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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt explains his opinion to Lyman Abbott on several points on which they disagree. First, Roosevelt would interfere on behalf of the Armenians if they were willing to fight. Second, he is currently trying to form an agreement with Japan that would prohibit laborers from each country immigrating to the other. However, he feels that all the Japanese already in the country should be given “the franchise and school facilities,” and treated as well as possible. Third, he is “not well acquainted with the situation in Utah,” but thinks Mormons should be treated exactly as anyone else. He does understand the situation in Idaho, which was not about Mormonism. McLain W. Davis’s claims regarding polygamy among Mormons in Idaho were investigated and found baseless.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

President Roosevelt expresses his concern to Governor Gillett of California over anti-Japanese legislation in the California Legislature. Roosevelt believes that the passing of this legislation is unnecessary and will injure relations with Japan, considering the Japanese government has upheld the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

President Roosevelt explains to California Governor Gillett that protesters in San Francisco who want to exclude Japanese laborers are preventing their goal through their own actions. Japan has agreed not to issue passports to laborers as long as Americans do not discriminate against or insult the Japanese. Attempts in California to legislate discrimination against the Japanese will undermine this agreement with Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

President Roosevelt sent his March 9 letter to Governor Gillett before he learned that the California state legislature had passed a bill discriminating against Japanese in schools. Roosevelt expresses his displeasure with this bill because it undermines the agreement that he and Secretary of State Root had already established with California politicians, San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, and the San Francisco Board of Education. The bill will make federal negotiations for excluding Japanese labor class immigrants more difficult.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to Theodore Roosevelt

John Callan O’Laughlin reports that the Aoki agreement which Japan wishes to enter into with the United States declares the Pacific Ocean an “international highway” and disavows Japan’s designs on the Philippines. O’Laughlin relays to President Roosevelt a conversation he had with Japanese Premier Tarō Katsura. In the conversation, they reviewed the history of relations between the United States and Japan. Katsura assured O’Laughlin of his respect for Roosevelt and the United States, and the desire that Japan and the United States remain friendly. Despite reports from Europe, Katsura denies that Japan is preparing for war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-20

Creator(s)

O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949

Memorandum of conversation with Count Komura, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Memorandum of conversation with Count Komura, Minister for Foreign Affairs

John Callan O’Laughlin recounts his conversation with Jutarō Komura, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs. Komura assured O’Laughlin of Japan’s commitment to the Open Door in China, although its relations with Russia mean that they have interests in Manchuria. Komura also says that Japan has been discouraging immigration to Hawaii and the United States, although the country would like to be treated as an equal with other nations by the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-21

Creator(s)

O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Root informs President Roosevelt that he has agreed to preside over the Republican State Convention in Saratoga, New York, and asks for campaign literature to bring himself up to date about what to say in his remarks and to the people. Root has heard from Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon that children in Central America are dying of childhood diseases. Root is reassured by Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira’s letter, but is cautious in his expectations concerning Japanese cooperation in limiting Japanese workers from entering the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-01

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Letter from Ian Hamilton to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ian Hamilton to Theodore Roosevelt

General Hamilton commends President Roosevelt for his tact with handling San Francisco’s challenges to the Gentlemen’s agreement with Japan. He discusses different forms of combat. He believes that Japanese and Russian soldiers are more prone to fight in hand-to-hand combat, while superior soldiers rely on firearms. Hamilton relays his opinion of Captain Tanaka and Tamemoto Kuroki, and Japanese men more broadly. Hamilton was happy to see the photographs of Roosevelt riding his horse.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-11

Creator(s)

Hamilton, Ian, 1853-1947