I avail myself of this opportunity, Mr. Secretary, to express to your excellency the cordial thanks of His Excellency the President of Chile for the attentions and honors that were lavished upon him during his stay in this country, and at the same time bear witness to the indefatigable and delicate consideration displayed by the representatives of the American Government, Messrs. Chandler Hale, Thomas C. Dawson, Maj. Gen. William Harding Carter, and Capt. Harry P. Hulse, United States Navy, in waiting on his excellency and suite from the time of their arrival in the United States. I have, etc., [Inclosure-Translation.] The President of Chile to President Taft. A. YOACHAM. NEW YORK, August 9, 1910. MR. PRESIDENT: It is very gratifying to me to send to your excellency my most cordial acknowledgments of the special courtesies with which your excellency and your excellency's Government have honored me during my stay in the United States. These attentions will be appreciated in my country as a notable indication of the eminently cordial attitude of the policy of your excellency. I sincerely hope that each day may more firmly cement the friendship of the United States and Chile, and that the progress and prosperity which the United States have acquired through the energy of its sons and the worth of its rulers may continue on an ascending scale. My wife charges to add to my own her expressions of gratitude, and begging your excellency to convey our salutations to Mrs. Taft, I present to your excellency assurance of my highest consideration. File No. 825.00/69. No. 39.] PEDRO MONTT. The Acting Secretary of State to the Chilean Chargé. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 18, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 18 of the 11th instant, with which you inclose, for transmission to the President of the United States, a letter addressed to him by the President of Chile. You express the thanks of the President of Chile for the courtesies accorded him on the occasion of his visit to the United States. I have the honor to inform you that the letter of the President of Chile has been forwarded to the President of the United States in accord with your request. Accept, etc., HUNTINGTON WILSON. DEATH OF SEÑOR DON PEDRO MONTT AND SEÑOR DON ELIAS FERNANDEZ ALBANA, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF CHILE. File No. 180/77. No. 19.] The Chilean Chargé to the Secretary of State. [Translation.] CHILEAN LEGATION, Washington, August 17, 1910. SIR: With the most profound sorrow I have to discharge the painful duty of informing your excellency that I have this day received from my Government a telegraphic communication announcing to me the very lamentable demise of His Excellency the President of Chile, Señor Don Pedro Montt, which occurred yesterday at the port of Bremen, Germany, and was caused by heart trouble. I have, etc., A. YOACHAM. File No. 180/71 A. President Taft to the Vice President of Chile. [Telegram.] THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, August 17, 1910. My grief at the death of His Excellency President Montt is especially poignant, because I so recently had the good fortune to know him and the opportunity to appreciate his high qualities as statesman and patriot. I send to you and to the Government and people of Chile the deep sympathy of the Government and people of the United States and my own sincere condolences in the national loss sustained by your country. Pray yourself accept, Mr. Vice President, the expression of my personal sympathy and high regard. File No. 180/71 B. WM. H. TAFT. The Secretary of State to Madam Montt. [Telegram.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, I am deeply shocked to learn of the death of President Montt. His loss will be felt by all America. I beg that you will accept my heartfelt sympathy in your great sorrow. PHILANDER C. KNOX. File No. 180/71 E. The Acting Secretary of State to Chargé Pierrepont. [Telegram.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, The President has sent the Vice President of Chile the following telegram:1 You will supplement this by appropriately communicating to the foreign office the condolences of this Government and especially of the Secretary of State. The President has directed that the flags on all Government buildings in the District of Columbia be half-masted for three days, which is without precedent at this capital. Messages also have been sent to Mrs. Montt through the embassy at Berlin and the consul at Bremen. WILSON. 1 Supra. File No. 825.001/8. No. 734.] Minister Fox to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, Quito, August 20, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to inform the department that the Chilean minister officially notified me of the death of President Montt. inclose copy of my reply to him. The Ecuadorian Government decreed a period of official mourning of three days. The flag was displayed at half-staff over this legation during this time. I have, etc., WILLIAMS C. Fox. [Inclosure.] Minister Fox to the Chilean Minister at Quito. AMERICAN LEGATION, Quito, August 18, 1910. MY DEAR COLLEAGUE: I learned with great regret from your letter of August 17 of the death of President Montt. In extending to your country and to yourself my sincerest sympathy permit me to state that it is my mournful pleasure to display the flag of my country at half-mast over this legation in honor of the distinguished statesman whose deeds illuminate one of the brightest pages of the history of Chile. Believe me, etc., File No. 825.00/77. No. 40.] WILLIAMS C. Fox. The Acting Secretary of State to the Chilean Chargé. