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President Roosevelt returns a draft of the message to the Senate and wonders if Secretary of State Hay thinks it would be worthwhile to alter the last paragraph to clarify a point. Roosevelt also wants to know if all of the treaties are “substantially alike in form.”
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1904-12-12
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay not to speak with Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullom until Roosevelt has had a chance to discuss the proposed amendments to the Newfoundland Treaty with some senators. The president also encloses a copy of his letter to Andrew Dickson White, “which explains itself.”
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1904-12-13
President Roosevelt would be glad if Secretary of State Hay has a fund to pay for the cup. Roosevelt explains, “[I]t is rather hard to pay for gifts when the gifts given to one’s self in return go to the nation.”
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1904-12-16
President Roosevelt provides Secretary of State Hay with a list of appointments in the diplomatic and consular service after March 4, 1905. Roosevelt includes a handwritten note, “All this is tentative.”
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1904-12-17
President Roosevelt likes Secretary of State Hay’s reasoning and supports his suggestions of Consul Alexander M. Thackara going to Berlin, Consul Dean B. Mason going to Paris, and Consul George W. Roosevelt going to the Havre. The president wonders if it would be a promotion, or at least a salary increase, for Consul Roosevelt.
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1904-12-19
President Roosevelt finds W. Cameron Forbes’s letter interesting and speaks to Secretary of State Hay about the “anti-foreign spirit” in the Japanese army about which Roosevelt has heard. He is particularly concerned because it seems to be especially violent against Americans.
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1904-12-23
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Hay about Captain John F. Morrison’s assessment of the Japanese army. Morrison spent time with Japanese General Yasukata Oku’s army and observed that American attachés were favored over British attachés and the Russian prisoners—most of whom were wounded—were treated kindly. Morrison was impressed by the training and preparedness of the Japanese army, especially in comparison to the Russian army.
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1905-01-05
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of State Hay a confidential letter he received from Hermann Speck von Sternburg for Hay to read. Roosevelt says it sounds as though German Emperor William II is concerned about France and England. He also notes the recurring phrase: “the integrity of China,” which Roosevelt is glad he suggested Hay use in a recent communication to other nations.
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1905-01-12
President Roosevelt received a telegram from Ambassador Henry White stating Sir Cecil Spring Rice will sail next Wednesday and requests to stay with Henry Adams and visit Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson. Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to contact Adams and Ferguson on the matter.
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1905-01-13
President Roosevelt sent Secretary of State Hay ex-senator Henry Gassaway Davis’s puzzling comments on Williams C. Fox. He feels Fox should be promoted if he is “of sufficiently moral character.” If Hay sees Elihu Root in the evening, Roosevelt asks them to review the Costa Rica proposition.
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1905-01-14
Francis B. Loomis tells Secretary of State Hay a letter has just come from the White House. Loomis encloses the dispatch he believes President Roosevelt referenced in his letter.
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1905-01-16
President Roosevelt suggests to Secretary of State Hay how to handle an international relations situation involving Russia and China, suggesting that if Hay presents Russia’s protest about a breach of neutrality to China, he should also mention Russia’s own violations of China’s neutrality.
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1905-01-16
President Roosevelt is concerned that Secretary of State Hay is ill but reports the San Domingo business is going well. At some point, he wants to review the situation surrounding the Chinese railroad project with Hay.
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1905-01-26
President Roosevelt apologizes to Secretary of State Hay that he cannot attend their morning talk due to the dedication of the Lutheran Memorial Church. He comments on the Senate’s handling of the arbitration treaties and declares the United States cannot intervene on Korea’s behalf against Japan.
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1905-01-28
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of State Hay a letter from Andrew Carnegie, who questions the constitutionality of the Senate amendments. Roosevelt disagrees with Carnegie.
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1905-02-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to review and correct the enclosed letter. He also sends several other letters.
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1905-02-09
President Roosevelt returns a letter from McCormick to Secretary of State Hay, and sends one from Ambassador Charlemagne Tower. Roosevelt notes both men are becoming more active.
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1905-02-16
President Roosevelt accepted Ambassador Joseph Henry Choate’s resignation effective May 30. He wants Secretary of State Hay to look at his correspondence with Choate. Whitelaw Reid can take office as ambassador on May 30 or June 1. The Ambassador to Spain, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, will be replaced by William Miller Collier on April 1. Roosevelt appreciates Hay’s moral support after dealing with the House of Representatives on the matter of battleships.
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1905-02-20
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of State Hay an amusing letter.
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1905-02-27
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Hay that Elihu Root made an error regarding the message. He will send it in and asks if Hay has any documents to go with it.
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1905-03-02