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Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Theodore Roosevelt

Cecil Spring Rice sends best wishes for the new year. His letter varies in tone from reflective to humorous. After joking about President Roosevelt’s famous line about a big stick, Spring Rice discusses the determination of the Japanese and the Russian soldiers fighting in Manchuria. The British and the American embassies in St. Petersburg are scenes of intrigue as Russian agents try to steal diplomatic secrets.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-06

Creator(s)

Spring Rice, Cecil, Sir, 1859-1918

Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Theodore Roosevelt

Cecil Spring Rice congratulates President Roosevelt on the election results. There is tension in Russia. He writes about the North Sea Incident (also known as the Dogger Bank Incident). He was disappointed by Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour’s speech. Having agreed to an international commission to review the actions of the Russian navy and the British fishing boats, Balfour should not have declared that the Russians were guilty. Until the British made naval preparations, the Russians were refusing to investigate. Diplomatic requests are not recognized by the Russians unless backed by force, according to Spring Rice. Spring Rice notes that Germany’s embassy is busy visiting and bringing messages to the Russian government. Germany is aiding Russia in the Far East so as to get leverage in Europe. Spring Rice believes the goal is to bring England into war with Russia. Spring Rice does not believe Robert Sanderson McCormick, the American ambassador, is suited to work in Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11

Creator(s)

Spring Rice, Cecil, Sir, 1859-1918

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt informs President-Elect Taft that he will see Austrian Ambassador Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár at once to clear up the issue. Some newspapers had reported that Taft and his wife, Helen Herron Taft, had sent a message to a Serbian women’s association, and while it did not seem serious apparently invited anxiety in Austria-Hungary. Roosevelt teases Taft that while he is making up his cabinet, Roosevelt spent the morning testing the rifles for his African safari, and says that “life has compensations!” In a handwritten note at the end, Roosevelt comments on Spencer F. Eddy, who is currently envoy to Romania.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that he does not believe the child labor bill Beveridge proposes has the support of organized labor, as Beveridge claimed. When Roosevelt spoke with labor leaders, the most anyone would say was that they supported the idea behind the bill, but did not seem to think it would be effective. Roosevelt was glad to find a position for Spencer F. Eddy in Argentina.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that there seems to be a general sentiment against Beveridge’s child labor law. Roosevelt also comments on the possibility of finding a position for Spencer F. Eddy. The latter will depend on whether there are other people in the service who deserve it more. If Roosevelt does find a place for Eddy, it will likely be in South America.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John J. Keane

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John J. Keane

President Roosevelt tells Archbishop John J. Keane that, as far as he knows, there are no current plans of removing Spencer F. Eddy from the diplomatic service, or of promoting John W. Garrett. He has heard good things about Nelson O’Shaughnessy, and if Garrett gets transferred believes O’Shaughnessy could be promoted into his place, but does not know enough about the issue to speak positively on it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin Ide Wheeler, returning from a meeting of the Association of State University Presidents, discusses his support for a national public university with President Roosevelt. Wheeler also relays the popularly held belief among “capitalists” in New York that restoring trust in the economy is key to recovering from the current economic crisis and suggests that with Spencer F. Eddy’s promotion to Ambassador to Argentina, John W. Garrett should take over his former position as First Secretary in Berlin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-24

Creator(s)

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Beveridge hopes that when President Roosevelt names David Jayne Hill as Ambassador to Germany he will assign Henry Lane Wilson to fill Hill’s vacated position as Ambassador to the Netherlands and name Beveridge’s brother-in-law Spencer F. Eddy as Ambassador to Belgium. Beveridge assures Roosevelt that he will approve of Eddy’s work. Beveridge also notes that Eddy’s mother is in poor health and would likely be heartened by the news of such an appointment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee acknowledges receipt of William Loeb’s letter asking about embassy personnel transfers. He notes that H. Percival Dodge, the Secretary of the Berlin Embassy, will be moved to the Tokyo Embassy. He speculates that Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of State, will transfer St. Petersburg’s Embassy Secretary Spencer F. Eddy to the newly vacated post in Berlin but notes that the move is not yet definite.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-08

Creator(s)

Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Meyer informs President Roosevelt that he received his letter from May 2, 1905, and Meyer is going to send Secretary of State Hay a letter covering the situation in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Relations are good with Russians; however, Czar Nicholas II has issued an edict on the defense of the Russian Empire. Meyer encloses an article from a Russian newspaper entitled “Our New Representative in America,” which describes Russia’s international relations from Russia’s point of view.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-23

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Henry Cabot Lodge

Ambassador Meyer tells Senator Lodge that St. Petersburg, Russia, has been perfectly quiet since he arrived, due to extraordinary precautions taken by Governor-General Trepov to put down any troubles. Meyer thinks the disturbances in Warsaw, Poland, were a smaller scale repetition of those in St. Petersburg on January 22, 1905, and he notes that both could have been avoided by an able police. The stories Meyer has heard about corruption in some of the departments in St. Petersburg are astounding. Meyer thinks the ukaz issued by Emperor Nicholas II giving religious liberty to practically all sects except the Jewish people, if honestly and efficiently carried out, will be beneficial to the country. Representatives of Russian zemstvos, local municipalities, met recently at Moscow and blocked out a scheme of representative government. Meyer thinks the idea of a representative government is permeating all classes of society and that reforms are sure to come about, but the Russian government is currently “in a comatose state,” awaiting the result of the naval conflict and the next battle near Harbin, Manchuria.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-06

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918