Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 3892/2.

The Secretary of State to the British Chargé.

Department of State,
Washington, January 16, 1907.

My dear Mr. Howard: May I ask you to cable directly to the governor of Jamaica an expression of the deep and sincere sympathy which the people of the United States feel for the people of Jamaica in their great misfortune?

And can you also ascertain and inform me whether the situation in Jamaica is such that the people are in need of supplies or assistance of any kind which we can send from our naval station at Guantanamo?

If there is anything that we can do to relieve or prevent distress, our Navy Department will be most happy to do it, and Guantanamo is so near to Kingston that perhaps early relief may be afforded from there.

Very sincerely, yours,

Elihu Root.