The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister of Denmark.
Washington, May 15, 1912.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of this day’s date by which you officially convey the sad intelligence of the death last evening at Hamburg of His late Majesty, King Frederik VIII.
The President, to whom the information has been conveyed, has, in a telegram to King Christian X, expressed the deep sympathy of the people and Government of the United States in this sad bereavement which has befallen the people of your country, as well as his personal sympathy and heartfelt wishes for the continued prosperity of the Danish people under King Christian’s reign.
Accept, Sir, [etc.]