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President of Mexico Porfirio Diaz has received President Roosevelt’s telegram. He agrees with the sentiments regarding mediation, and the Minister of Nicaragua, Luis Felipe Corea, would be pleased to have the conference in Mexico. Diaz asks if Roosevelt finds this suitable.
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1907-09-01
President Roosevelt relays to General Dodge his stance on the recent actions taken by Secretary of War William H. Taft during his visit to Cuba. Roosevelt states he did not send Taft to Cuba until Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma’s choice to resign was clear. Although Sir William Cornelius Van Horne and Mr. Menduley believe military control of Cuba is possible, Van Horne also states that “the Island is perfectly adapted to guerrilla warfare and…ten men to one would be required to suppress the insurrection and a great many lives would be lost doing it.” Roosevelt agrees that the cost of life is too great for the United States to hold Cuba by military force. Influential members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Senator Eugene Hale, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge also believe in resisting more conflict and believe it is in best interest to “let the Cubans govern themselves.” However, Roosevelt believes the possibility of continued unrest in Cuba could sway public opinion and bring congressional support for future intervention from the United States.
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1906-10-01
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Lodge for the letter informing him and his wife about their son, Ted, who does not write home often enough. Roosevelt wrote to Ted an “earnest and truthful” letter about his “folly.” Roosevelt also informs Lodge of the meeting in Cuba between Secretary of War William H. Taft, First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, and Cuban President Tomas Estrada Palma. The temporary agreement for a provisional government with military support from the United States will help secure peace while Cuba begins self-government. Roosevelt hopes this will secure Cuba’s liberty, and any future policy will be in the “permanent interests of both Cuba and the United States.” Roosevelt also has acted to “prevent hurt” to the Republican nominees in the upcoming state elections, particularly in New York, and New York City. Wealthy business men, like William Randolph Hearst, and “Bourbon reactionaries” are running for office to gain political power, not for the “have-nots,” but to deflect regulations on their wealth. Roosevelt believes Charles Evans Hughes is the right man to run against Hearst for governor, as he will enact progressive reforms with a fair mind.
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1906-10-01
George Curry tells Theodore Roosevelt of many of the arrangements that have been made for him during his visit to New Mexico. One unique matter that Curry mentions and asks Roosevelt’s advice on concerns a recent meeting between representatives of the Mexican government and representatives of the insurgent government that he was party to. The representatives have suggested a belief that Roosevelt might be able to help mediate the conflict of the Mexican Revolution and help prevent its expansion, and have asked if it would be possible to meet with them sometime during his trip. Curry asks Roosevelt to let him know if he wishes to arrange such a meeting.
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1911-03-07
Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires in Cuba, updates William Loeb about the insurrection in Cuba.
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1906-09-01
Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires in Cuba, updates Secretary of State Root on attempts to quell the insurrection in Cuba. The Cuban government’s offer of amnesty did not have the desired effect, while the rebel forces continue to grow and business owners have become increasingly pessimistic. Sleeper was informed that President Tomás Estrada Palma was strongly opposed to any compromise with the insurrectionists, but he also heard that Estrada Palma is more open to settlement than his public statements suggest. Sleeper describes the efforts of a committee of Cuban veterans to serve as mediators.
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1906-09-01
Jacob Sleeper, the chargé d’affaires in Cuba, states that there were no disturbances in Santiago Province, but there have been reports of trouble in Camaguey Province. Sleeper has reliable private information that there will be a meeting between between representatives of the government and liberal party to arrange a basis for settlement.
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1906-09-02
Appeals on behalf of the Mexican Revolutionaries state that they are poorly treated by the current government, and wish for Theodore Roosevelt to intercede and mediate on their behalf.
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1911-03-23
The article outlines the previously unknown ways that ex-President Grover Cleveland aided President Roosevelt in mediating the Anthracite Coal Strike. In response to accusations that Roosevelt exceeded his powers as president, the writer of the article discloses that Cleveland wrote to Roosevelt in support of his actions and offered to chair the commission that would mediate an end to the strike. Cleveland ultimately was not chosen because the coal mine operators objected.
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1904-09-15
George B. Cortelyou writes to Volney W. Foster in response to mediation and arbitration issues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-06