Germany

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Kingsley, Charles L.

Language

English

Senator Carroll Smalley Page informs Theodore Roosevelt he has taken up the bill to bring agricultural and industrial education to children who do not have access to college because they are sons of laborers and farmers. Germany has a system to prepare boys for apprenticeship and work starting at age fourteen. Page quotes Roosevelt in the report he encloses knowing Roosevelt is sympathetic to the project and hopes he will provide Page with encouragement by referring to the bill in The Outlook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13

Creator(s)

Page, Carroll Smalley, 1843-1925

Samuel Strasbourger writes of the importance of this moment when President Taft has called a special session of Congress to deal with tariffs, reciprocity, and other big issues facing the nation. Strasbourger believes the Republican Party can continue to make the country and its people prosperous if they stick to Republican principles. Taft will need to continue to be firm and courageous, willing to be vilified to do what is right for the country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Creator(s)

Strasbourger, Samuel, 1867-1943

Charles Richard Van Hise speaks of the nuances present in monopolies and unrestricted competition in the American economy. Van Hise gives the railroads system as an example of successful use of commissions with no price competition. His thesis proposes there can be great economic advantage to maintain a concentration of industry and therefore those corporations should not be broken up by enforcing the Sherman Act. Instead, commissions should be created to determine prices and Van Hise provides a list of powers these commissions should have and how to achieve success.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-09

Creator(s)

Van Hise, Charles Richard, 1857-1918

In a statement written for the newspaper, Theodore Roosevelt discusses American relations with Germany, saying a state of war has existed between Germany and America since Germany renewed their submarine warfare on neutrals and noncombatants.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-03-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edwin O. Holter to discuss current relations with Germany and says any American sympathizing with Germany should be considered a traitor.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-03-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt wrote this article after the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank. Roosevelt blasted Germans for the attack and urged Americans to take action.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-05-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-08-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Blair, William M.

Language

English

President Roosevelt agrees with Elbert F. Baldwin’s letter regarding the recently deceased German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, and is pleased that the Germans agree with Roosevelt’s own assessment of him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt hopes to visit Lord Curzon of Kedleston, and lists the authors he would most like to meet while visiting Oxford. He discusses the issue of the reserves in Africa, and compares the situation to Yellowstone Park in the United States. Roosevelt mourns the loss of former German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, a great soldier and effective ambassador.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt believes an article “gives a totally unfair coloring” to the peace talks surrounding the end of the Russo-Japanese War. He explains to Lyman Abbott his reasoning behind using every effort to show Japan and Russia the error of breaking with each other during negotiations between the countries. He will forward a contemporary letter he wrote to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge detailing the negotiations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is shocked and grieved to hear of Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s death. He describes Sternburg as an intimate friend and attests to his character. Roosevelt credits Sternburg, a skilled diplomat who loyally served his country, for strengthening the relationship between Germany and the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is looking forward to visiting Arthur Hamilton Lee while in England. If Roosevelt visits in the fall he would be pleased to visit Lee’s hunting lodge, and he details his experiences in deer stalking and fox hunting. Roosevelt agrees with Lee on international athletics and finds that such competition often ends in an unhealthy bitterness. Roosevelt will read The Quarterly, in particular the article on Germany, and he has things to say to Lee in person rather than on paper.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt summarizes two letters he has received from Oscar K. Davis for Elihu Root. The letters, from Times reporter William Bayard Hale, describe an interview Hale had with German Emperor William II. In the first letter, Hale describes the two-hour interview itself, in which William makes several incendiary statements regarding England, Russia, China, Japan, the United States, and the Catholic Church. In the second letter, Hale reports that after showing the interview to the German Foreign Office and American Ambassador David Jayne Hill, both decided it would be unwise and improper to quote the emperor. Roosevelt told Davis that he strongly discouraged making the interview public. In domestic news, Roosevelt is making a “quiet canvass” of feeling regarding the re-nomination of Charles Evans Hughes for governor of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt congratulates literature professor William Henry Schofield on his upcoming marriage and thanks him for sending a copy of English Literature. Currently, Roosevelt is busy and prefers not to see anyone in person. He asks Schofield to convey his appreciation to German Emperor William II for working to strengthen the relationship between Germany and the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt congratulates Captain Gleaves on his successful trip and finds it interesting that Germany was friendlier than England. He apologizes for being unable to stop and visit Newport, Rhode Island, although the president was interested in what Gleaves wrote about mines and torpedoes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt congratulates the members of the USS Georgia in getting the ship back to work. In confidence, the president asks Admiral Brownson if the United States Navy can expedite the building of battleships, especially in the event of hostilities with Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt appreciated Eleanora Kissel Kinnicutt’s letter and was greatly interested in everything she said.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Tower how much he appreciates the message from German Emperor William II, and would like him to express to William II the desire Roosevelt has for a better relationship between the two nations. Roosevelt had sent tariff experts to Germany on the suggestion of William II and is sure that good will result from it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt authorizes Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus to do anything necessary to ensure that such breeches as the report by Special Agent Crist that insults England, or the leaked report by Consul General Skinner, never happen again.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919