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Secretary of State Root informs William Loeb that the Department of State sent a telegram to the new Shah of Iran expressing condolences for the death of the previous Shah.
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1907-01-09
A man labeled “Persia” and a man labeled “Greece” drink a toast from a punch bowl labeled “Renewal of Diplomatic Relations.” Caption: A long time between drinks.
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1902-12-31
President Roosevelt jokingly agrees to send the hunting books to the Persian representatives.
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1902-06-03
President Roosevelt thanks Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Persia, for his well wishes and returns them to him and his people.
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1908-01-03
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts on various topics with Cecil Spring Rice. Roosevelt is planning to swap foreign assignments between John B. Jackson and Richmond Pearson, mentioning that Pearson had trouble with missionaries in Persia. While Jackson has done well as Minister to Greece, Roosevelt does not approve of his strong pro-Russia feelings. Roosevelt thinks the Russian people are good, and feels badly that they oscillate between despotism and anarchy. Roosevelt is interested in what Spring Rice says about the movement of Islam in Persia toward more tolerance, and gives his opinion about progress in Islamic countries in relation to Buddhism and Shinto. The violent incidents in San Francisco towards Japanese immigrants concerns Roosevelt. Roosevelt thinks everyone should be in favor of peace and temperance, but he feels professional advocates of both talk a lot without ever getting anything done. At home, Roosevelt is trying to keep a balance between plutocrats and labor unions. Roosevelt hopes to see Spring Rice and his wife soon.
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1907-07-01
President Roosevelt discusses various Anglo-American diplomats and the current state of affairs between the two countries. He also mentions diplomacy with other countries such as Canada and Jamaica.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt will have Secretary of State Elihu Root look into “that Shedd matter,” but tells Charles Gates Dawes that missionaries in Persia have yet to gain progress in “the war they have been waging” upon the United States minister of Persia, Richmond Pearson.
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1905-09-02
President Roosevelt was sad to hear that Cecil Spring Rice will not receive a position in Washington, D. C. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have enjoyed the books sent by Spring Rice. Roosevelt reflects on the differences of Persian culture. He believes the Panama treaty will pass and the canal will begin construction. Roosevelt is confident the Panama Canal will be a benefit to mankind.
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1904-01-18
John Barrett will be unable to take the position in Japan so Clement A. Griscom’s son, Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, will receive the appointment.
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1902-12-13
The Japanese mission has been given to John Barrett; and Clement A. Griscom’s son, Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, will most likely have to stay at his post in Persia for two years. The State Department is reluctant to make transfers until a year’s service has been completed.
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1902-12-05
President Roosevelt will provide the hunting books for the “representatives of Tiglath-Pileser the First.” Roosevelt is lightheartedly referring to the Governor of Isfahan, Persia, for whom Lloyd Carpenter Griscom had requested an autographed copy of one of Roosevelt’s books. Tiglath-Pileser I was an ancient Assyrian monarch.
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1902-06-03
Secretary of State Root sends an enclosed dispatch from Minister to Persia John B. Jackson, which shows the effects of President Roosevelt’s appointment of him as a matter of favor rather than his qualifications. With Persia currently undergoing a revolution, the Department of State already has enough trouble. Root has drafted a response and waits for Roosevelt’s instructions.
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1907-12-23
John B. Jackson, United States Diplomat to Persia, writes that diplomatic representatives have been told to push Shah Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh of Iran to honor his constitutional oath. Russian Minister Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin and British chargé d’affaires Cecil Spring Rice have special interests and do not favor joint or individual action by the others. Jackson writes that action could lead to stronger parliamentary influence and help protect the Shah. The country is in anarchy and he asks for further instructions.
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1907-12-22
Cecil Spring Rice informs President Roosevelt of his recent illness and encourages him to take his children to the doctor if any of them have stopped up noses. Due to his illness he has had to leave Perisa, but Spring Rice tells Roosevelt that he will either take a quiet post or retire when he has recovered. Spring Rice suggests that newspapers are in the hands of Roosevelt’s enemies and are hostile at heart. Spring Rice believes that there is little that can be done to avoid challenging racial difficulties in the future, as the Muslims in the world have had enough of Christian aggression. However, the English government is mostly concerned with internal affairs and has mostly ignored questions of foreign policy. Spring Rice worries about relations between Germany and England and believes that Germany might attack England at some point in the future. He concludes with his well wishes for Christmas and mentions that his wife Florence Spring Rice hopes to see Roosevelt soon.
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1907-12-04
Victor Howard Metcalf updates President Roosevelt about the tense situation growing between Japan and the United States over the segregation of Japanese children in schools. The California Supreme Court’s decision will be based on whether or not the treaty with Japan had a “most favored nation” clause. This will determine what the United States’, and thus California’s, obligation is to educate immigrant Japanese students in the same manner that it educates immigrant children from European descent, who are educated as if they were American children. United States District Attorney Devlin seems to think the clause was not included. This needs to be determined to decide whether or not segregating the students was in violation of the treaty. Metcalf notes hostility to the Chinese that is nearly as bad as towards Chinese immigrants and mentions that both parties are in support of legislation to restrict Japanese immigrants.
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1906-11-02
Ambassador Reid writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, describing three dinners he recently attended which were hosted by the Chinese Minister, the Pilgrim’s Society, and the Royal Geographical Society, respectively. Reid includes anecdotes about British politicians like Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Winston Churchill, Augustine Birrell, John Morley, and George Curzon. Reid also references issues associated with the education bill, the administration of India, “trouble” in Natal, and negotiations with Russia over Seistan. Reid felt that the details he included might be of interest to Roosevelt.
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1906-04-12
Baron von Sternburg received President Roosevelt’s letter and telegrams, and reflects on the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian government, and other delicate international relations including India, Afghanistan, and Persia.
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1905-09-25
Charles Oman thanks President Roosevelt for recommending the writings of David-Leon Cahun, and discusses historical military strategies from the Mongols, the Islamic Empire in the 13th century, and horsebowman, in particular.
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1905-08-22
Secretary of State Hay requests a date and time for the newly appointed Persian Minister to the United States, General Morteza Khan, to present his credentials to President Roosevelt.
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1905-02-20
Secretary of State Hay advises that there is nothing to be done in an unknown matter except to send a civil acknowledgment of Mrs. Howe’s letter. Whatever “professional philanthropists” may believe, the United States cannot reform Turkey and Persia.
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1904-07-22