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Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt an editorial from the London Times in reference to Roosevelt’s letter to the peace meeting and the British criticisms of Andrew Carnegie. He also sends a clipping by the American correspondent of the London Standard regarding Edward Henry Harriman and the “moneyed combination against you.”
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1907-04-19
Cecil Spring Rice tells President Roosevelt that he has a friend, Valentine Chirol, who is currently en route to the United States, and asks if Roosevelt would be willing to speak with him. Spring Rice vouches for Chirol, and mentions the work he did in England during the Spanish-American war advocating for the United States, as well as his subsequent activities of traveling and writing.
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1904-11-09
The article discusses why the English press favors the Democratic ticket. Other topics discussed on this page include “Navy Plank Struck Out,” “‘Artful’ Judge Parker,” “Judge Parker Against Palmer and Buckner,” “Democratic Lightning Change Artists,” “The Irish World on Protection,” and “Chairman Cortelyou’s Alleged Prophecy.”
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1904-08-11
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs H. T. Cozens-Hardy that Roosevelt is unable to send a message to the British newspaper. It would cause trouble and Roosevelt has no desire to comment on the topics provided.
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1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Arthur Hamilton Lee explaining his stance on friendly relations between the United States, Canada, and England. Roosevelt emphasizes the differences between his opinion and that of President Taft on the subject. Roosevelt gives Lee permission to share the letter with private individuals.
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1912-05-14
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the newspaper clippings, and thinks Secretary of War William H. Taft has done well. Roosevelt tells Reid about his bear hunt, and says he is surprised that his speeches were covered by the British press.
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1907-10-23
President Roosevelt will read the article that Robert P. Porter of The Times sent with interest as it seems like the kind that has not appeared in an English newspaper for a long time. He will be going to Mississippi in October.
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1907-04-22
A. T. Mahan thinks that the enclosed article from the January 21 edition of the London Times will interest President Roosevelt, as it offers satisfying proof that “truth sometimes catches up with falsehood.”
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1909-02-01
Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt about the recent turmoil in Great Britain surrounding an exchange of letters between Edward Marjoribanks, Baron Tweedmouth, and Emperor William II of Germany. The Emperor wrote privately to Lord Tweedmouth, and in passing mentioned the British Navy. News of this mention spread to the press, who seized upon news of the letter to blow the incident out of proportion and make it seem as if Germany were trying to influence British naval policy. Reid sends a selection of newspaper clippings following the development of the issue in the press. Additionally, Reid reports that Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s condition is not improving, and it appears that H. H. Asquith will be his successor as Prime Minister.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-10
Ambassador Reid encloses some news clippings he thought might be of interest to President Roosevelt. Reid is happy to have avoided the recent International Peace Conference at the Hague, which he sees as largely ineffectual for the United States, but perhaps less so for England or Germany.
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1907-10-21
James Roosevelt Roosevelt sends President Roosevelt an article from the London Times about American relations with Venezuela, which he finds interesting because it is slightly sarcastic towards the United States. James hopes the Korean Mission to the peace conference at The Hague will not go to the United States, as newspaper coverage of such a visit would antagonize Japan.
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1907-07-18
Ambassador O’Brien informs Secretary of State Root that the early change to the British Ambassador in Washington has stirred much conversation in the British press and among its officials. An editorial in the London Telegraph stated that whomever succeeded H. Mortimer Durand would have to be “as popular and effective as” German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand. The Foreign Office thinks the new appointee should come from outside present diplomatic service members but O’Brien supposes it will be someone from within the current service and describes Sir Alan Johnstone’s qualifications. Johnstone was British Ambassador to Denmark.
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1906-11-27
Andrew Carnegie sends President Roosevelt newspaper clippings from the London Times discussing Roosevelt’s step toward reforming the English language. Professor Walter W. Skeat and the other British philologists approve and welcome Roosevelt’s actions. Carnegie is working with Skeat to create a joint committee to work on the language reforms and would like Roosevelt’s approval “so that the whole English-speaking race should march forward in unison.”
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1906-09-10
Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt clippings from British newspapers that he thinks will interest him, and he informs Roosevelt of the help he has recently given to Francis Cockrell’s son after he was involved in a car accident in Switzerland.
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1906-08-23
John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for the compliments on his newspaper and states he understands why Roosevelt refrained from sending material to be published. Strachey is glad Roosevelt has the same views on military readiness. Strachey would like to visit Roosevelt next year and is glad Lord Grey will be staying with Roosevelt.
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1906-04-03
Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Spectator about the Algeciras Conference. Reid also discusses members of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
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1906-04-02
Albert Shaw informs William Loeb that London Daily Chronicle editor Robert Donald will be visiting the United States and would like to meet with President Roosevelt. Shaw assures Loeb that Donald will not write about the visit and asks if Roosevelt will agree to a meeting.
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1904-09-19
James Bryce and his wife, Elizabeth Marion Ashton Bryce, are happy to accept President Roosevelt’s invitation. They plan to visit America in September. Bryce discusses the portrayal of America in the English news and contraband of war.
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1904-08-19
The Times provides excerpts from several German newspapers about the furor surrounding a letter that German Emperor William II wrote to Lord Tweedmouth about the British Navy. The German papers place the blame, not on the letter, but on The Times for driving a hysterical response to the letter, and while the British Parliament has left the issue behind, the British press and public is still focusing on it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-11
Austrians believe that Parliament handled the recent letter between German Emperor William II and Lord Tweedmouth with “reserve and dignity.” The argument that the letter was essentially the same as a verbal discussion is not, however, accepted, as such an in-person meeting would be highly unlikely to happen under the circumstances that the letter was written. Many newspapers in Austria hold different opinions on the way The Times reported on the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-10