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Newspaper article discussing three Philippine issues; Admiral Dewey’s testimony before Congress and Senator Carmack, Major Gardner admitting that he cannot supply evidence to support the charges in his report, and an amnesty for political offenders and prisoners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt writes to James Bronson Reynolds that he cannot speak solely on the atrocities in Armenia, but feels the need to also speak about the Belgians, Edith Cavell, and the horrors in Mexico. Cavell was a British nurse who helped hundreds of Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium in 1915. Roosevelt finds it hypocritical for ultra-pacifists to not be concerned with these other outrages. Roosevelt invites Reynolds and his wife Irene H. Reynolds to lunch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-17
The attacks against Armenians have provided a “fresh shock of sympathy and indignation.” If the United States had done its duty in Mexico and regarding the world war, the nation would now be in a place to assist the Armenians. As long as the country follows pacifist principles it will be an ineffective advocate for “international righteousness.” All of the recent “terrible inequities” can be traced to the invasion and subjugation of Belgium and the failure of neutrals to protest. However, the “crowning outrage” has been the Turkish treatment of Armenians and it is dreadful that the United States remains neutral. The United States must prepare to defend itself or it cannot perform any international duty. Wrongdoing can only be stopped by the brave and the just.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt expresses horror at atrocities committed against Armenian citizens and wishes there were some way he could be of use. His published writings reflect how he thinks the nation should have acted regarding Belgium, and therefore also regarding Armenia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, that he is mistaken in believing that the American public will acknowledge Roosevelt as a leader again. Roosevelt does, however, believe that what he has said will influence public opinion and they will see that his position was right. Roosevelt sends two of his articles about the Lusitania disaster to Strachey, which were and are still not popular. Roosevelt sends his regards to Strachey’s daughter and wife and is glad their house has become an emergency hospital. Roosevelt will write James Bryce expressing his approval of Bryce’s report on German atrocities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt believes that it is up to the British government to officially investigate atrocities such as the ones C. W. Jones mentions to Roosevelt. Either there should be no talk of the atrocities or they should be officially investigated. These are the only two routes of action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-28
President Roosevelt is unaware of the Armenian matter of which Julia Ward Howe speaks. Roosevelt has heard of recent Bulgarian atrocities and of the seizure of Armenian church property in Russia, but nothing else regarding the treatment of the Armenians. Roosevelt asks Howe for more information.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-13
The British journalist John St. Loe Strachey writes to Roosevelt on behalf of Edmund D. Morel, secretary of the Congo Reform Association, who would like to meet with Roosevelt in late September in order to discuss atrocities committed against the people of the Congo. Strachey adds that he feels certain of a victory for Roosevelt in the upcoming election and mentions that he has heard good news concerning Cecil Spring Rice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-03
The two-sided handbill features a reprint from the Boston Evening Transcript. The first side includes text referencing the United States’ neutrality in the “European War” and calling attention to an “editorial which appeared in the Providence Journal, soon after the start of the European War, and which was reprinted by the Boston Transcript, as shown on the following page.” On the reverse side, the cartoon entitled “Convicted!” shows a small girl, labeled “Belgium,” pointing at an over-sized German soldier. Below the cartoon is an editorial condemning German atrocities in Belgium.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1914-10-16
John Bull sits on a rock facing a dilemma. Across a narrow body of water is a man holding a sword labeled “Kurd Atrocities” and a handgun, about to strike a kneeling woman labeled “Armenia.” John Bull has a bag hanging from his shoulder labeled “Turkish Revenues” containing “Turkish Bonds” and “Turkish Loans,” and in his pocket is a paper labeled “Suez Canal Stock.” At his feet is a cashbox labeled “£.s.d. He is worried that if he interferes with Turkish affairs, it might jeopardize their financial relations. Caption: “It’s ‘ard to ‘ave to disturb ‘im – ‘e’s such a good customer!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-01-16
Archibald McNichol Stevenson is concerned that the Republican Party is losing ground due to legislative failures and press coverage of atrocities in the Philippines. He wants the press to also cover the cruelties perpetuated on American soldiers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-04
Newspaper article supporting the Roosevelt administration’s actions regarding “charges of inhuman conduct” in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-16
President Schurman of Cornell University has been nominated by an unnamed volunteer agency to investigate military operations in the Philippines and reports of atrocities against the Filipinos. Schurman declines due to his duties as president of Cornell University, which are especially heavy during the spring, and because he believes the government is investigating adequately on its own. He argues that there is no additional information that an independent commission could uncover in light of all of the outcry in the nation over the situation in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-03
President Schurman of Cornell encloses a letter he wrote to Carl Schurz declining an appointment to a committee to investigate alleged atrocities in the Philippines. Schurman believes that with President Roosevelt in control the investigation will receive appropriate treatment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-06
Newspaper article on the reaction to atrocities in the Philippines being carried out by American soldiers. The article questions whether a military inquiry will suffice and suggests that Secretary of War Elihu Root may need to resign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-16
Political cartoon of General Valeria` Weyler, the notorious governor of Spanish Cuba, observing ruins in Samar as a result of the Philippine American War. Weyler states that he was removed from his position in Cuba for less.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-28