Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Stillman
President Roosevelt was pleased to receive James Stillman’s kind letter, but is worried that the positive opinion of his European friends will be short lived. He is disheartened by the progress of peace negotiations between Japan and Russia, as Russia has taken “an impossible position” regarding Sakhalin and its refusal to pay any money, and is refusing to budge an inch. Roosevelt believes that Japan is asking for too much money as a war indemnity, but thinks that this could be solved, and feels that the problem is Russia.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-28
