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If he does not think it will offend Emperor William II, President Roosevelt asks Ambassador White to recommend his good friend Hermann Speck von Sternburg to fill the position of German Ambassador to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-13
Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that Uchida Kōsai will be leaving his position as Japanese foreign minister. Roosevelt has appreciated working with Kōsai and hopes their two countries will continue to nurture their close relationship. Roosevelt wishes Kōsai well with his new position as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-22
President Roosevelt informs President-elect Taft that he has met with Chinese Special Envoy Shaoyi Tang, who informed him that China would like the United States to send an ambassador to China. Roosevelt would like to do this, but Secretary of State Elihu Root had already promised Hale that no extra ambassador would be made. Roosevelt believes that if Taft writes a letter expressing his wish that the matter be arranged, Roosevelt would be able to write to Congress and at least begin the process.
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1908-12-22
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Rockhill for his letter about the Dalai Lama. Roosevelt tells Rockhill that he cannot ask President-Elect William H. Taft directly for any appointments, but that he would be glad to speak with Taft about how much he has valued Rockhill’s service. Roosevelt feels that if he asked about any one person getting an appointment, he would be obliged to countless other people as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-17
President Roosevelt’s understanding with Secretary of State Root is that Horace G. Knowles is to be transferred to a vacant South American ministership with the understanding that he will hold it until March 4, 1909. Roosevelt directs the Department of State to make out Knowles’s nomination for this transfer.
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1908-12-17
President Roosevelt tells Hugo Münsterberg that there is “no truth whatever” to the rumors about newly-appointed Ambassador to Germany David Jayne Hill. There are no plans to send Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Berlin.
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1908-04-25
President Roosevelt wishes that Cecil Spring Rice and his wife were there to visit with him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He reflects on the growing German materialism in light of the controversy surrounding the appointment of David Jayne Hill as new ambassador there. The previous ambassador, Charlemagne Tower, was wealthy, and Roosevelt believes that the Germans dislike Hill because he is not wealthy. Roosevelt reflects on the merits of being rich and concludes that while it is good to have the things that money can buy, “from the standpoint of real pleasure [he] should selfishly prefer [his] oldtime ranch on the Little Missouri to anything in Newport.”
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1908-04-11
President Roosevelt is pleased that Maurice Francis Egan likes his current post. He is sure that if Secretary of War William H. Taft is elected president, Egan will be able to stay in Copenhagen as American Minister to Denmark for as long as he wishes. Roosevelt advises Egan to ask Archbishop John Ireland to write to Taft as a precaution.
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1908-03-06
President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that there seems to be a general sentiment against Beveridge’s child labor law. Roosevelt also comments on the possibility of finding a position for Spencer F. Eddy. The latter will depend on whether there are other people in the service who deserve it more. If Roosevelt does find a place for Eddy, it will likely be in South America.
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1907-11-07
President Roosevelt is surprised by Senator Beveridge’s statement regarding the German ambassadorship, as it was the opposite of what Roosevelt had told him. Roosevelt cannot consider Spencer F. Eddy as a candidate, as it is not proper to jump from First Secretary of an embassy to the position of Ambassador.
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1907-11-02
President Roosevelt confides to Sir George Otto Trevelyan the contents of several letters and reports regarding the diplomatic aftermath of the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica. Trouble has arisen after Governor of Jamaica James Alexander Swettenham asked Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis to remove the marines he had ordered to assist with the relief effort. Roosevelt compares Swettenham to American diplomates Herbert Wolcott Bowen, B. Storer, and Maria Longworth Storer who had caused him trouble in the past.
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1907-02-04
In a letter to Elihu Root (and possibly intended for a wider audience), President Roosevelt gives his perspective of his conflict with the recently-recalled Austrian Ambassador Bellamy Storer. Embedded within the letter are reproductions of private letters between President Roosevelt, members of his administration, and Storer. The letters detail the saga of the Storers’s push for Archbishop Ireland to become Cardinal and the fracturing of their friendship with the Roosevelts.
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1906-12-02
President Roosevelt makes an addendum to his previous letter to Representative Sherman stating that Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss believe that James H. Hyde should not be appointed ambassador.
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1906-10-12
President Roosevelt is concerned over the accusations made by Edward Henry Harriman, a prominent railroad executive, particularly a “wilful untruth” concerning a request to raise money for the Republican party during the 1904 presidential campaign. Roosevelt tells Representative Sherman that he believes the dispute with Harriman stems from a dissatisfaction with regulations made on interstate commerce, particularly affecting railroads. Harriman is also disappointed that Roosevelt failed to appoint Senator Chauncey M. Depew as Ambassador to France as he had requested, and refuses to support the Republican party as long as Roosevelt’s policies dominate.
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1906-10-08
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that on March 19 he will send the Senate Charles S. Francis’s nomination for Ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and recall Bellamy Storer. Storer has not responded to Roosevelt’s three most recent communications, despite the fact that Roosevelt knows that he received them.
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1906-03-15
President Roosevelt informs Governor Black that Charles S. Francis is going to be nominated as Ambassador to Austria-Hungary on Monday morning. He does not want it to be made public until them. He asks if Black wants to notify Francis himself.
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1906-03-16
President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt that on Monday he will nominate Charles S. Francis for ambassador to Austria-Hungary. He asks Platt not to mention this in the meantime.
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1906-03-16
President Roosevelt requests Ambassador Storer’s resignation, as Storer has not responded to his two most recent letters.
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1906-03-05
President Roosevelt informs Minister to Spain William Miller Collier that the State Department believes that the Spanish Court would be more flattered by the appointment of an outside person as Special Ambassador, rather than someone from within the diplomatic service.
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1906-02-06
President Roosevelt feels that it is very important that Philippines Governor-General Wright be named Ambassador of Japan. James Francis Smith will take over the Governorship in Wright’s place. Roosevelt hopes that Wright will accept, and emphasizes that he believes that it is in the best interest of the public that Wright and Smith take up their respective positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-08