Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Arbitration, International, International relations--Public opinion, International relations--Treaties, Press and politics, Sovereignty, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, United States. Congress. Senate
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Senator Lodge was pleased with Theodore Roosevelt’s article on the arbitration treaties. Lodge is troubled by the thought that there are issues which the United States will never agree to arbitrate but that this fact is not present in the treaty. The public is not grasping this dichotomy and the portrayal of the treaty as a “peace” treaty sheds the Senate’s opposition in a poor light. The Outlook‘s claim that issues such as immigration or the Monroe Doctrine will never be submitted for arbitration misses the point. If the United States agrees to the current terms of the treaty, these issues can be arbitrated and the decision-making authority will be outside the “treaty-making authorities of the United States.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-09
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt. [September 9, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o70397. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt. [9 Sep. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 7, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o70397.
APA:
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924., [1911, September 9]. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o70397.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
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. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 7, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
