruvian Minister to the Acting Secretary of State.

Legation of Peru,
Washington, D. C., July 4, 1905.

No. 13.]

Sir: I received with great regret your excellency’s note, in which you informed me of the death of His Excellency John Hay, Secretary of State, and I reiterate to your excellency my most sincere condolences.

I communicated the unfortunate occurrence to my government, and the minister of foreign relations has instructed me, also by cable, to express to your excellency the profound regret with which the people and Government of Peru received the unhappy news.

With highest regards, etc.,

Manuel Alvarez Calderon.