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Lyman Abbott discusses the Lake Mohonk Conference with President Roosevelt. The Conference recommended a general arbitration treaty to be framed by the next Hague Conference and entered into by all the nations there represented.
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1905-06-05
John Hay returns a letter from Andrew Carnegie to President Roosevelt. Hay denies congratulating Carnegie as the Senate did not accept the amendments of the first canal treaty and prophecy by Carnegie was not fortunate after all.
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1905-02-07
The Cuban supplementary treaty was signed this morning, but Secretary of State Hay will not send it for a couple of days.
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1903-01-26
Baron Takahira has received a telegram which details the Imperial Japanese Government’s position on peace negotiations now that their navy has beaten the Russian navy. The Imperial Japanese government thinks the peace negotiation should be limited to the belligerents and to friendly assistance of a neutral country. President Roosevelt is the choice of the Imperial Japanese Government and they will allow him to choose the place of negotiations, the procedures, and the attendance of any other powers. The Imperial Japanese Government will not approach the Russian government directly or indirectly to talk about peace.
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1905-05-31
Legal and historic information on international arbitration treaties, particularly efforts to secure a treaty between the United States and Great Britain.
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1902-04-05
British Ambassador Durand shares the response of the Newfoundland government regarding the fishing off the treaty coast.
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1905-10-14
Confirmation of a telegram from Baron Komura discussing the peace talks with Russia, when Sergei Witte could not accept Japan’s compromise offer.
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1905-08-27
Taro Katsura reports that the Treaty of Peace has been signed by Japan and Russia, ratified, and come into full force.
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1905-10-16
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a copy of a letter from Florida Attorney General William H. Ellis reporting on Ellis’s delivery of the Abyssinian treaty to Emperor Menelik. Adee advises Loeb not to proclaim the treaty until they receive confirmation from the emperor.
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1904-09-17
On the occasion of his inauguration, the New York Times re-examines President Roosevelt’s record of the past three years, and asks, can the nation expect an even bolder Roosevelt in the years to come? Roosevelt’s policies and actions of the past three years are subjected to a critical analysis.
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1905-03-04
President Roosevelt talks about his favorite horse, and mentions Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s sickness, which leaves Ethel to read to Archie and Quentin. Granville Fortescue is at the White House as aide. Mrs. Wood is coming to dinner and there is quite a furor over General Wood’s confirmation. The situation in Panama is getting along alright.
1903-12-05
President Roosevelt apologizes to Secretary of State Hay that he cannot attend their morning talk due to the dedication of the Lutheran Memorial Church. He comments on the Senate’s handling of the arbitration treaties and declares the United States cannot intervene on Korea’s behalf against Japan.
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1905-01-28
Frank Harper writes to M. Mundell about statements Theodore Roosevelt has made concerning Russia’s exclusion of missionaries, ministers, and American Jews from traveling within its borders, which is against the terms of the Treaty of 1832. Roosevelt opposes Russia’s discrimination against American Jews.
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1912-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Arthur Hamilton Lee explaining his stance on friendly relations between the United States, Canada, and England. Roosevelt emphasizes the differences between his opinion and that of President Taft on the subject. Roosevelt gives Lee permission to share the letter with private individuals.
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1912-05-14
Frank Harper refutes the story that Theodore Roosevelt wishes to annex Canada to the United States, which was based on a quotation about “political reasons” from a private letter to President Taft. Harper draws on speeches given by Roosevelt in Detroit, MI and New York, NY to show that Roosevelt’s reasons for supporting the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada was to promote good will and peace between the nations.
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1912-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt does not want the Senate to pass the arbitration treaties without “an addendum that emasculates them.” He would prefer that this was done with an amendment but it could also be accomplished with an interpretation as suggested by Senator Elihu Root.
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1912-01-12
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased with Senator Lodge’s amendment to the arbitration treaty which has “taken the guts entirely out of the treaty.”
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1912-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt approves of Senator Lodge’s speech and the action taken by the Senate. The difficulties with the arbitration treaties extend from the Taft administration’s attitude. Roosevelt will send the article he wrote for next week’s Outlook regarding the Russian arbitration treaty.
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1911-12-23
Theodore Roosevelt is sending an advance copy of his article on the abrogation of the Russian treaty. He approves of speeches made by Senator Lodge and Senator Root. Roosevelt would have preferred an announcement from Root opposing the treaties; instead Root supported the treaties with an interpretation opposite of their real sense.
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1911-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt will be unable to attend the meeting as requested by Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt is certain that Senator Lodge will not vote for the treaty without either Lodge’s or Senator Root’s amendment.
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1912-01-05