Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

President Roosevelt thanks William C. McCloy, editor of The Evening Sun, for his message of congratulations. He wonders if McCloy is responsible for the editorials about his accomplishment.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt asks Governor McLane that if his secretary and Senator Henry E. Burnham of New Hampshire wish to submit anything to him about the peace negotiations, that they write to him before coming. Roosevelt does not wish to further take part, or seem to take part, in the negotiations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Overman for his telegram of congratulations.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Penrose for his telegram of congratulations. He reassures him the the report about Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte visiting Philadelphia is unfounded. Roosevelt is still considering the matter of Senator Philander C. Knox and William S. Leib, and wishes that Leib would simply resign his office.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Thomas Collier Platt for his telegram. He asks if he will be in Washington, D.C., in October, as there are things he would like to talk with him about.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks his brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson, for the nice letter, but tells him not to be fooled just because people are speaking nicely about him for the moment. Roosevelt predicts he may have to act to discipline a South American nation, which will cause people to turn on him and say his actions are inconsistent with those he took to help bring peace at the Portsmouth Peace Conference, even though Roosevelt sees them as acting toward the same goal. He is glad the conference was successful, even though his own feelings did not actually play a great role in it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31

President Roosevelt appreciates receiving John J. Scannell’s congratulations.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Reverend John M. Schick for the letter.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Townsend Scudder for the nice letter.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Henry L. Sprague for writing to him, and appreciated reading what he sent.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Isidor Straus for the letter of congratulations.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt tells Captain Wainwright that “no letter could have pleased [him] more than the one from the captain of the Gloucester!”

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

President Roosevelt was very pleased to receive Eugene F. Ware’s telegram. He sends his regards to Ware’s wife and daughter.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Warner for his telegram of congratulations.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Wetmore for the telegram of congratulations.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt sends Cecil Spring Rice the text of two letters that he sent to Kentarō Kaneko, a member of the Japanese delegation in the peace talks to end the Russo-Japanese War. He urged Kaneko and Japan to accept a peace agreement, rather than simply continuing the war in hopes of getting a large sum of money from Russia in the form of an indemnity. Roosevelt believes that without his intervention, Russia and Japan could not have made peace.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-01

President Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the letter, and notes that he was only able to bring about peace between Russia and Japan because members of other nations trusted him to do so.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-01

President Roosevelt tells Robert Grant that Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem “Captain Craig” is like Robert Browning “at his worst.” He is glad that Grant feels the way he does about the Japanese terms and will show Grant the letters he sent them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-02

President Roosevelt hopes to have Baron Kaneko for lunch once the peace settlement is assured. He hopes that the Japanese will publicly tout how much they have won.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-02

When the peace treaty between Japan and Russia is definitely made, President Roosevelt would like to have lunch with Baron Komura and Baron Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-02