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Frers, Emilio, 1854-1923

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emilio Frers

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emilio Frers

Theodore Roosevelt discusses with Argentine politician Emilio Frers the actions that the United States should have taken in the early days of World War I regarding Belgian neutrality, German submarine warfare, and British treatment of neutral vessels. Roosevelt feels it would be “a shameful thing” to ignore major offenses but raise a fuss about minor ones.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-02-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emilio Frers

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emilio Frers

Theodore Roosevelt is concerned that he did not receive either the two letters or the telegram Emilio Frers sent. Roosevelt hopes Frers likes what he wrote in the Outlook, as it is in line with Frers’s speech in the Colon Theater. Roosevelt is still thankful for the generosity of the Argentine people when he visited there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-07