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President Roosevelt assures A. T. Mahan that he has no intention of sending battleships to the Pacific when there is any tension with Japan. If there was any danger of war, he would immediately withdraw until the entire Navy could regroup and travel en masse.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-12
The bill pending in the California Legislature, according to Governor Gillett, “treats all aliens alike” in regards to ownership of real property. As such, he does not see how it would be objectionable to Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-23
Governor Gillett telegrams President Roosevelt that the bill in the California Legislature treats all aliens alike in regards to real property. He does not see how it would be objectionable to Japan or any other nation. In a handwritten response below the telegram, President Roosevelt informs Gillett that Secretary of State Elihu Root will send word concerning the real property rights of aliens. Roosevelt himself will write concerning the other bills.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-23
Ambassador Tower relays to President Roosevelt a private conversation he had with Emperor William II of Germany, who had recently heard reports of Japanese soldiers training and gathering in Mexico, Peru, and Chile. The Emperor believes that the Japanese are preparing to seize the Panama Canal if war is declared. Additionally, reports from Portugal suggest that the Japanese are preparing for war against the United States. He approves of Roosevelt’s decision to send the war fleet out because it has strengthened the position of the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-28