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President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry if gunboats can be sent to the seal islands near Alaska to prevent poaching there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-01
President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry to send the USS Buffalo to watch for seal poachers in the Bering Sea. The Buffalo should also investigate regarding coaling stations when not performing her duties around the seal islands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-01
President Roosevelt approves of Attorney General Bonaparte’s handling of Japanese seal poachers in the Bering Sea. Roosevelt sends a letter from a reporter to Secretary of War William H. Taft about Senator William Edgar Borah.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-19
Harrison Gray Otis offers his opinion on immigration policy. He believes that the United States should establish uniform rules for immigrants from both Europe and Asia that bar “the lame, the halt and the blind” in favor of strong, capable men. Otis also agrees with President Roosevelt on the need for a stronger Navy and comments on foreign policy matters pertaining to China and Japan. Additionally, he offers his opinion on adjusting the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-14
Theodore Roosevelt calls John W. Foster’s attention to several misstatements of fact he made in a recent speech. Roosevelt states that he has always been consistent on the subject of international arbitration, and he explains his positions on the seal industry in the Bering Sea and the Alaskan boundary dispute. Roosevelt does not wish to start a public controversy on the matter but felt that an ex-Secretary of State such as Foster needs to have the record set straight when he publicly misstates facts about an ex-President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26
President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Tower to thank German Emperor William II for the message. Roosevelt was already aware of the presence of Japanese in Mexico, and comments that many Japanese do not remain in Mexico, but attempt to enter the United States. Roosevelt comments about Japanese seeking to enter the United States from Canada as well, and suggests that the reason that many of these immigrants are soldiers is not due to plans by the Japanese emperor, but because they have trouble readjusting to life in Japan after having served in Manchuria. Roosevelt is pleased by William II’s approval of what he did with the fleet in the Pacific.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-12
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf has received correspondence detailing the plan of the British government to send a gunboat to patrol the waters surrounding the Commander Islands in an attempt to reduce fur seal poaching in that area. Metcalf recommends that the United States government also send a gunboat “for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels that may be found sealing in such waters.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling informs President Roosevelt that the armed cruiser Buffalo has been dispatched to patrol the Bering Sea at the request of the State Department and the Department of Commerce and Labor. Darling requests Roosevelt’s approval to authorize the ship searching and seizing sealers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-23