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President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root he approves of the plan for the proposed Hague permanent court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-08
Senator Lodge has read Theodore Roosevelt’s article on arbitration under the Russian treaty and is troubled by the matter. The Russians have never “given up the doctrine of indefeasible allegiance,” thus excepting their subjects from part of the treaty. Lodge also believes that the Russians violate the treaty regarding American born Jews. Going to the Permanent Court of Arbitration could strengthen the American position but Russia would likely ignore any decision on their right to exclude immigrants. This would also raise awkward questions regarding the United States’ laws against Chinese immigration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-12
Secretary of War Taft responds to a letter from Senator Lodge regarding treaties that President Roosevelt has given to the Senate. Taft breaks down Lodge’s questions about articles in the treaties regarding legal and constitutional aspects, and evaluates amendments that the Senate proposes to add. Taft points out that the treaties currently under discussion refer to previous conventions which established a Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and discusses how the powers of this court interact with the powers of the United States government, specifically with reference to the making and execution of treaties. Taft also encloses a memo by Judge Charles E. Magoon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-07
President Roosevelt agrees about the “little islands” and suggests that the rights to the islands could be a bargaining tool in the Alaska boundary matter. If an agreement cannot be reached, he would like to see arbitration before the Hague Court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-15
Theodore Roosevelt would like the Permanent Court of Arbitration to examine the Russian arbitration treaty. He believes that nations should be able to exclude undesirable immigrants, but Russia is being foolish by turning away Jewish-American travelers. Roosevelt does not believe that this compares to American laws against Chinese immigration, as the Jewish Americans are not seeking to permanently join the Russian population. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is “really better.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-20
President Roosevelt updates President of Harvard Eliot on Secretary of War William H. Taft’s investigation into American agitators’ influence in the Cuban conflict. He discusses the “curious” opinion of having General Leonard Wood take control in Cuba given the previous backlash against him, even though Roosevelt considers him one of the “best officers we now have.” While Cuba is his immediate concern in foreign affairs, Roosevelt discusses the issues concerning the Hague and the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-22
President Roosevelt believes that Judge Gray holds a position which obliges Roosevelt to try to get him on the Court of Arbitration at the Hague.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-04
President Roosevelt shares his views on the reciprocity treaties recently rejected by the Senate with Silas McBee. Roosevelt points out that George Washington himself concluded a treaty in 1796 that delegated all questions to arbitration. Moreover, the Senate recently ratified a treaty giving the president the power to refer claims to arbitration at the Hague. Roosevelt berates the individual senators as caring more about the “prerogative of the Senate” than the welfare of the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-16
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 agrees with French Deputy Estournelles de Constant in reference to the Hague court and is unsure of how to advise regarding the invitation to members of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-11
President Roosevelt agrees about the islands and would be glad to use them as a balance in the Alaska boundary matter. If an agreement cannot be reached, Roosevelt prefers the Hague Court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-15
President Roosevelt supports the Hague Court and hopes its international support will grow. Roosevelt would like to offer a good word or deed for the people of Turkey and states that there is good and evil in all nations and creeds. Roosevelt would like to be reelected and he tries to act in accordance with what is right, but also what is practical.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-01
President Roosevelt goes over potential appointments and promotions for Senator Proctor’s associates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-10
President Roosevelt found the letters sent to George B. Cortelyou interesting and is pleased that the Hague court is to be officially recognized.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-18
President Roosevelt was very pleased when the concerned powers agreed to arbitration at the Hague court, most likely referring to the Venezuelan crisis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-13
President Roosevelt encloses an editorial from Whitelaw Reid regarding how the United States could be constrained by the decisions of the international tribunal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-14
President Roosevelt was delighted that the powers involved in the Venezuelan crisis have agreed to arbitration at the Hague court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-15
President Roosevelt believes that it is important that the Hague tribunal accepted the case but it is more important that the United States have a first class navy and efficient army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-05
It was very difficult to get the parties involved in the Venezuelan crisis to accept arbitration at the Hague court, and now there are difficulties with discussing preliminaries. However, President Roosevelt believes they took the right course of action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-02
President Roosevelt is pleased that the Venezuelan crisis will be handled by the Hague tribunal and that no European nation was able to gain a territorial foothold on the pretext of debt collection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-29