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Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-15

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-21

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-29

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-03

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-16

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-03

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-18

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey is in favor of amnesty and does not think the government will be harsh in the matter, although he is not in favor of giving back the vote. Strachey also approves of President Roosevelt’s firm stance on Cuba, as it shows that he is not bound to his party simply because he is part of it. Some Americans have told Strachey that because he, a British editor, praises Roosevelt so highly, Roosevelt must be pro-British and a bad American. Strachey offers to start being more critical of Roosevelt in his paper. Finally, Strachey tells Roosevelt about a visit from Corinne and Douglas Robinson, and says that he and his wife hope to visit the United States soon and would like to visit Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-05

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for his invitation to be his guest if Strachey were to visit the United States. He apologizes for an article concerning the “Negro question” that he published in The Spectator which, unintentionally, reflected poorly on Roosevelt. Strachey explains that he merely wanted to express his strong feelings that African Americans must be protected from violence and have justice. He states that Roosevelt is undoubtedly better educated on the topic; however, he felt it necessary to explain his intentions concerning the article.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-06

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927