Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey, editor of The Spectator, thanks President Roosevelt for granting him permission to dedicate his book to Roosevelt. Strachey says that the unemployed bill was “an act of madness” and is happy to report that the government ended up condemning it. It took the threat of Member of Parliament John Burns’s resignation to stop support of the bill. Strachey says that Burns is one of the “very few true Conservatives left in the country” and that socialism is a danger in England unlike in the United States.

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1908-03-27

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey, editor of The Spectator, asks President Roosevelt if he can dedicate an upcoming pamphlet to Roosevelt, a collection of letters printed in The Spectator on the dangers of socialism. By dedicating the pamphlet to Roosevelt, Strachey hopes to show people that enemies of socialism are not de facto in favor of unrestrained capitalism, as Roosevelt occupies a position between both extremes. Strachey thanks Roosevelt for a message Roosevelt sent through Arthur Hamilton Lee, and says that A. Maurice Low is a disgrace to journalism. He plans to send Roosevelt a paper that will be read at the Pan-Anglican Church Congress on the Ethics of Journalism.

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1908-03-04

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey agrees with President Roosevelt’s characterization of William Randolph Hearst as a dangerous man. He also thinks that Roosevelt is right about William Jennings Bryan as a “kindly example of the Jefferson type.” Strachey discusses the status of antitrust law in the British Parliament.

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1906-11-06

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey asks President Roosevelt what he ought to think of William Randolph Hearst. Is he truly unfit for public office, or is there a conspiracy by the trusts to blacken him more than he deserves? Strachey trusts Roosevelt to speak impartially and without regard to party politics. Strachey informs Roosevelt that he met Major Beacon, the American military attache in Sussex. Strachey is watching the American occupation of Cuba with great interest.

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1906-10-15

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, with which he agrees. Strachey does not understand how people think civil liberties do not need protecting. He worries that autocrats like Napoleon will feed on people’s unwillingness to stand up for what is right. Strachey hopes that they will meet again in October when he visits.

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1906-09-21

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey believes that Americans are “drowned by security,” because their “immense power, wealth and happiness have inclined them that nothing could ever go wrong, and that they need take no precautions.” Strachey feels that President Roosevelt has done his best to counteract this attitude, but that it is a difficult business. He laments that the “men of light and leading” do not see that “liberty and good government and all the things that we prize most may need some day to be defended against the forces of autocracy and obscurantism.” Strachey also informs Roosevelt that General John Denton Pinkstone French inspected the Spectator‘s Experimental Company and was very pleased by them.

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1906-08-29

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey forwards to President Roosevelt a report written by Colonel Arthur Williamson Alsager Pollock about the Spectator‘s experimental military training camp.

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1906-08-05

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey sends his condolences to President Roosevelt for the San Francisco earthquake. Strachey also discusses ways to prevent monopolies and a new company in the British army.

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1906-04-23

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for the compliments on his newspaper and states he understands why Roosevelt refrained from sending material to be published. Strachey is glad Roosevelt has the same views on military readiness. Strachey would like to visit Roosevelt next year and is glad Lord Grey will be staying with Roosevelt.

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1906-04-03

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey writes to President Roosevelt about the military training strategy being designed by Colonel Pollock. Strachey asks Roosevelt if he would be interested in participating.

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1906-03-10

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey writes to President Roosevelt on a variety of topics including Roosevelt’s daughter’s upcoming marriage, the current state of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the current state of the Senate of the United States, and his personal opinion of Edward Grey.

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1906-01-29

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey expresses his gratitude at President Roosevelt’s peace negotiations and discusses how no one wants a war with Germany, but if Germany attacked France unprovoked then England would, of course, come to France’s aid. The Stracheys would love to visit the White House again and if late October or early November 1907 could be arranged it would be the highlight of their lives.

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1905-10-16

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate him on the peace between Japan and Russia.

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1905-09-07

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for his letter regarding a peace conference, and hopes the Russians will soon end the war. Strachey hopes the war will end with democracy for Russia or else it will negatively affect all of Europe.

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1905-08-13

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey tells President Roosevelt he is sorry for the loss of John Hay and compliments Roosevelt on his wisdom in selecting Elihu Root as the new United States Secretary of State.

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1905-07-10

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey writes to President Roosevelt to express his enjoyment of Roosevelt’s letter and their shared appreciation of Whig sentiment, moderation and “the happy mean.” He goes on to detail his break with his party over free trade and to express his great hope that Roosevelt will win the election and “give the American people the impulse towards the higher nationhood which she and we, and indeed, all nations want.”

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1904-10-01

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

The British journalist John St. Loe Strachey writes to Roosevelt on behalf of Edmund D. Morel, secretary of the Congo Reform Association, who would like to meet with Roosevelt in late September in order to discuss atrocities committed against the people of the Congo. Strachey adds that he feels certain of a victory for Roosevelt in the upcoming election and mentions that he has heard good news concerning Cecil Spring Rice.

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1904-09-03

The ethics of journalism

In an article outlining issues to be discussed at the Pan-Anglican Congress, John St. Loe Strachey discusses journalism. In particular, he writes about concerns regarding yellow journalism, triviality in the press, anonymity in the press, the importance of publicity, and the importance of the news.

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1908-03-31

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey happily accepts an invitation to the White House.

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1902-10-29

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey understands President Roosevelt’s objections to arbitration in the Alaska boundary dispute but he supports arbitration especially in light of America’s demand for arbitration in the Venezuelan debt crisis. Strachey wants to avoid a quarrel with the United States but feels that he must support Canada in any conflict.

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1902-08-18