Your TR Source
Secretary of State Root writes to Ambassador White about upcoming international conferences, including a Hague conference, Red Cross convention, and an American conference at Rio. Root believes that the meeting at the Hague on such short notice is inexpedient and has a high probability of postponement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-06
Robert Bacon sends William Loeb a memorandum of a cablegram by Mr. Adee to the King of Italy about the eruption of Vesuvius.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-10
Frances M. Wolcott, who is traveling in Italy, asks President Roosevelt to send a copy of Emory Upton’s The Military Policy of the United States for a literary friend who needs it. She also reports her recent meeting with Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val, who spoke warmly of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-14
General Wood, Governor of the Moro Province of the Philippines, informs President Roosevelt about the situation in the occupied Philippines. He recommends that reenlistment periods for discharged soldiers be for one year instead of three to encourage the retention of trained troops, especially in the Philippines. He reports on the death of Philippine resistance leader Datu Ali. He recommends that the Hawaiian Islands be fortified against vulnerability to the Japanese, who are refitting Russian battleships. He favors fortifying the area of Manilla rather than the whole of the Philippines, preferring for funds to go towards building the Pacific Fleet. He asks that the garrisons in the Philippines be kept at war strength. He laments the loss of American railroad concessions in China, and warns against allowing Chinese laborers into the United States. He recommends encouraging English, Italian, German, and other European immigration to the Philippines through some form of territorial citizenship, free transportation, or tax incentives.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-13
Ambassador to Italy Henry White thanks President Roosevelt for appointing him to attend the Algeciras Conference on behalf of the United States. An associate wrote him that his coadjutor, Ambassador Samuel R. Gummere, may prefer German to French influence in Morocco. White relates his Thanksgiving experiences hosting Lord and Lady Trevelyan and visiting American Episcopal, Methodist, and Catholic celebrations in Rome. White anticipates a collapse of the ministry in Italy soon, or at least a reorganization, owing to a customs arrangement with Spain which is unfavorable to the Italian wine industry. White wishes Theodore Roosevelt Jr. a speedy recovery from a football injury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-10
Jacob H. Hollander has finished his foreign investigations of creditors and landholders in various European countries and will sail for America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-20
Bertha Potter thanks President Roosevelt for the letter he sent to Lucy Bartlett from the United States Department of State.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-13
Charlemagne Tower sends the text of the 1904 treaty between Germany and Italy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-30
Emma Brace explains to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson her concerns about possible upcoming restrictions to immigration. She read in the newspaper that President Roosevelt is considering a change in policy that would require immigrants to pay a $25 tax in order to come, or limit immigration with national quotas. Brace feels this is a mistake because it is unfair to peasants and their families, especially Italians, who cannot afford the tax, and unfair to American companies who need good laborers. Brace tells Robinson about an idea she read in a book called Imported Americans, in which representatives from American companies would go abroad to villages and select the workers they want, thereby giving a certificate to those who meet the criteria and thus the “undesirable may not even leave their own commune.” Brace believes this idea is approved by Commissioner of Immigration Robert Watchorn and hopes Robinson will communicate this idea to her “active-minded brother,” meaning President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-25
Secretary of War Taft writes to President Roosevelt about the events that will later be called the Moroccan Crisis (1904-1906), which worsened German relations with France and England. At the request of Roosevelt, Taft met separately with the German and British Ambassadors to try to deescalate tensions so that a misunderstanding would not lead to increased hostility. Taft writes also of the Loomis-Bowen affair and of a Japanese minister who spoke of negotiating a peace for the Russo-Japanese War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-26
Silas McBee sends President Roosevelt an editorial and President Nicholas Murray Butler’s letter. McBee would like Roosevelt’s opinion on the stance he has taken about public education in America. McBee hopes to implement a similar educational system in the “old countries.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-28
Ambassador White was received very cordially by King Victor Emmanuel III, and White impressed on the King President Roosevelt’s desire to push for peace between Russia and Japan. After failing to get Roosevelt’s support, German Emperor William II attempted to get Italy and Spain to support him against France, in regards to Morocco, but these plans came to naught. White reports that there is a great increase in school attendance in the Italian southern states by both children and adults who are afraid they will not be allowed to enter America if they are unable to read. White visited with Secretary of State John Hay and found him much rested, and also met with the new Russian ambassador, Nicholas Mouravieff, who said that he believes that Russia will have a form of representative government soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-06
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-13
Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908
Elbert F. Baldwin praises a recent translation of President Roosevelt’s book The Strenuous Life into Italian. Baldwin also writes about the creation of the International Institute of Agriculture proposed by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Baldwin believes that on the whole, the institute is a good idea, but takes issue with a few parts of the plan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-23
Having been recently appointed ambassador in Rome, Italy, Henry White has just learned that Lewis Morris Iddings, first secretary at the embassy there, has been appointed minister in Cairo, Egypt. White believes that the current second secretary in Rome is too young and inexperienced to serve as Iddings’s replacement, and suggests that R. S. Reynolds Hitt might fill the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-20
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that Italian Ambassador Edomondo Mayor des Planches referred to “the situation in Santo Domingo” in conversation today. Adee gave him the statement that Roosevelt directed him to make. Mayor des Planches said he was not aware of the Italian government having any intention to take action on the matter at present.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-23
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-03
Baron Fava introduces President Roosevelt to Marquis Di San Giuliano, a member of the Italian Parliament who would like to visit the United States. Giuliano would like to study United States immigration during his visit, so Fava asks Roosevelt if he could introduce Giuliano to commissioners of immigration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-25
Thomas St. John Gaffney writes to President Roosevelt about an enclosure regarding the Consul General of Italy. Gaffney spoke with Collier’s Weekly owner, Peter Fenelon Collier, about Norman Hapgood’s editorials. Collier reassured Gaffney that the paper supports Roosevelt and Collier will speak with Hapgood about supporting the President in his editorials so there is no doubt as to how the newspaper stands. Gaffney also mentions a reception for Cardinal Satolli; his plans for the Chicago convention; and Archbishop Ireland meeting him before the event. Gaffney reminds the President to speak with Monsignor O’Connell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-08
Ambassador Meyer encloses an extract of a speech made in the Italian Senate Chamber which may interest President Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s book is making an impression in Italy and people are talking about it. Meyer is glad to see that Roosevelt is practically assured of a renomination by acclamation. He indicates that he believes a “prophesy” by former Italian minister of foreign affairs Giulio Prinetti that Roosevelt may be the first and only president to serve eleven years in office will come to pass. Meyer sends best wishes to the first lady.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-14