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Figure 9.— Albert F. Woods, Acting Chief, Bureau of Plant Industry, in 1910. 



The next day, Philander Knox, Secretary of State, in an official commu- 

 nique to Count Yasuya Uchida, the Japanese Ambassador to the United 

 States, expressed the sentiments of President and Mrs. Taft over this 

 unfortunate event. Knox explained the position of the United States in his 

 letter as follows: 



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