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President Roosevelt agrees with David Starr Jordan on the topic of fisheries located in the interstate waters. He will attempt to convince Congress to adopt the same position, although he is unsure whether he will succeed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-15
The supporters of the arbitration treaties are avoiding the main point being raised by Senator Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt. The Conciliation Society is sending out letters but there has not been much of an outcry. The Fisheries Treaty has been redrafted with the regulations damaging to American fisherman removed. The bill has passed the Senate and is pending in the House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
President Roosevelt sends his sympathy to George Otto Trevelyan upon the death of his sister, Viscountess Margaret Jean Trevelyan Knutsford. He thanks him for clarifying why many Englishmen distrust former Prime Minister James Arthur Balfour and discusses corruption and military armament. The foreign affairs regarding Newfoundland fishery regulations and civil unrest in Cuba prove frustrating. Roosevelt shares these frustrations with Trevelyan for “the fact that I have to blow off steam.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-09
Ambassador Reid relays items of personal interest to President Roosevelt from London. He encloses a letter from Edward Grey regarding the dispute between the United States and Great Britain over fisheries in Newfoundland; Reid promoted the use of arbitration at The Hague Tribunal to resolve the issue as instructed. The British press has been reporting that the British, not the Americans, are responsible for this plan. Reid encloses a newspaper article about George Brinton McClellan Harvey’s recent criticism of Roosevelt in Europe, and an interview of Andrew Carnegie in which he defends Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-17
Ambassador Reid tells Earl Grey that the United States cannot accept the terms proposed to settle the Newfoundland fisheries dispute. He therefore requests that the matter be sent for arbitration before the Hague Tribunal. Until the matter is settled there, he hopes the modus vivendi previously negotiated may remain in place, by which American fishermen will refrain from using purse-seines but will continue hiring local Newfoundland fishermen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-12
British Foreign Secretary Grey outlines the position of the British government with regards to the rights of American fishing in the waters of Newfoundland pursuant to the Convention of 1818. Due to the difference in interpretation of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, a temporary agreement has been put in place to assure a peaceful fishing season. Grey summarizes the main points of disagreement and makes several proposals for regulation going forward.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-20
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid states points of disagreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and of the United States on the fishing rights of Americans in Newfoundland waters, and conveys a possible temporary agreement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-22
On behalf of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Grey, Assistant Under-Secretary of State Francis Alexander Campbell sends a series of proposals for a provisional agreement for the forthcoming herring fishery off the coast of Newfoundland to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-03
Writing on behalf of the British Foreign Secretary, Eldon Gorst informs Ambassador Reid that the British government is reviewing the dispute over the rights of fishing vessels along the Newfoundland coast. As the divergence of views makes an immediate settlement impossible, the British government is willing to agree to Secretary of State Root’s suggestion regarding the forthcoming fishery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-14