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Theodore Roosevelt asks James Bronson Reynolds for help in finding men who are experts in labor, housing and social conditions who would be acceptable to the Russian revolutionists and could help the Red Cross assist the Russian people. He asks Reynolds to devote himself to the task for the next few days and will see him at any time regarding it.
1917-06-08
President Roosevelt writes to Brooks Adams and expresses his opinion that the public must have some control over transportation and commerce. He adds that he agrees with Adams’ opinion that trade routes with Asia must stay open. Roosevelt gave the interview about Russia because he wanted people to understand the U.S. was in earnest.
1903-07-18
President Roosevelt is astounded at the view Frederick William Holls expressed in regard to Egypt and Manchuria, explaining that he will act in the interest of the United States. He asks if Holls and Judge Theodore Brentano can join him for lunch on July 13.
1903-07-04
President Roosevelt was informed by Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis that Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini did not officially state that the Russian Government would not receive the petition, although he did express that the Russian Government was opposed to the idea of the petition. This refers to the Kishinev petition that protested the slaughter of Russian Jews in Kishinev.
1903-07-15
Headline from the New York American newspaper announcing the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.
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1917-03-16
The front page of the New York Times announcing that Germany has declared war on Russia thus beginning World War I.
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1914-08-02
Lord Lansdowne, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, writes to Britain’s ambassadors in Paris and St. Petersburg, with instructions to share the information he provides with the French and Russian governments. The letter discusses an agreement which had been signed between Great Britain and Japan in August 1902 but which was not made public, so as not to interfere with the negotiations between Russia and Japan.
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1905-09-06
John Hay encloses a copy of a communication announcing that Japan has declared war against Russia, and requesting that the U.S. make its neutrality effective.
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1904-02-11
The Russian newspaper Novoe Vremya claims that war is being brought to Russia by the antagonism of the new world. The United States is seeking world hegemony and is undertaking an anti-Russian campaign.
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1904-02-03
George Kennan reviews the Russian Empire’s social and political conditions that could influence the outcome of a Russian war with Japan. The lack of personal security and oppressive bureaucratic regulations dispirit much of the population whose grievances are ignored or punished. Revolutionary activity can be found throughout Russia and has infiltrated the state’s armed forces. A war would further strain the state’s bureaucracy and increase popular discontent. Even supporters of the government view the potential of war with “gloomy forebodings.”
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1904-01-30
President Roosevelt lays out guidelines for American neutrality during the Russo-Japanese War.
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1904-02-15
Cecil Spring Rice announces to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that he has become engaged to be married. He also writes about the situation in Russia, sharing his opinion of the United States ambassador to Russia. He discusses opinions in Russia regarding President Roosevelt and about the possibility of war. While the idea of war is unpopular because the common people do not understand what the fight is about, Spring Rice thinks the people would bear a war regardless of any disasters. The Emperor seems to be above both law and morality.
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1904-01-20
Jacob H. Schiff expresses appreciation for the prompt attention that President Roosevelt has given concerning rumors of recent massacres against Jews in Kishinev, Russia.
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1904-01-04
The prominent Jewish banker and philanthropist Jacob H. Schiff asks President Roosevelt to contact the Russian government concerning rumors of recent massacres against Jews in Kishinev, Russia.
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1903-12-31
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis has received William Loeb’s letter of December 28 with the enclosed telegram from Oscar S. Straus. The State Department has made the suggested inquiries of the British Embassy, Russian Embassy, and Consul at Odessa.
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1903-12-29
The unknown writer believes that the suggestion has been accomplished through instructions sent to Ambassador McCormick and consular officials in Russia regarding rumors of new excesses. This probably refers to the massacre of Jews in Kishinev, Russia.
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1903-12-31
Acting Secretary of State Loomis received William Loeb’s letter of December 19 with an enclosure from Ambassador Pearson. The Russian railway workers’ treatment of the plants sent by President Roosevelt to the Shah of Iran has been brought to the attention of the American embassy at St. Petersburg, Russia.
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1903-12-29
Chargé d’Affaires of Britain Spring Rice details to First Lady Roosevelt the economic and political climate in Russia. While Spring Rice sees no immediate stirrings of revolution there, he hints that revolution may still be in Russia’s future because of the unsustainable, poor economic conditions in the rural areas and the dearth of strong, reform-minded leadership within the government. While Spring Rice sees Russia’s Interior Minister, Vi︠a︡cheslav Konstantinovich Pleve, as a capable leader, Pleve opposes reform, and though S. I︠U︡. Vitte, the chairman of the Committee of Ministers is “a strong man, too, and might be a reformer,” Emperor Nicholas II strongly dislikes him. Spring Rice also perceives Russia’s slights of other nations and its aversion to making treaties as hindrances to its government. Additionally, Spring Rice tells Roosevelt of a Russian folk story he has recently translated into English.
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1903-12-09
Secretary of State Hay sends President Roosevelt a typed extract from a letter written by First Secretary of the London Embassy, Henry White. Hay also sends comments made by Joseph Hodges Choate regarding negotiations to reconcile the Alaskan border dispute between Canada, the United States, and Russia. Choate and White praise work done by United States Commissioners Henry Cabot Lodge, George Turner, and Elihu Root, and the conduct of Lord Alverstone.
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1903-10-29
Report with the name, date of launch, type, and displacement of Russian warships. Most of the ships also have the date of their last sighting in the remarks column.
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1903-10-14