Davidson, James Wheeler, 1872-1933 Archives

Memorandum from William Woodville Rockhill to Francis B. Loomis

Ambassador Rockhill updates Acting Secretary of State Loomis regarding the rumored boycotts of American goods in China. The boycotts of American goods are a result of the unfair and restrictive immigrant laws the United States imposed on China. Rockhill encloses four attachments regarding communications with Prince Ching Yikuang, Chinese newspapers on the topic, police orders to stop congregations, and background information on the failed negotiations with the Chinese on immigration restrictions to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-06

Creator(s)

Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914

Letter from Richard Harding Davis to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Harding Davis and his wife Cecil Clark Davis are settled in Tokyo like it is home. Davis’ contract with Collier’s Weekly was only for three months, but he does not want to return home without seeing the front lines of the Russo-Japanese War. Davis complains that the newspaper correspondents have been treated poorly by the Japanese authorities who have restricted their access to the front, read their private correspondence and had them spied upon. As an example of the unfair treatment they have been subjected to, Davis recounts the story of Jack London who has been arrested and tried by court martial after getting into a physical altercation with a servant who was caught stealing correspondents’ supplies. Davis knows that President Roosevelt likes to hear of United States representatives abroad, and praises the work of LLoyd Carpenter Griscom, Charles Carlton Marsh, and James Wheeler Davidson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-26

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916