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Viscount Aoki wants to send a copy of Luigi Barzini’s book, Guerra Russo-Giapponese: La Battaglia di Mukden, but has been unable to secure a new copy of Emil Krebs’s German translation of it, and so sent President Roosevelt his own used copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-17
In a typed copy of the handwritten original, President Roosevelt thanks King Edward VII for the letter and miniature of John Hamden, and sends a copy of his book, The Winning of the West, in return. Roosevelt agrees about the importance of the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain, noting that the external interests of the two are in alignment. Roosevelt believes Russia should make peace with Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-09
Cecil Spring Rice updates Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the declining political and social situation in Russia. Although revolution seems to be in the air, Czar Nicholas seems impervious to demands for reform and determined to maintain the autocracy. Crowds are being shot down in the streets, including women and children; trains are being robbed of munitions; and a complete breakdown of order appears imminent. Spring Rice also describes Great Britain’s stance toward Russia, Japan, and America, particularly King Edward VII’s admiration for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
A concise overview of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 which covers the major land and sea battles and examines Theodore Roosevelt’s role in mediating a settlement of the conflict.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1983
Ambassador Meyer sends a clipping from the Pall Mall Gazette which quotes him as saying the Powers will move for peace after the Battle of Mukden. Meyer says he never made any such statement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03
President Roosevelt invites Arthur Hamilton Lee to visit him at Oyster Bay, but if his campaign is successful Lee and his wife will have to visit at the White House. Roosevelt claims to not know the outcome of the coming election and calls his opponent, Judge Alton B. Parker, “a colorless candidate.” Roosevelt tells Lee he would like to discuss the Russo-Japanese War with him and mentions the seemingly Japanese victory at Mukden and the potential arrival of Russia’s Baltic fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-14