Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Reid tells President Roosevelt that he was recently instructed to give Lord Lansdowne a copy of a letter to the Germans summarizing American objections to the proposed agreement for customs receipts of Venezuela that would benefit German and British bondholders. Reid praises Roosevelt’s use of the word “amorphous” to describe the present condition of Russia, and notes that a rumor has been circulating that Roosevelt thinks the British government is willing to let the Russo-Japanese war go on until Russia exhausts herself – a rumor Reid says he disabused the British diplomats of. Reid further discusses the perception of American involvement in the Morocco conference among foreign officials, and congratulates Roosevelt on the appointment of Elihu Root to the position of Secretary of State.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-14