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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling sends to President Roosevelt copies of all the telegram correspondence between the Department of the Navy and the Asiatic fleet since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War.
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1904-08-24
John Hay reports to Theodore Roosevelt about developments in the Russo-Japanese War, noting there is currently no sign of external interference.
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1904-08-23
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling sends to President Roosevelt copies of telegrams detailing the conduct of the American naval fleet in Asia since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War.
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1904-08-24
Secretary of State Hay informs President Roosevelt that he approves of Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee’s telegrams to the diplomatic staff in China and he has scheduled a meeting with the Russian ambassador.
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1904-08-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling sends a report to President Roosevelt on the status of an American ship stationed in Shanghai and the movements of Japanese ships in the Pacific Ocean.
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1904-08-25
This telegram provides information on the views of the Japanese Imperial Government in regard to the disposition of the Russian vessel of war which took refuge at Shanghai. The international character of the Shanghai port is taken into consideration. Minister Komura asks Baron Takahira to notify the Taotai of the instructions and report on the results.
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1904-08-14
Freiherr Sternburg encloses a clipping from the New York Sun that he believes will interest President Roosevelt. The article is based on Roosevelt’s remarks concerning “the Far East after the war,” most likely referring to the Russo-Japanese War. Sternburg notes that the Chinese minister in London informed the Peking Government that England had asked for the lease of the Chusan (also known as Zhoushan) Archipelago for use as a naval base.
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1904-08-12
Kentarō Kaneko believes that the situation at Port Arthur is becoming more serious. He mentions the Russian raid on central ships. Kaneko informs President Roosevelt that he is visiting Boston if Roosevelt would like to meet.
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1904-07-30
This report describes the “operations of the 2nd Division, First Japanese Army, during its advance from Feng-huang-cheng, Manchuria toward Liao-yang.” Included are descriptions of battles between the Russian and Japanese armies, such as the fighting around Motion Pass. The report lists troop movements and casualties. Captain March notes that the Japanese have an excellent spy system.
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1904-07-30
Hosea Ballou Morse believes the war has been a success for Japan and that Port Arthur will soon fall. He argues that there are three salient points to consider about Japan, including Japan’s ties to the feudal system and the nature of the Japanese people. Morse discusses “the yellow peril,” speculating about the motives of Japan and what will happen after the war.
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1904-08-07
The Office of Naval Intelligence reports on Japanese and Russian troop positions and movements. It is speculated that the Japanese troops may be planning to strike at the railroad line from Tashichiao to Liaoyang and that the Russian forces in the Liam River Valley are threatened. Included is a quote from the letter of a naval attaché at Tokyo which shows “the confidence with which the Japanese began the war.”
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1904-07-22
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce will not be able to complete his report about his investigation of the consulates before the end of October. However, he does have information that Emperor Meiji wished for him to convey to President Roosevelt. He also has news from Hirobumi Ito and Jutaro Komura about the policy of Japan and the events which led to the declaration of hostilities between Japan and Russia. Peirce would like William Loeb to convey this information to President Roosevelt and ask when Peirce can visit him at Oyster Bay, New York.
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1904-07-21
Baron Sternburg relates details of the arrangements for Mr. Littledale’s Alaskan trip. He encloses an article about Russia and speculates on Japanese military ventures, including their actions at Port Arthur. Sternburg also mentions his trip to the South and that he found a map of Manchuria that he made during the “war of 94.”
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1904-07-17
Lloyd H. Chandler informs the Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence, about Japanese plans during the Russo-Japanese War including plans to invade Port Arthur.
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1904-06-20
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a statement from General John J. Pershing concerning the comparison between wounds and disabilities due to disease among the Japanese military during the Russo-Japanese War. Taft thinks there may be some facts that Roosevelt finds interesting.
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1904-06-18
Cecil Spring Rice writes from his diplomatic posting in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russians are not happy with the Russo-Japanese War and are wary of foreigners, especially English and Americans. He sees Russia and Germany growing closer but doubts that they will ever reach an alliance. Spring Rice reflects on Russia’s relationships with the other great powers and sees Russia’s future as in the East. He suggests that Germany will end up allying with the victor of the Russo-Japanese War.
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1904-05-25
Richard Harding Davis and his wife Cecil Clark Davis are settled in Tokyo like it is home. Davis’ contract with Collier’s Weekly was only for three months, but he does not want to return home without seeing the front lines of the Russo-Japanese War. Davis complains that the newspaper correspondents have been treated poorly by the Japanese authorities who have restricted their access to the front, read their private correspondence and had them spied upon. As an example of the unfair treatment they have been subjected to, Davis recounts the story of Jack London who has been arrested and tried by court martial after getting into a physical altercation with a servant who was caught stealing correspondents’ supplies. Davis knows that President Roosevelt likes to hear of United States representatives abroad, and praises the work of LLoyd Carpenter Griscom, Charles Carlton Marsh, and James Wheeler Davidson.
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1904-05-26
William S. Cowles informs President Roosevelt that the German squadron is visiting. Cowles has hosted Commodore Schröder for lunch, and his wife Anna Roosevelt Cowles liked the Commodore. Cowles comments on the war between the Japanese and the Russians. He notes that he is to go to sea again soon, and will visit the president before he leaves.
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1904-05-29
Richard Watson Gilder tells President Roosevelt he has obtained a copy of an article from the New York Evening Post, “Japan and ‘The Yellow Peril’,” by Kakuzo Okakura (article appeared in the Post‘s Saturday Supplement, March 26, 1904). In a postscript, he comments on a letter Jacob Riis sent to the New York Sun and tells Roosevelt that Mrs. Gilder has left for him a book by Okakura.
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1904-05-15
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis reports on the landing of Japanese land forces at Chempulo, Korea, during the Russo-Japanese War.
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1904-05-18