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President Roosevelt would like to designate Oscar S. Straus as one of the four United States members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration as outlined by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-09
Robert Underwood Johnson congratulates President Roosevelt on completing the Canal negotiations and appealing to the Hague Conference regarding the Venezuelan crisis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-27
Secretary of State Hay encloses a letter from Baron d’Estournelles de Constant congratulating President Roosevelt on his initiating the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-14
Andrew Carnegie’s New Year greeting stresses the efforts of President Roosevelt and Czar Nicholas II to make the Hague Tribunal a viable means of settling international disputes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-01
Deputy Estournelles de Constant thanks President Roosevelt for supporting the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, likely in reference to the Venezuelan crisis. He also points out that Europe has been reluctant in this area to resort to international justice. Original and English translation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-27
Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron d', 1852-1924
Frederick W. Holls considers the submission of the Venezuelan crisis to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague to be a triumph for the Roosevelt administration. He congratulates President Roosevelt on this achievement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-27
John C. Shaffer congratulates President Roosevelt on the Venezuelan crisis being submitted to the Hague Tribunal. While the Europeans thought that the idea of the tribunal was dead, Roosevelt made it work. Secretary of State Hay’s handling of Peking and Venezuela make him the premier diplomat in the world. Shaffer hopes to meet with Roosevelt on an upcoming visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-29
Venezuela accepts in principle referring the Venezuelan crisis to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Secretary of State Hay wants to know if President Roosevelt needs to see him before the cabinet meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12
George B. Cortelyou forwards to William Loeb a message from Secretary of State Hay to President Roosevelt. The telegram involves the use of arbitration in the Venezuelan crisis. The European powers want to deal with the Hague, while the Venezuelan government wants the issue resolved by Roosevelt’s arbitration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-21
Carl Schurz advises President Roosevelt not to accept the position of arbitrator of the Venezuelan crisis. Rather, he suggests that this would be an ideal case to submit to the Hague Tribunal, and that not to do so would set back organized international arbitration significantly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-23
Albert Shaw sends an article he wrote entitled “The President and the Trusts” and believes that arbitrating the Venezuelan crisis at the Hague will be “a great triumph of American statesmanship.” Shaw wishes President Roosevelt a merry Christmas, but adds that Butler’s wife is very ill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-23
Oscar S. Straus suggests invoking the Hague Treaty to force mediation in the Venezuela crisis. Straus mentions that it would be better to invoke the treaty, as opposed to allowing contingencies to call for use of the Monroe Doctrine. He mentions that the treaty can be invoked by three means: direct presidential communication, diplomacy, or joint resolution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-15