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Theodore Roosevelt thanks John Campbell Greenway for the telegram. He is distressed at the events on the Mexican-American border that resulted in the death of Americans. Roosevelt would have handled the incident much more aggressively.
1911-05-12
President Roosevelt is pleased with the arbitration of the Alaska boundary dispute. The Canadians are complaining that they should have had treaty making powers but Roosevelt believes that if they did then Canada would have received even less.
1903-10-24
Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines the events, decisions, and actions that brought about the Treaty of Portsmouth and ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. Bishop primarily focuses on Roosevelt’s work to bring about peace; work that earned Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.
1919-09
Gifford Pinchot offers his opinions on the 1918 midterm elections, which are happening at the same time as negotiations to end World War I. President Wilson described the elections as a referendum on his leadership, and hopes that the American public will return a Democratic majority in both houses. Pinchot believes that Americans are calling for Germany’s unconditional surrender, not the “peace without victory” being pursued by Wilson, so he hopes that a Republican Congress will be elected and that the country will “stop talking peace and get on with war.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-25
Gifford Pinchot drafts notes on President Wilson’s appeal for the return of a Democratic Congress in the 1918 midterm elections. Pinchot believes that Wilson’s interference is threatening the core principles of democratic government. He also notes that the Republicans have been leading, not following the administration’s war efforts, and that by returning a Republican Congress the American people would be showing their determination to fight through to “complete victory.”
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1918-10-25
Expressing concern about the trouble that maintaining loyalty to ancestral homelands brings, Theodore Roosevelt responds to Bernard H. Ridder agreeing with his stance that American citizens with German origins should not be held responsible for matters of the German state, like the Rohrbach matter. Roosevelt is also open to accepting and adopting Ritter’s position that the United States failed to do its duty and become the peacemaker in matters with Germany.
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1916-04-22
President Roosevelt provides Ambassador Meyer with a statement for the Russian government encouraging them to accept a meeting to discuss terms of peace with Japan.
1905-06-05
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee reports that he has had a visit from the Japanese minister who left him copies of two telegrams from the Japanese foreign office concerning Russia’s violation of China’s neutrality and Japan’s threat to take matters into its own hands. Adee encloses these two telegrams along with a copy of the memorandum of the interview that took place between himself and the Japanese minister.
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1904-08-26
Commissioner Roosevelt appreciates Captain Cowles’s letter to Ted Roosevelt and has been enjoying the Hakluyt volumes. He is interested in the Venezuelan crisis and does not want the government to back down. If there is a war with Great Britain, Roosevelt intends to take part.
1895-12-22
President Roosevelt encourages Minister William Woodville Rockhill to influence his contacts in the Chinese administration to address their handling of the boycott and the Canton-Hankow Railroad concession if they want to gain favor with the U.S. Congress.
1905-08-22
Alvey A. Adee writes to William Loeb concerning Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick’s instruction that protested the decision of the Russian court about the USS Arabia. Instructions were sent to embassies in Europe and Japan.
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1904-09-02
Secretary of State Hay reports that the State Department is waiting on a report from the United States Ambassador in Brazil to discover why Brazil is opposing the Conway-Whitridge concession. Hay is waiting on the Ambassador’s reply before taking further action.
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1902-07-05
Secretary of State Hay responds to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Choate, explaining that the U.S. proposal does not define neutral limits but rather aims to secure the smallest possible hostile area and the largest possible neutral area. Hay says that Germany has adhered.
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1904-02-10
Secretary of State Hay forwards to President Roosevelt a rough draft of a proclamation of neutrality following the precedent set during the Franco-Prussian War. Hay suggests Roosevelt will likely want feedback from Secretary of War William H. Taft or Attorney General Philander C. Knox before it is approved.
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1904-02-10
Series of telegrams concerning the Panamanian revolution and negotiations with the United States that will save the “honor and interests of Colombia.”
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1904-02-10
General Reyes transmits the Colombian government’s report concerning American policy towards Colombia and the revolution in Panama. He lists the treaties and instances where the United States has shown a disregard for Colombia’s territorial rights and has taken advantage of their weakened state.
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1904-01-06
Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that he visited Wayne MacVeagh. MacVeagh had spoken with General Rafael Reyes of Colombia and was in receipt of a new draft memo detailing terms for a treaty and asking the United States to work to reunite Panama and Colombia. Overall, Lodge thinks that the memo offered a reasonable basis for negotiation, and while it may not lead to anything it may be worth following up on to show that the United States has made an effort. Lodge also suggests a future meeting between Secretary of State John Hay and Reyes.
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1903-12-20
Archbishop John Ireland congratulates President Roosevelt about the success of the negotiations with the Vatican over the purchase of the Friar’s land in the Philippines. Ireland provides evaluations of several politicians both in Minnesota and at the national level.
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1903-12-23
On behalf of Colombia, General Ortiz protests against the presence of American warships in Colombian waters. Ortiz is unaware of a declaration of war and General Reyes is currently in Washington, D.C., attempting to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the difficulties with Panama. Ortiz compares the Colombian situation to the American Civil War and believes that “right and justice” are on the Colombian side.
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1903-12-15
Secretary of State Hay sends President Roosevelt a typed extract from a letter written by First Secretary of the London Embassy, Henry White. Hay also sends comments made by Joseph Hodges Choate regarding negotiations to reconcile the Alaskan border dispute between Canada, the United States, and Russia. Choate and White praise work done by United States Commissioners Henry Cabot Lodge, George Turner, and Elihu Root, and the conduct of Lord Alverstone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-29