Mr. Takahira to Mr. Hay.
Washington , October 11, 1904 .
Sir: His Imperial Majesty’s minister for foreign affairs informs me that in reporting to the Imperial Government of the safe arrival in Germany, en route to Japan, of about 800 of their subjects who had been till lately remaining in Russia, and who will now be sent home by a steamer leaving Bremen on or about the 20th instant, Mr. Inouye, our minister in Berlin, states that this satisfactory result has been brought about entirely through the friendly effort of the United States ambassador to Russia. Baron Komura consequently instructs me that I should convey to the Government of the United States the expression of the profound gratitude which the Imperial Government owe to Mr. McCormick for his good offices in the matter.
In acting upon the above instruction, I beg to request that you will have the goodness to inform his excellency of the purport of my present communication.
Accept, etc.,