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Ambassador Nabuco asks William Leob if he could arrange President Roosevelt to briefly meet and shake hands with a Mr. A. de Faria, a great admirer of his, with the assistance of Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral, Counsellor to the Brazilian Embassy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-01
Journalist John Callan O’Laughlin relates the “current diplomatic opinion” of Russia, Japan, and Brazil to William Loeb. O’Laughlin says a Russian military attaché, Colonel N. N. Raspopoff, told him he has heard that Japan is preparing for war, and Russia is preparing diplomatic policies with this in mind. Raspopoff does not feel Japan has the money for a war against the United States, and has more to gain from focusing on Korea and Manchuria. In Brazil, war between Japan and the United States is seen as inevitable, and Brazil wishes to support the United States and open her ports to the United States fleet on the way to the Pacific. A friend of O’Laughlin’s who is close with people at the Japanese embassy tells him Japan does not want war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-07