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President Roosevelt has attempted and failed to convince the Japanese to agree to an armistice, and notes that Russia cannot hope for peace without making major concessions.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-07-07
President Roosevelt hears that Ambassador Meyer is doing well in St. Petersburg and asks that his first confidential report go through Secretary of State John Hay. He hopes that Meyer will get along with Spencer F. Eddy.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-05-02
Alvey A. Adee writes to William Loeb concerning Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick’s instruction that protested the decision of the Russian court about the USS Arabia. Instructions were sent to embassies in Europe and Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-02
President Roosevelt returns a letter from McCormick to Secretary of State Hay, and sends one from Ambassador Charlemagne Tower. Roosevelt notes both men are becoming more active.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-16
President Roosevelt is concerned that the Lutheran Germans would resent a Catholic being sent as Ambassador to Berlin. He would like to find out if Charlemagne Tower will accept Berlin and if Robert Sanderson McCormick will go to St. Petersburg. Roosevelt is also interested in trying to purchase the Isthmus of Panama instead of leasing it from Colombia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-21
President Roosevelt is debating changes in European ambassadorships and has heard that the Viennese are opposed to having a Catholic ambassador. Roosevelt asks if this information can be verified.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-15
President Roosevelt examines potential promotions and transfers in the diplomatic service.
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1902-08-05
Secretary of State John Hay is indignant that Bellamy Storer wrote to Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, regarding what Storer perceives as an injustice in Carlton Bailey Hurst’s dismissal. Storer’s letter amounts to an attack on the Roosevelt administration, as well as the Secretary of State and President under which Storer serves. Hurst’s removal was justified, but even if it was not, Storer should not have written to Hanna. President Roosevelt also reminds Storer that while serving as an American ambassador he should not discuss or interfere with the affairs of the Catholic Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Silas McBee a letter of introduction to the American Ambassador to France, Robert Sanderson McCormick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-04
President Roosevelt agrees with Robert Wilson Patterson that the appointment of Robert Sanderson McCormick as ambassador to Russia had nothing to do with his relation to the Chicago Tribune.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-18
President Roosevelt informs Oscar S. Straus he intends to reappoint Ambassador to Russia Robert Sanderson McCormick for a short period of time. Roosevelt is happy to discuss the person to succeed McCormick with Straus when the time comes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-16
Secretary of State John Hay is indignant that Bellamy Storer wrote to Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, regarding what Storer perceives as an injustice in Carlton Bailey Hurst’s dismissal. Storer’s letter amounts to an attack on the Roosevelt administration, as well as the Secretary of State and President under which Storer serves. Hurst’s removal was justified, but even if it was not, Storer should not have written to Hanna. President Roosevelt also reminds Storer that while serving as an American ambassador he should not discuss or interfere with the affairs of the Catholic Church. Draft with handwritten edits.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30
With the upcoming retirement of Ambassador White, President Roosevelt addresses the potential shifts and transfers of diplomatic personnel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-05
John St. Loe Strachey relays to President Roosevelt an account of his trip to France and Germany. He and his wife visited Ambassador Charlemagne Tower and his wife in Berlin as well as Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick and his wife in Paris. Strachey believes that Chancellor Bernard Fürst von Bülow will be defeated in his reelection bid and that the Emperor was also held in disfavor by the German people. Strachey is concerned about the warlike nature of the Germans. He relays his thoughts on some of the French politicians and theologians whom he met; he found the French people and politicians generally to be pacifistic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-11
William E. Mantius thanks William Loeb for congratulating him on his recent transfer to Paris, although he wishes they would have left him in New York. Since he arrived he has been hustling and although President Roosevelt gave him a personal letter to Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick, he may as well “have delivered that letter to the man in the moon” due to the lack of “American intelligence energy and courtesy” he has received at Avenue Kléber. He describes United States insurance companies as having a “bad reputation” and also offers his opinion on the Separation Act.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-18
Theodore Ayrault Dodge asks for a letter of introduction to Henry White, the new ambassador to France. He reports that the former ambassador, Robert Sanderson McCormick, treated him well. He comments on President Roosevelt’s Irish Saga and promises to send copies of his biographies of Napoleon I by April.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-17
Francis B. Loomis writes to President Roosevelt to assert his argument about the importance of a meeting between Roosevelt and European leaders. Loomis is convinced that Roosevelt’s voice and presence would mean more than any American ambassador.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-19
Elihu Root forwards a copy of a dispatch from Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-17
Brazil and Mexico have agreed to go on with the Rio Conference and are to hold the South Americans in insisting upon a delay of The Hague.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-06
Winthrop Chanler writes President Roosevelt about his season spent in Paris and Meath, Ireland. He also discusses the activities of his family and friends in Europe, including members of the Porcellian Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-22