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The article praises President Roosevelt’s bravery in advocating on behalf of the Japanese people amidst the persecution they have suffered in California. America can be proud of having such a statesman in leadership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-10
John Barrett writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the factors surrounding Japanese immigration. Barrett provides analyses of labor shortages, government involvement in regulation, and the motivations of groups and individuals who oppose immigration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt was impressed with Count Chinda Sutemi’s letter, and hopes that if Henry White needs any help from Roosevelt, he will let him know. Roosevelt regrets not seeing White while the latter was in New York, but hopes the two can catch up soon. Roosevelt is worried about the report that Pancho Villa hopes that the Japanese will “colonize lower California.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-18
President Roosevelt discusses the military prowess of the Roman Empire. He tells German Ambassador Sternburg that he believes that the Japanese government did a poor job of communicating to their people how much they gained in the Treaty of Portsmouth. The Japanese are now rioting because the country did not receive a large indemnity. Roosevelt also tells Sternburg about problems with stockholders, as well as his trip in the submarine Plunger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-06
Otto Gresham recounts for President Roosevelt his conversation with Seizaburo Shimizu, the Japanese consul in Chicago. Shimizu was concerned that the major papers in Chicago, especially the Tribune, might “lash the community into anger” against Japan because Eleanor Medill Patterson, daughter of a Tribune editor, had married a Russian nobleman. Gresham assured Shimizu that most Americans look poorly on foreign noblemen who marry American women and do not view such marriages as grounds for alliance. Gresham also mentions that Lord Curzon said the Japanese would try to take the Philippines from the United States. Shimizu, on the contrary, was shocked to hear this because he believes Japan wants the United States to keep the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-26
Lyman Abbott introduces E. H. Vickers, an economics professor at a university in Tokyo, Japan. He hopes President Roosevelt will interview Vickers for insight concerning the Japanese situation as viewed by an American.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-15