Letter from Léopold II, King of the Belgians to Theodore Roosevelt
King Léopold II of Belgium warns President Roosevelt that the Chinese are seeking to remove a railroad concession from an American company, which consequently threatens some Belgian shareholders. Léopold sees this as a broader movement of the Chinese to exclude other nations from doing business in their country. He feels, however, that if Roosevelt ordered the American consuls to watch over the work on the railroad that the Chinese would back down and not directly oppose the United States.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-01
