Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt
German Ambassador Sternburg sends President Roosevelt some information gathered by German officials in Mexico about Japanese immigration there. Mexican President Porfirio Díaz confidentially informed Sternburg’s contact that an increase in Japanese immigration had been noticed around the beginning of April, particularly in the states of Jalisco and Chihuahua. A Japanese Merchant Marine ship was seen at Coatzacoalcos with about four thousand men and officers. Several thousand Japanese men, able to carry arms, have settled around the country. None were in uniform, but wore clothing reminiscent of Japanese military uniforms. Some of the immigrants seem to be trying to get into the United States. Sternburg says he and his wife are settled in to the hamlet of Dublin, New York, and are sorry they missed Roosevelt’s invitation to Oyster Bay.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-14
