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Translation of a cablegram from Luke E. Wright to William H. Taft

Governor-General of the Philippines Wright advises Secretary of War Taft that two of the Russian ships are badly damaged near the waterline and will need repairs to be seaworthy; the third is not so badly damaged. The wounded have been treated. Wright is construing the President’s statement on neutrality to mean that the ships should be repaired and kept under guard.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1905-06-05

Transcription of a telegram received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Baron Takahira has received a telegram which details the Imperial Japanese Government’s position on peace negotiations now that their navy has beaten the Russian navy. The Imperial Japanese government thinks the peace negotiation should be limited to the belligerents and to friendly assistance of a neutral country. President Roosevelt is the choice of the Imperial Japanese Government and they will allow him to choose the place of negotiations, the procedures, and the attendance of any other powers. The Imperial Japanese Government will not approach the Russian government directly or indirectly to talk about peace.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1905-05-31

Letter from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Navy Morton forwards to President Roosevelt a telegram from Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. The captain of the Russian warship Lena has requested that the crew and officers be sent home and there has been difficulty in enforcing parole on the crew. Morton has responded to Goodrich to inform him it has been referred to Roosevelt.

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1904-09-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Brinton McClellan Harvey

President Roosevelt cannot attend the dinner, but thanks George Brinton McClellan Harvey for the invitation. Roosevelt believes that it is injurious for the Japanese to behave as if they got the worst of the peace negotiations.

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1905-09-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of State Hay on the matter of the Russian ship Lena, which recently arrived in San Francisco. It will be dismantled, disarmed, and its crew on parole in order to stick to a “rigid line of neutrality” in the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt urges Hay to tend to his health.

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1904-09-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Elliot Pillsbury

President Roosevelt asks Acting Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Pillsbury to consider what the U.S. Navy should do if the Asiatic squadron needs to “bottle up” the Vladivostok squadron. Roosevelt does not expect trouble from Russia but wants to be prepared for an emergency.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-07-29

Report on the troubles at Odessa

A detailed report concerning the worker uprising in Odessa, Ukraine, over the dates June 26-28, 1905. The report also discusses the arrival of the battleship “Knyaz Potemkin-Tavricheski” in the harbor of Odessa on June 28 where a mutiny had taken place on board. At the end of the report, the Potemkin is still under command of a mutinied crew and the British fleet may be called into the Black Sea to handle the situation.

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Creation Date

1905-07-04

Telegram from Charles Jackson Train to Paul Morton

Rear Admiral Train informs Secretary of the Navy Morton of a situation wherein he encountered several damaged Russian cruisers in Lingayen Gulf. Train escorted the cruisers to Manila, and says he will report more tomorrow.

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1905-06-03

Telegram from William H. Taft to Luke E. Wright

Secretary of War Taft instructs Governor-General Wright to inform the Russian Navy Admiral, Zinoviĭ Petrovich Rozhestvenskiĭ, that President Roosevelt will not allow battle-damaged ships to be repaired in the port of Manila unless they are interned there until the end of the conflict. It is United States policy to restrict the actions of belligerent parties in neutral ports. Taft further instructs Wright to turn over the orders to Admiral Charles Jackson Train after he delivers the message.

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Creation Date

1905-06-05

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Meyer informs President Roosevelt about the unsatisfactory conditions of the Caucasus and Poland. He also tells the President that Russia suffers from poor government administration, roads, and lack of preparation of the army for the war as examples. There is talk about building ships for the Imperial Navy, but nothing concrete as of yet.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-05

Results of Gun and Torpedo Fire

A description of various battles fought during the Russo-Japanese War between February 8, 1904, and October 1, 1904, including the tactics used and results of the battles. The report focuses on Russian ships, as information on the injuries sustained by Japanese ships is not available.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-15

Report concerning certain alleged defects in vessels of navy

This report records a series of documents, primarily from Admiral W. L. Capps, Constructor of the Navy, answering recent criticisms about some naval vessels in the United States Navy. These criticisms centered on the height of the freeboard of the ships, their water-line armor distribution, and the ammunition hoists used, among other topics. The report contains a statement by Capps, a report of a relevant discussion by the British Royal Navy, a number of diagrams detailing armor distribution, and a record of hearings conducted by the House Committee on Naval Affairs. Capps refutes the criticism by correcting several misunderstandings about terminology, explaining the rationale behind some shipbuilding decisions, and mentioning that several issues have already been corrected in newer ships.

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Creation Date

1908-02-19

Sea strength of the principal naval powers

A table of the naval statistics of Great Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Russia, Italy, and Austria, including the types of vessels built and in the process of being built. The total tonnages are listed in order from greatest to smallest in a separate table.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-01