Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 859.001F87/4.]

The Minister of Denmark to the Secretary of State.

Legation of Denmark,
Washington, May 15, 1912.

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to fulfill the painful duty of informing your excellency that His Majesty my August Sovereign, King Frederik the VIII, died last night in the city of Hamburg (Germany), while on a journey to regain His health.

Please accept [etc.]

C. Moltke.