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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Theodore Roosevelt is finding it difficult to be courteous to his Outlook colleagues due to their “unutterably silly” views on the arbitration treaties. They want to agree to arbitrate everything because it is unlikely that the issues that the United States would refuse to arbitrate will ever be submitted for arbitration. Roosevelt compares the issue to the tense situation in Europe that he believes will only be peacefully resolved if Germany concludes that France is willing to fight and Great Britain is ready to provide support. He knows that the German war plans involve flank marches through Belgium and Switzerland even though Germany has treaties with these nations guaranteeing their territories.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Juliet Barrett Rublee

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Juliet Barrett Rublee

Theodore Roosevelt advises against joining the peace organization and describes their platform of principles as “silly and base.” He compares the current peace advocates to the Copperheads of the American Civil War. Roosevelt views the peace movement as futile. Roosevelt is also distressed that the peace advocates make no mention of the wrongs committed against Belgium. He wants the United States to stop these wrongs. Roosevelt would like everyone to refuse to have anything to do with such a “foolish and noxious” movement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William Musgrave Calder to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Musgrave Calder to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Calder from New York expresses to President Roosevelt his anxiety over the layoffs of men employed by the Brooklyn Navy Yard which lies in his Congressional District. He fears that the timing of the layoffs will harm Calder’s re-election chances and reminds Roosevelt that his opponent, Robert Baker, is anti-war and voted against the Naval Appropriation bill when previously in Congress. Calder also updates Roosevelt on the election prospects in Kings County, New York, for Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate for governor running against William Randolph Hearst.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-17

Creator(s)

Calder, William Musgrave, 1869-1945