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Charles J. Bonaparte compliments President Roosevelt’s peacekeeping skills, and discusses the military situation in the Dominican Republic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-29
Jean Jules Jusserand is visiting his home in the country after visiting Paris. Paul Revoil may be sent to Tangier. France has presented Germany with a plan for a conference about the Moroccan crisis, addressing the organization of Moorish troops, financial reforms, and open door policy. French ships can be sent to American waters, if President Roosevelt still requests them. Jusserand will try to meet with Pierre de La Gorce to discuss his writings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-09
J. M. Dickinson comments on the note addressed to the Secretary of State concerning the reception by the U.S. of diplomatic envoys and the recognition of consuls appointed by the Norwegian Government. Dickinson adds that he is writing on account of the interest that his “kinsman” Christian Hauge has in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-13
Albert Shaw asks William Loeb if any announcement will be made concerning Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, Acting Secretary of State Loomis, and the State Department. Shaw reassures Loeb that he need only provide an answer if it is appropriate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-14
Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that while he was in Paris, Leopold II, King of the Belgians, invited Lodge to lunch in Brussels. They briefly discussed the Congo, and then had an in-depth discussion about the Chinese building a railroad and Chinese politics. Lodge hopes he correctly understood Roosevelt’s position on these issues, and he gives a lot of weight to the opinions of U.S. Ambassador to China, Rockhill. Lodge thinks the King of the Belgians is a shrewd, able, businessman who is doing good economic work for the people of Belgium. Lodge then spoke about people known to both men who were also in Brussels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-06
Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for his letter of May 15 and apologizes for making Roosevelt read so much of his poor handwriting. Lodge praises Roosevelt’s speech that he gave in Chicago. He suggests that labor unions are more dangerous than capitalists because the labor unions control more votes. Lodge mentions several political issues, including the continuing unrest over laborers from Japan, possible charges against Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis, the appointment of Charles J. Bonaparte as Attorney General, as well as international relations. Lodge also gives some details of his trip to Italy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-03
Caspar Whitney, editor of Outing magazine, tells President Roosevelt that he believes special envoy to Venezuela Herbert Wolcott Bowen to be innocent of accusations of slandering Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis in the newspapers. The scandal involved Bowen blaming Loomis for misrepresenting or compromising American commitments to defend the administration of Cipriano Castro from European intervention. Whitney warns Roosevelt against believing “the Asphalt people,” i.e. the oil interests, in the matter. Whitney also requests that Roosevelt contribute to the Outing magazine a book, article, or papers on deer or bear hunting. Whitney claims his magazine is the only one to preach Roosevelt’s doctrine regarding outdoorsmanship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-23
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about the Bowen-Loomis-Bowen affair and other political activities. Lodge also updates Roosevelt on what’s happening in Newfoundland, Canada, and Baffin Bay, possibly related to an expedition to the area that occurred later in the year. Lodge sends his best to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and forwards well wishes from his wife Nannie.
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1905-05-12
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1905-04-26
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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
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt while on vacation in Naples, Italy. The calm voyage has restored him as he did not realize how tired he was, and he particularly enjoyed seeing steep ravines made by lava from a crater high above the sea. Lodge finds some of what he has seen and done beautiful and thinks that Roosevelt would have enjoyed himself as well. As for parts of the cities, even the new quarters are dirty, and he thinks that there is “nothing so squalid as a shabby newness.” Lodge asks what Roosevelt wants him to say to the King when he is in London, and he is sorry for the affair involving Assistant Secretary of State Loomis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-08
Senator Foraker writes about Ohio’s loss of places in the consular service for equal representation purposes. He notes the many men who have held the different positions and how much effort it takes to deal with these details, such that he is trying to turn over the responsibility to Senator Charles Dick. Foraker asks President Roosevelt to appoint James Linn Rodgers to Shanghai.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-24
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards to William Loeb the court papers pertaining to the case of Hugh Gurney who was charged with excessive driving speed in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Adee also includes a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to the Governor of Massachusetts and requests that Loeb have President Roosevelt approve the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-01
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards a letter to President Roosevelt that Assistant Secretary of State Loomis received from British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand. In this letter, Durand agrees with the judgment against Hugh Gurney and sends payment for Gurney’s fine. Adee advises that they wait until Secretary of State John Hay’s return to respond to the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-03
Senator Lodge asks President Roosevelt to review the matter between the Central and South American Telegraph Company and the Republic of Panama. The president of the company appealed to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to intervene on behalf of the company to protect American interests. Loomis declined to intervene; however, Lodge thinks that Loomis is mistaken in this case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-13
A memorandum from President Roosevelt was sent to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis requesting that consuls periodically send reports regarding local prices and wages in industrial centers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-14
In a chapter titled “A Most Just and Proper Revolution,” taken from the second volume of his biography of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Edmund Morris details the machinations in Washington, D.C. and Panama that resulted in the revolution against Colombian rule on the Isthmus and the establishment of the independent nation of Panama. Morris describes the careful actions and words of administration figures like Roosevelt and Secretary of State John Hay, and he charts the movement of ships of the United States Navy sent in support of the insurrection. Morris adds to his Panama narrative interludes about the November 1903 elections in the United States, Roosevelt’s visit to Sagamore Hill, and his compilation of a reading list.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2001
John M. Thompson examines the domestic political dimensions of the United States’ efforts to secure a canal zone in Central America. Thompson identifies those who favored canal routes in Nicaragua or Panama, and he looks closely at the Congressional reaction to the revolt in Panama and the United States’ quick recognition of the new nation. Thompson lays out the opposition to the subsequent canal treaty from Democrats and anti-imperialists, and he details the publicity campaign waged by President Theodore Roosevelt’s administration to justify its course of action and win Senate approval of the treaty. Thompson highlights the role of Southern Democrats who supported the treaty because they saw the canal as aiding their region’s economy and because Democrats did not want to be seen as opposing a popular policy of constructing a canal. Thompson concludes his article by examining the various aspects of domestic politics that Roosevelt had to consider when making foreign policy decisions.
Ten photographs and five political cartoons populate the article.
First Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis tosses a “‘new diplomacy’ medicine ball” to President Roosevelt as “little American republics” look on.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-20
President Roosevelt thinks the suggestion enclosed is admirable, and asks if John W. Foster could do his part in bringing it about. The suggestion, from Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis, is that Foster, Secretary of War Elihu Root, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge write articles for magazines that explain the scope and meaning of the Alaska boundary award.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-20