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 25, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17th instant, conveying the sad intelligence, which has been received with sorrow, that the President of Chile, Señor Don Pedro Montt, died at Bremen, Germany, on the preceding day. The grief of the Government and people of the United States, which would have been profound in any event, is intensified by the personal knowledge of President Montt's high abilities and amiable qualities, which they obtained during his recent visit to this country. Accept, etc., File No. 825.001. HUNTINGTON WILSON. Chargé Pierrepont to the Secretary of State. [Telegram.-Paraphrase.] AMERICAN LEGATION, Santiago, September 6, 1910. Mr. Pierrepont states that after a short illness the Vice President of the Republic of Chile, Senor Fernandez Albano, died this day. File No. 825.001/7. The Chilean Chargé to the Secretary of State. No. 20.] [Translation.] CHILEAN LEGATION, Washington, September 7, 1910. SIR: With the greatest sorrow I discharge the duty of announcing to your excellency that I have received a telegraphic communication from my Government apprising me of the death, which occurred yesterday at 2.15 p. m., of the Most Excellent Vice President of Chile Señor Don Elias Fernandez Albano, and that, under the provisions of our constitution, the Chief Magistracy has been assumed by the senior member of the cabinet, the Most Excellent Señor Emiliano Figueroa, minister of justice and public instruction. File No. 825.001/1 A. A. YOACHAM. President Taft to the Vice President of Chile. [Telegram.] THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, September 7, 1910. I deeply regret to learn of the death of His Excellency Vice President Albano. I send to you and to the Government and people of Chile the deep sympathy of the Government and people of the United States of America and my own sincere condolences in the national loss sustained by your country. Pray accept for yourself the expression of my personal sympathy and high regard. File No. 825.001/1 B. WM. H. TAFT. The Acting Secretary of State to Chargé Pierrepont. [Telegram-Paraphrase.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 7, 1910. Mr. Wilson informs Mr. Pierrepont that the above telegram has been sent to the Vice President of Chile, and directs him to supplement that telegram by an appropriate communication to the foreign office conveying the condolences of the Government of the United States, and especially of the Secretary of State. File No. 825.001/2. The Vice President of Chile to President Taft. [Telegram.-Translation.] SANTIAGO, September 8, 1910. The Government and people of Chile will take grateful knowledge of the telegram in which your excellency deigns to transmit the condolence of the United States in our latest affliction. Accept, excellency, my personal gratitude and the sentiments of my highest and most distinguished consideration. File No. 825.001/7. No. 41.] EMILIANO FIGUEROA. The Acting Secretary of State to the Chilean Chargé. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 10, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, in which you announce that you have received telegraphic information from your Government advising you of the death at 2.15 p. m., on the 6th instant, of His Excellency the Vice President of Chile, Señor Don Elias Fernandez Albano, and that, in conformity with the provision of the constitution of the Republic, the minister of justice and public instruction, His Excellency Señor Emiliano Figueroa, as the senior member of the cabinet, had assumed the executive power. In receiving information of the death of His Excellency Vice President Albano, the President, on the 7th instant, telegraphed to Señor Figueroa, Vice President of Chile, the expression of the deep sympathy of the Government and people of the United States and his own sincere condolence in the great loss sustained by the Republic of Chile. In the same telegram the President also expressed to his Excellency Señor Figueroa his personal sympathy and high regard. On the same day the department directed the American legation at Santiago to supplement the President's telegram by communicating to the foreign office the condolences of this Government and especially those of the Secretary of State. I now desire to convey to you, Mr. Chargé d'Affaires, the expression of my sincere regret at the death of Señor Albano and my sympathy in view of the loss sustained by your Government and people. Accept, etc., HUNTINGTON WILSON. DEATH OF SEÑOR ANIBAL CRUZ, CHILEAN MINISTER TO THE File No. 701.2511/63. UNITED STATES. The Chilean Chargé to the Secretary of State. [Translation.] CHILEAN LEGATION, Washington, December 18, 1910. SIR: It is my extremely sad duty to notify your excellency of the death this morning of the head of this legation, his excellency Mr. Anibal Cruz, caused by a sudden attack of heart failure. In communicating this sad news to your excellency, I have, etc. File No. 701.2511/56. A. YOACHAM. The Secretary of State to the Chilean Chargé. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 24, 1910. MY DEAR MR. CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES: I beg to notify you that the battleship Delaware has been detailed as the vessel of the United States to convey to Chile the remains of the late Minister Anibal Cruz. I am, etc., File No. 701.2511/67 A. P. C. KNOX. The Secretary of State to Minister Fletcher. [Telegram.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 23, 1911. The body of the late Minister Cruz will leave Hampton Roads the 31st instant, on the battleship Delaware, arriving at Valparaiso on |