Diplomacy--Public opinion

President Roosevelt confides to Sir George Otto Trevelyan the contents of several letters and reports regarding the diplomatic aftermath of the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica. Trouble has arisen after Governor of Jamaica James Alexander Swettenham asked Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis to remove the marines he had ordered to assist with the relief effort. Roosevelt compares Swettenham to American diplomates Herbert Wolcott Bowen, B. Storer, and Maria Longworth Storer who had caused him trouble in the past.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-04

In an e-mail interview with Gregory A. Wynn of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, John M. Thompson, author of Great Power Rising: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy, discusses his personal background, his decision to write about Theodore Roosevelt, and the sources he used in completing his study. Thompson also details Roosevelt’s careful cultivation of the press, especially newspaper reporters, and he asserts that Roosevelt mastered the process of cultivating support for his foreign policy in the domestic arena. Thompson also notes Roosevelt’s efforts to win the support of German-Americans, and he offers his opinions about the shortcomings in Roosevelt’s record as a diplomat.

A photograph of Thompson and the front cover illustration of Great Power Rising supplement the text of the interview.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Thomas St. John Gaffney, recently returned from England, writes to William Loeb to express his support for President Roosevelt’s handling of the “Lipton matter” and his frustration of the efforts made to appease Sir Thomas Lipton’s supposedly slighted honor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14