Middle East

President Roosevelt tours Asia with tracts in his hand and his bag labeled, “T. Roosevelt U. S. A.” and a “big stick” under his arm. He is followed by men holding hymnals as foreigners run away. Minarets and Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. Caption: “Is this to be President Roosevelt’s future? To tour the Orient with the big stick and blaze the way for American missionaries.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

President Roosevelt understands Charles A. Moore’s goal, and sympathizes with it. He believes that the “epic feat” that Moore wishes to undertake in Western Asia will interest President-Elect William H. Taft just as much.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Freiherr Sternburg is in India and reflects on the great power politics of India and the Middle East.  The Russians want a port on the Persian Gulf and are advancing through Persia.  The British oppose them in order to maintain a connection between India and Asia Minor.  Germany is building a railroad across the Ottoman Empire which is complicating the issue, but Sternburg believes the railroad will help Great Britain.  He has not been impressed with the British military in India.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-26

Creator(s)

Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908