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Assistant Secretary of State Loomis will contact the United States Consul General in Tangier, Samuel R. Gummere. Gummere will check if James. W. S. Langerman was charged by the Sultan of Morocco to bring horses as a gift for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-05
Discussion of the plans for the Tangiers Conference, with mention of the German Legation, French government, Madrid Convention and the Moorish Government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Gurney Cannon, Chairman of the Notification Committee, to formally accept his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and to approve the platform adopted by the Republican National Convention. In the letter, Roosevelt provides a comprehensive defense of his foreign and domestic policies and outlines what he believes are the major differences between the Republican and Democratic parties in the upcoming election. Roosevelt discusses, among other topics, his position on international relations, antitrust legislation, tariffs, the gold standard, pensions for Civil War veterans, the military, civil service, commerce, agriculture, taxation, and self-government in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-12
President Roosevelt feels that to surrender to the demands of the Moroccan brigands who have kidnapped Ion Hanford Perdicaris is not an option; however, he has done all he could. Roosevelt suggests to Secretary of State Hay a possible alliance with England and France to form an expedition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-15
Secretary of War Taft forwards a message from Japanese Foreign Minister Jutaro Komura thanking President Roosevelt for working to find peace in the Japanese Russian conflict. The Japanese await the president’s return to Washington to contribute to a peace plan. Taft tells Roosevelt that Ambassador Kogoro Takahira seems to believe the Japanese government was being too cautious in their messaging regarding their wish to end the war, about the result of the Battle of Port Arthur, and about Roosevelt’s influence on the peace party. Taft also met with British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand after Durand spoke to Lord Lansdowne, regarding British and French reaction after the First Moroccan Crisis. Taft also spoke to Durand about his conversation with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-02
Charles Emory Smith suggests that President Roosevelt send a naval squadron commanded by Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick to Tangiers in response to the recent kidnapping of Ion Hanford Perdicaris by bandits led by Raisuli. Smith writes to Roosevelt at the urging of Dr. Williams, a friend of Perdicaris and an individual familiar with the geographic area and its customs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-21
Secretary of State Hay wrote Moroccan Consul Gummeré about how to handle the request of the Gospel Missionary Union that the government extend protection to Moroccans who rent or lease houses to American missionaries. Hay wrote that the treaty with Morocco did not provide such actions. Hay also instructed Gummeré to do everything possible to assist American missionaries in finding suitable housing and to secure immunity from prosecution and all proper protections for the natives who rent to missionaries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-05
Secretary of State Hay wrote to the President of the Gospel Missionary Union about the organization’s request for the American government to extend protection to Moroccans who rent or lease buildings to American missionaries. Hay wrote that the treaty with Morocco did not provide such actions, but the consul had been instructed to do everything possible to assist American missionaries with housing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-05
Secretary of State John Hay encloses a letter he sent to the president of the Gospel Missionary Union and Hay’s directive to the consul general at Tangier. The consul had been instructed to do everything possible to assist United States missionaries and to protect the natives who rent or lease them property.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-07