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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hugo Munsterberg

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hugo Munsterberg

Theodore Roosevelt has been told that President Wilson and William F. McCombs contacted Hugo Munsterberg regarding the hostility of German Americans towards the Wilson administration. The information came to Roosevelt from an outside source and he assures Munsterberg that he did not leak the information about Wilson’s communication. Roosevelt would like Edmund von Mach to know that he appreciated von Mach’s account of the significance of Kiao Chou (Jiaozhou) and he finds the threat to the “extension of civilization” to be a dreadful part of the war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt responds to a request from Senator Lodge that he comment on an article about Egypt written by Charles Francis Adams. Roosevelt observes that Adams was apparently not aware of many of the issues related to holding colonies before traveling to Egypt. Comparing the British occupation and control of Egypt and India with the relationship of the United States to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and particularly the Philippines, Roosevelt asserts that the goal of the United States must be to administer the islands for the good of the natives with an eye towards eventual self-government (whereas this has not always seemed to be the goal of the British). Roosevelt also quotes a letter from General Leonard Wood regarding the condition of British colonies and the topic of Chinese labor. Roosevelt believes that the United States has acted much more benevolently towards its island holdings than the British have towards their colonies, and praises the efforts that the United States has made in reducing corruption and increasing the effectiveness of the governments of these dependencies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919