Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Henry Cabot Lodge
Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers, China--Harbin, Corruption, Eddy, Spencer F. (Spencer Fayette), 1874-1939, Foreign offices, Fusinato, Guido, 1860-1914, Georgia--Berlin, Great Britain. Diplomatic Corps, Hay, John, 1838-1905, International relations, International Socialists, Italy--Rome, Labor unions and socialism, Local government, Lodge, Anna Cabot Mills Davis, 1851-1915, Maps, Military operations, Naval, Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918, Poland--Warsaw, Police, Police--Legal status, laws, etc., Protest movements, Religion and civil society, Representative government and representation, Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg, Tittoni, Tommaso, Trepov, Dmitri Feodorovich, 1850-1906, Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 1869-1947, War, Wars
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Ambassador Meyer tells Senator Lodge that St. Petersburg, Russia, has been perfectly quiet since he arrived, due to extraordinary precautions taken by Governor-General Trepov to put down any troubles. Meyer thinks the disturbances in Warsaw, Poland, were a smaller scale repetition of those in St. Petersburg on January 22, 1905, and he notes that both could have been avoided by an able police. The stories Meyer has heard about corruption in some of the departments in St. Petersburg are astounding. Meyer thinks the ukaz issued by Emperor Nicholas II giving religious liberty to practically all sects except the Jewish people, if honestly and efficiently carried out, will be beneficial to the country. Representatives of Russian zemstvos, local municipalities, met recently at Moscow and blocked out a scheme of representative government. Meyer thinks the idea of a representative government is permeating all classes of society and that reforms are sure to come about, but the Russian government is currently “in a comatose state,” awaiting the result of the naval conflict and the next battle near Harbin, Manchuria.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-06
Creator(s)
Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
5
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
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Chicago:
Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Henry Cabot Lodge. [May 6, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o49220. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918. Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Henry Cabot Lodge. [6 May. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o49220.
APA:
Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918., [1905, May 6]. Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Henry Cabot Lodge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o49220.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
