Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Art and business, Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930, Diplomatics, Editorial cartoons, Germany, Great Britain, Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933, International relations, Sensationalism in journalism, Speeches, addresses, etc., Stumm, Ferdinand Carl von, 1880-1954, William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
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United States Ambassador Reid believes that American yellow journalism, buoyed by free and instantaneous communication, has influenced foreign editorials of American affairs, especially those of the English. He has enclosed a few editorials and cartoons both “unfriendly” and friendly that President Roosevelt might find interesting. Reid describes a situation resulting in the “droll embarrassment of our German friends” involving a candid interview with German Emperor William II published in the Daily Dispatch. The authenticity of the interview was questioned, with the Dispatch insisting on the legitimacy. The matter required Councillor of the German Embassy Ferdinand Carl von Stumm to leave the hunting trip he was on with Reid to manage the ensuing “mess.” Reid thinks von Stumm will be blamed for incident. He concludes by describing how British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey is being criticized in the papers for making a “one-sided bargain” that benefits the United States over England in the art commercial market.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-07
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt. [December 7, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57740. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912. Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt. [7 Dec. 1907]. 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/o57740.
APA:
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912., [1907, December 7]. Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57740.
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.
