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Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses two dispatches from the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Thomas J. O’Brien, concerning an unratified treaty to purchase the Danish West Indies. Adee also submits a draft of a reply to be sent to O’Brien and requests Roosevelt’s approval.
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1905-07-15
Alvey A. Adee sends to Benjamin F. Barnes a note from the Chinese Minister for President Roosevelt to review. The Chinese government will not recognize as valid any provision affecting China, without previous approval, that may be contained in a peace treaty between Japan and Russia.
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1905-07-17
Baron Jutarō Komura, a peace plenipotentiary for Japan, has sailed today on the steamer “Minnesota.”
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1905-07-08
Baron Jutarō Komura has been appointed one of the plenipotentiaries by Japan. Komura is a respected man and his appointment as a plenipotentiary may demonstrate Japan’s sincere desire to come to terms of peace.
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1905-07-07
Russian Ambassador Roman Romanovitch Rosen desires to know where and when President Roosevelt will receive him. Rosen also desires to know whether he should go in uniform, and if not, what he should wear. Rosen accepts Portsmouth for the peace conference.
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1905-07-07
The United States will do all that it can to preserve the territorial integrity of China and to ensure that her sovereignty is not injured in the coming peace negotiations. However, the United States will not be involved in the peace negotiations.
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1905-07-06
Enclosed is a copy of the dispatch from Minister Conger which reports that Prince Ching Yikuang and Viceroy Shih-kai expressed a strong desire that the United States take an important part in the negotiations for peace between Japan and Russia.
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1905-05-19
Louisa Lee Schuyler laments the Senate’s lack of action regarding the arbitration treaties, and assures President Roosevelt that she does not blame him for the situation. She also hopes that Roosevelt knows he does not need to respond to her letters. Schuyler hopes that he will be in New York to see her and her sister before they sail for England. She encloses a photograph of her house in Redlands, California.
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1905-04-13
Minister to China Conger reports to Secretary of State Hay that China strongly wishes the United States to take an active role in brokering peace between Japan and Russia. In particular, Conger believes it would be beneficial for the United States to guarantee transfer of the railway in Manchuria to China, rather than Japan.
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1905-03-31
Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs British Ambassador Durand that the United States agrees to the boundary between Alaska and Canada proposed by the Commission which was charged by the London Tribunal of 1903 to delineate the details. If the British agree, a similar communication from them will conclude the matter.
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1905-03-25
Ambassador Griscom outlines the rights and restrictions for foreigners living in Japan.
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1905-03-29
Charles W. Fairbanks writes to Theodore Roosevelt to tell him that Senators Earman and Cullum believe that their are enough votes to pass the Domingo treaty.
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1905-03-14
Senator Heyburn informs President Roosevelt that the Senate is four votes short of ratifying the Santo Domingo treaty. He sends a proposed motion for the appointment of five Senators to study specific questions related to the country’s indebtedness and report back to the Senate.
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1905-03-14
Vice President Fairbanks informs President Roosevelt that the Senate is likely to adjourn on Thursday rather than earlier, leaving time for action on the treaty.
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1905-03-15
William Andrews Clark expresses displeasure with the Santo Domingo treaty and the interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine. Clark also writes that he believes the United States is setting itself up as a collection agency for the debt of South American countries.
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1905-03-12
Senator Platt shares his interpretation of the treaty ratification process and subsequent arbitration process as relates to the seal hunting treaty with Great Britain.
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1905-02-25
Secretary of State Hay discusses the commerce treaties that Germany has negotiated with other countries. He also mentions that the treaty between the United States and Germany of 1900 is still in effect, although a new treaty should be negotiated to ensure fair tariffs. A desire to continue good relations and fair commerce between Germany and the United States is asserted.
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1905-03-03
Ambassador Tower summarizes the understanding of the United States regarding the new commercial treaties Germany has entered into with various European nations, and asks Baron Oswald von Richthofen, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if the treaty between the United States and Germany signed in 1900 is to continue. Because the 1900 treaty was based on earlier agreements now superseded by the various commercial treaties mentioned above, the United States government hopes that the advantages of the new commercial treaties will likewise be extended to the United States.
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1905-03-03
Hermann Speck von Sternburg relays information from Berlin. A “speedy conclusion of peace” would have advantages for Russia, according to the British ambassador. Count Vladimir Lamsdorff agrees. Speck von Sternburg believes that these talks have been carried out “without knowledge of the law.” Speck von Sternburg’s people are also “anxious” to know Japan’s views on the peace talks.
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1905-02-12
Hermann Speck von Sternburg offers Theodore Roosevelt a detailed look at the different possibilities playing out that could end the Russo-Japanese War. If the European powers combined interest and resources, Sternburg believes that they could end the Japanese threat in East Asia. However, articles in the French and English press raise doubt as to whether England is willing to combine powers and end an alliance with Japan, while factors in Germany and Russia also cause tension and complicate the ending of hostilities.
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1905-02-09