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Theodore Roosevelt will read Rohrbach with great interest. Roosevelt agrees with Professor Franke’s position on the German-American movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-26
Theodore Roosevelt tells Professor Appelmann he should have immediately and publicly repudiated the statements of Professor Paul Rohrbach. He failed to do so and now his name is connected with Rohrbach. Rohrbach’s published letter amounted to treason and advised German Americans to vote in a manner that would prevent the United States from being prepared for war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-07
Expressing concern about the trouble that maintaining loyalty to ancestral homelands brings, Theodore Roosevelt responds to Bernard H. Ridder agreeing with his stance that American citizens with German origins should not be held responsible for matters of the German state, like the Rohrbach matter. Roosevelt is also open to accepting and adopting Ritter’s position that the United States failed to do its duty and become the peacemaker in matters with Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-22