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Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt

George von Lengerke Meyer writes to President Roosevelt about troubles in Russia, including the mutiny of the battleship Potemkin and marines in Libau who rebelled. Meyer notes that as soon as Czar Nicholas II of Russia makes a move in the right direction he is countered with obstacles in the press or in bureaucracy. He is “surrounded by men who are not in sympathy with needed reform.” Meyer feels education, freedom of the press, and a representative government will raise standards for citizenship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-01

Letter from James Brown Scott to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James Brown Scott to Theodore Roosevelt

James Brown Scott acquired a copy of Ordeal by Battle by Frederick Scott Oliver at the recommendation of Theodore Roosevelt. He lays out the case for intervention on the part of the United States in World War I, citing international law established at the Hague Peace Conferences, Germany’s violation of Belgian neutrality, and the history of similar cases such as the 1861 Trent Affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-27

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Francis B. Loomis

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Francis B. Loomis

On Tuesday, June 27, the crew of the battleship Potemkin refused to eat the food from Odessa due to the meat being of bad quality. The Commander ordered the crew on deck and the First Officer asked those not involved in the protest to stand to one side. The mutineers seized guns and ammunition. An order by the First Officer to fire was not obeyed so he took a gun from one of the sailors and shot one of the mutineers, mortally wounding him. The mutineers hunted down and killed the officers on the ship. Potemkin is roaming the Black Sea and is being controlled by a revolutionary committee of twenty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-06