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Hermann Speck von Sternburg compliments President Roosevelt on the Russo-Japanese peace talks and suspects underhanded scheming. Speck discusses Germany’s actions in Morocco and the military history of the region.
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1905-08-27
Germany is interested in the Chinese progress of the Canton-Hankow railroad. China has taken a loan from the British, which the Germans suspect is to compensate for their failure to take control of the Yangtze Valley. Peace in Germany is certain.
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1905-08-24
Hermann Speck von Sternburg encloses a letter for President Roosevelt.
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1905-08-25
Hermann Speck von Sternburg encloses a letter for President Roosevelt.
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1905-08-21
Emperor Wilhelm II requests President Roosevelt to influence peace between Russia and Japan. Wilhelm believes that any other outside influence would be detrimental.
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1905-08-17
If peace talks in the United States fail, both France and England are prepared to offer their services to end the Russo-Japanese conflict.
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1905-08-18
Hermann Speck von Sternburg encloses letters for President Roosevelt, and requests Roosevelt’s answers be forwarded to Sternburg before his arrival in Washington.
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1905-08-20
Hermann Speck von Sternburg would like to deliver his letters of credence to President Roosevelt but wants to know if he should wear his uniform.
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1905-07-29
Ambassador Sternburg warns that French minister Paul Révoil will not negotiate peace if he is placed in Morocco and suggests President Roosevelt make this known to the French. He also discusses details about the upcoming conference about Morocco.
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1905-07-24
Ambassador Sternburg writes President Roosevelt about the terms of the Madrid conference regulating the rights of foreigners in Morocco.
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1905-06-01
Ambassador Sternburg asks William Loeb to deliver an enclosed item to President Roosevelt.
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1905-06-01
Ambassador Sternburg informs President Roosevelt that German Emperor William II thinks Russia should effect peace in the Russo-Japanese War and would silently support any such efforts.
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1905-06-03
President Roosevelt recently mentioned that he would be pleased to mention Germany in an upcoming speech. Hermann Speck von Sternburg believes it would be beneficial if Roosevelt would allude to an unspecified policy of Emperor William II which has been “grossly misrepresented.”
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1905-06-04
Ambassador von Sternburg met with Ambassador Cassini who “confessed that the position of Russia was hopeless.” Von Sternburg thought this information would be of interest to President Roosevelt as Cassini has asked to meet with him.
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1905-05-31
Ambassador Sternburg asks William Loeb to forward the enclosed message to President Roosevelt.
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1905-05-31
Hermann Speck von Sternburg would like to know if it is possible to see President Roosevelt.
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1905-05-18
Theophile Delcasse is working hard to establish peace but is stymied by the resistance of Emperor Nicholas II. The Emperor would like to lessen French and British influence in the Far East and is anxious that President Roosevelt be the one to secure peace.
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1905-05-19
Ambassador Sternburg asks President Roosevelt if he would talk to Ambassador Spring Rice. Spring Rice is convinced that there is a secret deal in place between Germany and Russia in advance of the Hague conference.
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1905-05-25
Ambassador Sternburg asks William Loeb if President Roosevelt is able to meet with him prior to Roosevelt’s departure from Washington.
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1905-05-27
Ambassador Sternburg heard that Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim will be attending a dinner at the White House. Sternburg asks William Loeb to return a hairpin given to his wife by a maid at a reception at the White House.
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1905-05-16