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Germany and the United States are interested in peace between Japan and Russia, but Czar Nicholas II is unwilling to accept current conditions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-25
George von Lengerke Meyer discussed peace settlements with Czar Nicholas II. Nicholas would rather continue fighting until a permanent peace can be agreed upon than accept an unpleasant settlement. William II encourages peace. Meyer encloses several examples of Russian sentiment from newspapers.
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1905-08-25
President Roosevelt directs Herbert H. D. Peirce to communicate with Sergei Witte to determine whether A. Maurice Low’s statement was made with authority. If Witte authorizes the statement, then Roosevelt will communicate with Jutarō Komura to try to negotiate a limit to the indemnity that Russia will be made to pay.
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1905-08-25
Czar Nicholas II has received President Roosevelt’s messages. Nicholas declared that Japan cannot change the agreed upon demands.
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1905-08-26
The Chinese boycott is subsiding, but anti-foreign feelings are still rampant and potentially damaging.
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1905-08-21
Walter Wellman compliments President Roosevelt’s ability to establish peace between Russia and Japan, and offers his assistance in any possible way. Wellman encloses a suggestion for a working peace agreement.
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1905-08-21
Baron Kaneko has been notified that peace talks have adjourned for the day.
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1905-08-22
Rudolph Forster forwards a telegram from Ambassador Meyer stating that Czar Nicholas II is away for the day, and will meet with V. N. Lamzdorf upon return. Lamzdorf will then inform Meyer when he can meet with the czar.
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1905-08-22
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward called President Roosevelt’s secretary to seek some advice and considers sending a message to the Portsmouth peace talks on behalf of women.
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1905-08-22
Count Witte has forwarded President Roosevelt’s telegram to Czar Nicholas II. Japan’s peace offering is still being discussed, but will likely be rejected. Witte believes that Japan only wants peace at a great financial payment at the expense of bloodshed.
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1905-08-22
Ambassador Meyer reports that he has a meeting at Peterhof Palace that afternoon after the Russian maneuvers.
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1905-08-23
George von Lengerke Meyer met with Czar Nicholas II, who refuses to pay any indemnities to Japan.
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1905-08-23
Telegram and confirmation copy to say that George von Lengerke Meyer met with Czar Nicholas II to discuss Russo-Japanese peace settlements. Russia will not pay indemnities, but agrees with the points determined at the peace conference.
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1905-08-23
John Callan O’Laughlin reports to President Roosevelt from the Portsmouth Peace Conference seeking to end the Russo-Japanese War. O’Laughlin says that Sergei Witte claims he is no longer Russia’s plenipotentiary in the negotiations, and that the leadership in St. Petersburg, Russia, is unlikely to pay anything resembling indemnities to Japan. O’Laughlin also states that Japan’s emissary Baron Kogoro Takahira says the situation is hopeless, but O’Laughlin believes this is posturing to show the Russians that Japan is not going to make any more concessions.
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1905-08-23
Emperor Wilhelm II requests President Roosevelt to influence peace between Russia and Japan. Wilhelm believes that any other outside influence would be detrimental.
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1905-08-17
Whitelaw Reid spoke to Francis Hyde Villiers about Japanese matters, and Villiers did not believe the Japanese would send a fleet to the Baltic as rumored. Peace still seems very distant, but Villiers believes the Russians might be driven to pay war reparations if Japan entered Russian lands.
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1905-08-17
William Woodville Rockhill has made clear his objections to the Chinese course of action. Cheng Liang has represented Chinese opinion to the United States government. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasizes the importance of a speedy decision.
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1905-08-17
Ambassador Meyer informs Assistant Secretary of State Adee that Czar Nicholas II will not accept Japan’s current demands for peace.
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1905-08-18
Confirmation of two telegrams from George von Lengerke Meyer to Alvey A. Adee, discussing Czar Nicholas II’s unwillingness to accept Japan’s current demands for peace.
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1905-08-18
If peace talks in the United States fail, both France and England are prepared to offer their services to end the Russo-Japanese conflict.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-18