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Theodore Roosevelt refers Mr. Thomas and the high school boys to his book, America and the World War. However, he believes the suggested debate topic related to Asian immigration and disarmament is outrageous and nonsensical. Roosevelt suggests an alternative topic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-12
President Roosevelt stands by his decision to expand the Navy despite earlier statements that he would not do so. Roosevelt tells Andrew Carnegie that while confidentiality prohibits him from revealing all of the reasons for his decision, rising global tensions and the failure of the Second International Peace Conference at The Hague to establish a way to enforce disarmament provide ample reason for him to want to improve the United States’ own Navy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-19
Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt on a number of matters concerning the American occupation of Cuba, the establishment of the Cuban provisional government, and disarmament of the insurgents. Taft reports that disarmament is going smoothly, and that in “four or five days,” the insurgents will have complied with the orders. The United States have created a provisional government. Taft believes that Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma is a good man and one of “two or three men in politics in Cuba who is absolutely honest,” but notes that Estrada Palma is not politically talented. Taft also addresses problems that American liberals and moderates have with the compromise that has been set up in Cuba, and offers justifications against a government investigation. Taft notes that it will not be possible to hold a free and fair election until June. He is frustrated that the Associated Press quoted him regarding matters in Cuba without his permission. Taft encloses a speech he gave at the university that offers justification for the Americans’ presence in Cuba. Taft also offers justifications for American intervention in Cuba and discusses the merits of maintaining a provisional government via the Platt Amendment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-03
German Chancellor Fürst von Bülow has declared that Germany will not participate in the disarmament discussion at the Hague peace conference. This pleases all of the German factions, other than the Social Democrats.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-01