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President Roosevelt comments to Senator Lodge on the election results in various states. He is particularly pleased about the Massachusetts results. He wishes that Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer had gone back to Saint Petersburg when the trouble started three weeks ago.
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1905-11-08
President Roosevelt discusses various aspects of his efforts to make peace between Japan and Russia at length with Cecil Spring Rice. He also discusses the current strained relations between England and Germany, and informs Rice that he does not intend to take on the role of regular peacemaker between other countries. It is necessary for him to focus on the affairs of the United States, rather than trying to keep peace in Europe.
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1905-11-01
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Reid that he sent British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand communications relating to the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. He explains to Reid that he did not communicate with Reid because he was communicating freely with the British, French, and German ambassadors and legations directly.
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1905-09-29
President Roosevelt reflects on the terms of the peace between Russia and Japan. He believes that each country did the right thing in giving certain concessions to the other side to end the war. Roosevelt ponders the implications of peace for both Russia and Japan, believing Russia will have to move toward self-government, while Japan must deal with riots by its people. In despite of this, Roosevelt admires and respects Japan and sees her entrance into “the circle of great civilized powers” as a good thing overall.
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1905-09-11
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.
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1905-09-06
President Roosevelt sends Cecil Spring Rice the text of two letters that he sent to Kentarō Kaneko, a member of the Japanese delegation in the peace talks to end the Russo-Japanese War. He urged Kaneko and Japan to accept a peace agreement, rather than simply continuing the war in hopes of getting a large sum of money from Russia in the form of an indemnity. Roosevelt believes that without his intervention, Russia and Japan could not have made peace.
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1905-09-01
President Roosevelt sends Senator Lodge the complete texts of various cablegrams he sent and received in his efforts to broker peace between Russia and Japan. He includes cablegrams to and from George von Lengerke Meyer, Ambassador to Russia, to show his role in it, as well as congratulatory notes from Kaiser William II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor Meiji of Japan, and British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand.
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1905-09-02
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends German Charge d’Affaires Bussche-Haddenhausen a copy of a dispatch that he sent to Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer, and asks if Bussche-Haddenhausen will forward it by cipher telegram to German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg for his information.
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1905-08-27
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb asks French Charge d’Affaires Des Portes de la Fosse to send a copy of a telegram Roosevelt sent to Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer to French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand for his information.
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1905-08-27
President Roosevelt shares with Senator Lodge the in-depth details of how he worked to arrange a peace conference between Russia and Japan, including substantial quotations from letters and telegrams between himself and officials of both governments, as well as with Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer and Ambassador Lloyd Carpenter Griscom. He writes frankly of his views of the two nations, and is not sure whether the negotiations will be successful.
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1905-06-16
President Roosevelt informs American Minister to Austria-Hungary Storer that Marcus Braun was sent to Russia, and now he will have to appeal to American Ambassador to Russia George von Lengerke Meyer. Roosevelt praises Braun’s work in connection with immigration, but says Braun will never be sent to Hungary again. The president also expresses his displeasure at Austria-Hungary “aiding steamship companies” to send immigrants to the United States.
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1905-06-05
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Sternburg that he has done him “a real service,” and asks him to tell German Emperor William II that he is pleased with the conversation that Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer reportedly had with him.
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1905-03-21
President Roosevelt apologizes to Judge Holt that he is replacing diplomat Arthur Sherburne Hardy with Francis B. Loomis, whom he feels has earned a promotion and reward, whereas Hardy expects it.
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1905-01-28
President Roosevelt sends Frances M. Wolcott a formal letter of introduction to the ambassador to Italy. As he does not know who will be in Rome, he wrote to both George von Lengerke Meyer and Henry White.
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1905-01-12
President Roosevelt has not seen the December Political Science Quarterly, and asks Brander Matthews to send it if he has it. Roosevelt does not think American Ambassador to Italy George von Lengerke Meyer will go to Paris for his next post.
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1905-01-03
President Roosevelt confidentially informs Bishop Satterlee of his intention to transfer George von Lengerke Meyer, Ambassador to Italy, to France.
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1904-12-12
President Theodore Roosevelt informs Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that he is dealing with the post office matters. Roosevelt also says that he will write to Governor Frank Higgins because Roosevelt is concerned that if Higgins performs poorly in New York then it will affect the national Republican Party’s chances.
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1904-09-30
President Roosevelt has extended leave for Ambassador Meyer. The Panama Railroad still owns the contracts, but Roosevelt is trying to obtain government control over them.
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1904-08-25
President Roosevelt would like Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer to consider the negative opinion on ambassadors collecting funds. Roosevelt mentions a few options for the movement or promotion of Meyer. Alton B. Parker’s speeches have not helped his campaign, and Roosevelt fully expects to win in Indiana, West Virginia, and New York.
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1904-08-12
President Roosevelt had considered Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer for another appointment, but will discuss the situation when he sees Senator Lodge. Roosevelt believes any opposition to Lodge will not have many votes in the legislature.
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1904-08-16