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Asahi Ikeda tells Theodore Roosevelt he misses Roosevelt a great deal. After leaving America Ikeda traveled the world and returned home where he changed his name to Ikeda and began working for a successful Japanese company. Ikeda asks for a picture of Roosevelt to hang in his room.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
This article discusses relations between Great Britain and France, as well as the deployment of troops. Because of reports that the French Government has received concerning the Chinese territory along the Tonquin boarder, the number of European troops in Indo-China will be raised to 30,000. The article also notes that there are “vague reports that negotiations are in progress between Great Britain and other European Powers touching the future status of the valley of the Yangtse-kiang, looking to British predominance in the provinces boarding that stream.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-09
James Bronson Reynolds reports of his travels in the Philippines, where he believes Filipinos have just complaints regarding liberty, with the powerful taking the spoils. Reynolds also spent time in China and believes there is great opportunity for trade in China, especially in cotton. He applauds setting up a commission or investigator there. Reynolds also writes of Chinese students in Tokyo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-07
Report with the name, date of launch, type, and displacement of the warships in the German Asiatic squadron. Most of the ships also have the date of their last sighting in the remarks column.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14
Hermann Speck von Sternburg writes from Simla in British India. Under Viceroy Curzon, India has had a prosperous year. Sternburg finds Curzon to be extravagant, but he is also an effective leader and is making a great deal of progress in India. Afghanistan is calm under Amir Habibullah Khan but Russian and French ambitions in India remain suspect. Discussions of China and trade and commerce also receive mention in this letter. Sternburg believes that India could become a strong industrial power, as it has iron ore and coal reserves, but no means to transport it. He discusses several different railroad projects in this very long letter, which also states his happiness that Ted Roosevelt’s health is improving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-18