Diplomatics

United States Ambassador Reid believes that American yellow journalism, buoyed by free and instantaneous communication, has influenced foreign editorials of American affairs, especially those of the English. He has enclosed a few editorials and cartoons both “unfriendly” and friendly that President Roosevelt might find interesting. Reid describes a situation resulting in the “droll embarrassment of our German friends” involving a candid interview with German Emperor William II published in the Daily Dispatch. The authenticity of the interview was questioned, with the Dispatch insisting on the legitimacy. The matter required Councillor of the German Embassy Ferdinand Carl von Stumm to leave the hunting trip he was on with Reid to manage the ensuing “mess.” Reid thinks von Stumm will be blamed for incident. He concludes by describing how British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey is being criticized in the papers for making a “one-sided bargain” that benefits the United States over England in the art commercial market.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-07