File No. 892.001/6.
The Siamese Minister to the Secretary of State.
Gloucester, Mass., October 24, 1910.
Sir: Confirming my telegram to you of this morning, I have the deepest sorrow in informing you of the irreparable loss my country has sustained in the passing yesterday morning, at 12.45 after a short illness, of my august sovereign His Majesty King Chulalongkorn the First of Siam.
I have also, in accordance with the instructions of His Royal Highness Prince Devawongse Varoprakar, minister for foreign affairs, the honor to announce to you that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has duly succeeded to the crown and has been proclaimed King with the title of Maha Vajiravudh.
Requesting you to be so good as to bring these announcements to the knowledge of the President of the United States.
I have, etc.,