Revolt

President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Reid if he would be able to petition Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes to write to officials in Uganda that Roosevelt would appreciate being given a guide and information that would allow him to hunt a white rhinoceros or elephant. The current unrest in India concerns Roosevelt, and asks what the feelings of British officials are towards it. Roosevelt also remarks briefly on his plans to leave immediately after William H. Taft’s inauguration as president, and comments on a controversy that arose at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, which is still fostering some resentment between the two nations. If Roosevelt can secure a third specimen of the white rhinoceros, he would be happy to send it to the British Museum.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Consul General Steinhart sends Secretary of State Root a draft of a cable to send to chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper in Cuba so that he can send it to Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma and release it to the press. The cable threatens United States intervention if the Cuban government cannot quell the revolt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Creator(s)

Steinhart, Frank Maximillian, 1864-1938

John H. Parker describes the annexation of Cuba by the United States as inevitable due to its strategic location and suggests that the current state of affairs might present an opportunity for such an intervention. Parker considers it best to accomplish the goal diplomatically but acknowledges that the military might be used as a last resort. If direct intervention is not the desired goal at this time, Parker proposes that the United States government quietly provide military advisers to Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma so that he can put down an uprising in Santiago and restore public order.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-02

Creator(s)

Parker, John H. (John Henry), 1866-

Cuban Secretary of State and Justice O’Farrill submits a statement regarding the insurgent forces operating against the government of Cuba and the government forces opposing them. The Cuban government will institute a vigorous campaign as soon as the arms and ammunition ordered from the United States are received, and it hopes to crush the revolt in a short time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

Creator(s)

O'Farrill y Chapotin, Juan Francisco, 1862-

A group of animals are gathered in a jungle, some showing the facial attributes of the rulers of “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “Germany” (William II), and “Italy” (Umberto I). A monkey labeled “France” is speaking and gesticulating to “Japan, Turkey, Russia, Italy, [and] Austria,” while the British lion looks on disapprovingly from above. China is in the background, Spain in the foreground, and Uncle Sam appears as an eagle behind the British lion.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-12-07

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909