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Rudolph Forster writes to William Loeb regarding the plenipotentiary nominations, the plenipotentiary meeting time and location, and the plans for peace. Forster requests information from Loeb concerning Japan’s plans for an armistice.
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1905-07-01
George von Lengerke Meyer writes to Secretary of State Hay about a letter Meyer received from Russian Foreign Minister V. N. Lamzdorf. In the letter, Lamzdorf points out that the Imperial Government would like President Roosevelt to find out Japan’s viewpoint on an armistice and Japan’s plans for appointing plenipotentiaries. Meyer goes on to express his idea that both Japan and Russia should give their plenipotentiary nominations to Roosevelt, who will then share the nominations with each country’s ambassadors.
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1905-06-23
Secretary of State Hay is sending President Roosevelt a letter from the Japanese Ambassador.
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1904-12-21
Secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., Eki Hioki, writes Secretary of State Hay that the gift and accompanying letter to Prince Fushimi have been sent to Japan.
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1904-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt will write to Governor Johnson again regarding proposed legislation that has an interest for the Japanese. Roosevelt criticizes President Wilson and his administration’s management of international affairs.
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1914-11-30
President Roosevelt enjoyed the recent visit from Baron Kaneko and Ambassador Kogoro Takahira and thanks Kaneko for the two books he sent. Roosevelt was pleased to learn that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Kaneko are well acquainted.
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1904-03-31
Kogoro Takahira informs Theodore Roosevelt of Jutarō Komura’s death on November 26 in Japan. Following Komura’s involvement with the Treaty of Portsmouth, he was initially unpopular in Japan. However, the people gradually recognized that the Treaty was the only possible solution to prevent further bloodshed, and they greatly regret Komura’s death. Takahira comments on China’s “most terrible condition.” He sends Roosevelt and his family best wishes for the season.
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1911-12-05
Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, has been instructed to inform Secretary of State Root that the Japanese government would like to welcome the United States battleship fleet to Japan if it sails from San Francisco to the Philippines. The government believes the show of friendship and goodwill would solidify good relations between the United States and Japan.
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1908-03-18
Secretary of State Root has enclosed a sealed letter for President Roosevelt from the Japanese Ambassador in Rome, Baron Kogoro Takahira.
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1907-12-04
Kazuo Matsubara, a Japanese consul, asks the San Francisco Board of Police Commissioners why two men, Oda and Furuya, were not granted Intelligence Office licenses by this board. In an earlier letter, the Board of Police Commissioners stated that Oda and Furuya did not appear before the Board to receive these licenses. However, Matsubara believes that the true reason might be that they were not born in the United States.
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1907-05-17
Jutarō Komura regrets he has to take a different route due to his health. He sends his well wishes to President Roosevelt.
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1906-08-02
Minister of Foreign Affairs Komura tells Japanese Ambassador Takahira that the German government has contacted Komura denying rumors that the government is collaborating with the leaders of Russia and France “to bring about peace favorable to Russia.”
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1905-02-11
Although he believes the rate bill will pass as it is, President Roosevelt believes he will be stuck in town because of an upcoming situation with the Panama Canal. He discusses the political sensitivity around hosting the Indian prince and princess, and provides an update on the outdoor activities of Archibald Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt.
1906-05-20