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Hermann Speck von Sternburg recounts a meeting between Sternburg and Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini regarding the situation in the Far East. Sternburg discusses a lost opportunity at Liao Yang that could have brought the war to an end.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-20
John Callan O’Laughlin met with President Roosevelt and discussed potential outcomes of the Japanese and Russian conflict. If Vice Admiral Rojestvenksy’s fleet is believed to be strong by the government, then Roosevelt has no concern. However, if the fleet is weak, Roosevelt advises considering the effect upon Vladivostock. Count Cassini indicated he would bring Roosevelt’s views to the Russians.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-09
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee advises President Roosevelt to consent to the Russian war ship Lena‘s request to dock for repairs in San Francisco provided the Russians agree to disarmament of the ship, docking in San Francisco until the conclusion of the conflict, US custody of the ship while in the harbor, and Russian responsibility for the costs of repairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that the captain of the disabled Russian cruiser Lena has withdrawn his intimation of willingness to disarm the cruiser for repairs, pending conversation with Russian ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini. Complete repairs to the ship’s boilers would take an estimated eight months, and the captain has suggested that he is willing to disarm the vessel and remain in port for the duration of the war. If this is done, Adee asks what the United States should do with the crewmembers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-14
President Roosevelt informs Senator Lodge that he has been asked by the governments of Japan and Russia to initiate a peace process between the two warring nations. Roosevelt says he has a low opinion of the Russians, and he says that the United States will have nothing to fear from Japan as long the United States Navy is kept at the ready.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1905-06-05
A compilation of letters between Russian Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini, Secretary of State John Hay, and Chinese Ambassador Cheng Liang discussing China’s violation of neutrality.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-23
Acting Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee submits a telegram to Russian Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini for President Roosevelt to approve. It will be sent to Bar Harbor, Maine, from the State Department if it is approved. A handwritten note says that the telegram was approved by telephone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-14
Acting Secretary of State Adee includes a draft of a telegram to Russian embassy secretary Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini regarding the Russian cruiser Lena, which is stranded in San Francisco. The telegram states that President Roosevelt has only authorized the minimal repairs necessary for the ship to be seaworthy enough to make it to the nearest home port.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-14
Acting Secretary of State Adee assures President Roosevelt that all three departments in San Francisco are acting in accord regarding the Russian cruiser Lena. He believes that the Russians will disarm the ship as repairs are made if they are asked. Adee includes the text of messages between himself and the Russian Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini regarding the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-13
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a translated note from Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini where he complains of arrangements at a White House reception.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-19
President Roosevelt acknowledges Japan’s “overwhelming triumph” and hopes that Russia will concede to defeat in order to avoid further conflict.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-06-19
Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines the events, decisions, and actions that brought about the Treaty of Portsmouth and ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. Bishop primarily focuses on Roosevelt’s work to bring about peace; work that earned Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.
1919-09
President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Adee that he has received his telegram and two from Mr. Murray. Roosevelt does not understand whether the captain of the Russian ship Lena has expressed the desire for complete repairs, accepting that would require disarmament. If the captain agreed, Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich is to oversee the disarmament. If the captain has not agreed, Adee is to obtain a statement from the Russian Ambassador to the United States Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini as to the captain’s intentions. If the Russians do not act, the United States will make a formal examination on its own, and if the repairs are extensive, insist on immediate disarmament.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-13
In order to check Russia’s aggressive diplomatic policy against the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, the writer argues, one nation or a combination of nations must call its bluff. The article suggests the United States may be in the best position to check Russia’s actions, and that the initiative rests more with it than with either Japan or Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-04
President Roosevelt was informed by Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis that Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini did not officially state that the Russian Government would not receive the petition, although he did express that the Russian Government was opposed to the idea of the petition. This refers to the Kishinev petition that protested the slaughter of Russian Jews in Kishinev.
1903-07-15
While the Russian Ambassador Arturo Cassini did not officially say that the Russian government would not accept the United States’ petition concerning persecution of Russian Jews, the statement given to papers indicating that it was rejected is official.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-14
Acting Secretary of State Loomis tells President Roosevelt that the Associated Press will release a statement made by the Russian Government that it has never offered an explanation to the American Government about the “Kischnieff incident”.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-01
Secretary of State Hay has retreated to a cabin until July 6. He reports on a meeting with Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini regarding Manchuria.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-30
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis sends William Loeb a copy of a newspaper article about the Russian attitude towards assistance for the Jews in the Kishinev region to be forwarded to President Roosevelt. Loomis also writes that he sent, as requested, telegrams to the two Oregon Senators on the Argentine Mission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-12
Count Cassini is traveling to Europe and presented his secretary who will be acting on his behalf. Cassini noted that his statement regarding the Kishinev massacre was called by a St. Petersburg newspaper an abject official apology. He offered no explanation why Russia refused to recognize any representatives from other powers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-02