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Secretary of State John Hay has instructed Acting Secretary of State Adee to send President Roosevelt the enclosed note from the Japanese Minister Kentaro Kaneko, stating that Prince Sadanaru Fushimi is visiting the United States in place of Prince Arisugawa no Miya Takehito, who is ill.
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1904-09-14
Acting Secretary of State Adee includes a draft of a telegram to Russian embassy secretary Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini regarding the Russian cruiser Lena, which is stranded in San Francisco. The telegram states that President Roosevelt has only authorized the minimal repairs necessary for the ship to be seaworthy enough to make it to the nearest home port.
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1904-09-14
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that, per precedents set in similar cases, the crew of the disabled Russian cruiser Lena must be held in San Francisco until their parole conditions have been set and approved by Japan.
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1904-09-14
Acting Secretary of State Adee tells President Roosevelt that he does not believe that Admiral Yates Stirling’s discretion in an emergency should be hampered by Stade Department instructions. He also believes that U.S. consuls in China should focus on safeguarding American neutral interests, rather than committing to anything that would lead them to be called on to guarantee Chinese neutrality.
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1904-08-23
Acting Secretary of State Adee submits cablegrams for President Roosevelt’s approval. He instructs Shanghai consul John Goodnow that his purpose is to safeguard American neutral interests in China and to avoid any implication that the United States will guarantee Chinese neutrality. He sends a copy of the same telegram to Minister to China Edwin H. Conger.
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1904-08-23
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee suggests that Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates is an accurate source, and that he has already reported on the “royal pretender” Stepan Dusanovicz. Adee outlines a history of the rulers of Serbia to counteract the claims made by Dusanovicz regarding his right to the throne.
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1907-09-23
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a letter from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy regarding Mexico’s recognition and support of Honduras’s provisional government. Adee asks Loeb to tell President Roosevelt he spoke with Godoy and suggested sending a letter to the presidents of Central America so Roosevelt has a better perspective of the situation.
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1907-08-20
Acting Secretary of State Adee gives President Roosevelt a suggested reply to Ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid’s message about the fisheries modus.
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1907-08-28
Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to tell President Roosevelt that he sent the agreed message identically to the Central American presidents. He hopes to receive Roosevelt’s direction on replying to Ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid’s communication on fisheries.
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1907-08-28
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a communication from Ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid about changes in the fisheries modus vivendi.
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1907-08-28
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee updates President Roosevelt with information about news from Honduras and Guatemala. Harry Percival Garthwaite has contacted Washington D.C. with word that President Fernando Figueroa of San Salvador will withdraw his troops from the frontiers in light of mediation from the United States and Mexico.
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1907-08-30
The State Department has already replied to Kelly and Company regarding one of their vessels being prevented from landing at Macoris, Dominican Republic. Local naval commanders are to protect all legitimate trade and communicate with ship masters. This case is complicated as the vessel is under the Norwegian flag but Assistant Secretary of State Adee believes that “American naval commanders are giving all proper and necessary assistance.”
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1904-02-29
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends President Roosevelt a dispatch from Chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper reporting on the political situation in Cuba.
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1906-09-14
Assistant Secretary of State Adee instructs William Loeb to ensure that President Roosevelt is aware of the importance of Mark Rolla Spellman’s telegram. The local insurgents at Cienfuegos intend to disregard the announced “suspension of hostilities.” Adee suggests that orders should go directly to the Navy Department from Oyster Bay.
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1906-09-18
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee reports that he has had a visit from the Japanese minister who left him copies of two telegrams from the Japanese foreign office concerning Russia’s violation of China’s neutrality and Japan’s threat to take matters into its own hands. Adee encloses these two telegrams along with a copy of the memorandum of the interview that took place between himself and the Japanese minister.
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1904-08-26
Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks President Roosevelt whether to announce the treaty between the United States and Ethiopia. Although Ellis cabled that it was signed, Adee notes that written acknowledgment of its delivery has not yet been received and wonders if he should wait for that formality.
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1904-09-02
Alvey A. Adee encloses an item that may interest President Roosevelt as it relates to the complaint made by the New York and Bermudez Company and a memorandum that was prepared by the Department of State on the matter for the president’s consideration.
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1904-09-02
Alvey A. Adee writes to William Loeb concerning Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick’s instruction that protested the decision of the Russian court about the USS Arabia. Instructions were sent to embassies in Europe and Japan.
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1904-09-02
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a note from the Japanese Minister regarding the recently negotiated treaty between Japan and Korea. Adee has responded to the Minister.
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1904-09-02
Secretary of State Hay needs the information from Mr. Martin.
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1902-10-09