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Elihu Root is pleased that President Roosevelt liked his speech to New York’s Union League. Root is working on an upcoming speech on Panama to the Union League of Chicago, and he wishes the president to let him know when the Senate will vote on Panama and whether the vote is in doubt. He discusses policy concerning China and the Japanese attack on Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-15
Freiherr Sternburg looks forward to discussing the Russo-Japanese War with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-16
President Roosevelt outlines for Ambassador Meyer his opinions regarding the Russian and Japanese people and their militaries, and comments on England’s similar interest regarding the “Oriental complication.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-02-06
President Roosevelt considers the possible outcomes of the conflict between the Russians and Japanese.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-05-24
President Roosevelt acknowledges Japan’s “overwhelming triumph” and hopes that Russia will concede to defeat in order to avoid further conflict.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-06-19
President Roosevelt has attempted and failed to convince the Japanese to agree to an armistice, and notes that Russia cannot hope for peace without making major concessions.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-07-07
Secretary of State John Hay’s death was a severe personal loss to President Roosevelt, and he is fortunate to have Elihu Root to take over the State Department. Roosevelt is pleased that Russia is sending Sergei Vitte to negotiate with the Japanese representatives over ending the Russo-Japanese War. However, he is concerned that Vitte and Emperor Nicholas II have not come to terms with the fact that Japan has the upper hand in East Asia. Peace will have to be made with the Japanese as victors. If the Russians cannot reach terms, a “severe defeat” will become an “irredeemable disaster.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-07-18
President Roosevelt copies two letters he sent to Kentaro Kaneko that he believes finally convinced Japan to give up on an indemnity and reach terms to end the Russo-Japanese War.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-09-01
Sheet music for “The Peacemaker,” which celebrates President Roosevelt’s role in settling the Russo-Japanese War. The song is dedicated to Roosevelt and feature a photograph of him on the cover.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
Sheet music for “The Treaty of Peace,” a song celebrating President Roosevelt’s participation in the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. The front cover shows a blue ink print of a fan, lantern, flowers, branch, and a Japanese scroll with writing.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
Sheet music arranged by Frederic Mullen that combines the Japanese and Russian national anthems. “Hail Columbia,” a song representing the United States, concludes the arrangement. The song is in response to the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese War. The front cover displays an angelic figure, representing peace, above the portraits of President Roosevelt, S. Vitte, and Jutaro Komura; three of the negotiators that worked together to end the war.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
Celebratory music written for President Roosevelt’s successful negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War. The song is dedicated to Roosevelt, which is noted at the top of page three.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
Celebratory music written for President Roosevelt’s successful negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War. The song is dedicated to Roosevelt, which is noted at the top of page three.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
On August 5, 1905, the Japanese and Russian delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference left New York City to board ships which would take them first to Oyster Bay to talk with Theodore Roosevelt and then to the conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This film includes views at the wharf of the New York Yacht Club of the Japanese delegation boarding two U.S. Navy steam launches; and part of the Russian delegation walking down a ramp to the wharf. The first three men are unidentified. The last two men are the chief Russian envoys, Sergei Witte and Baron Roman von Rosen. The delegation is greeted by Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce and others. The Russians board a steam launch. The final view shows a man walking down the ramp and then boarding another launch. Members of the Japanese delegation included Baron Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and envoy Jutaro Komura.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1905
The artist depicts portraits of the principal and secondary leaders involved in the Treaty of Portsmouth and includes a quote by President Roosevelt at the bottom of the postcard.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1905
Partial copy of Harper’s Weekly magazine dated June 4, 1904. The title page features a political cartoon, “Roosevelt Against the Field,” depicting a large elephant ridden by President Roosevelt racing a small donkey ridden by Alton B. Parker, William Randolph Hearst, Richard Olney, and Senator Gorman. The cover has an illustration of fighting in the Russo-Japanese War and there are three pages of brief articles covering recent political events.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904-06-04
Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines the events, decisions, and actions that brought about the Treaty of Portsmouth and ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. Bishop primarily focuses on Roosevelt’s work to bring about peace; work that earned Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.
1919-09
President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Adee that he has received his telegram and two from Mr. Murray. Roosevelt does not understand whether the captain of the Russian ship Lena has expressed the desire for complete repairs, accepting that would require disarmament. If the captain agreed, Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich is to oversee the disarmament. If the captain has not agreed, Adee is to obtain a statement from the Russian Ambassador to the United States Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini as to the captain’s intentions. If the Russians do not act, the United States will make a formal examination on its own, and if the repairs are extensive, insist on immediate disarmament.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-13
President Roosevelt invites Arthur Hamilton Lee to visit him at Oyster Bay, but if his campaign is successful Lee and his wife will have to visit at the White House. Roosevelt claims to not know the outcome of the coming election and calls his opponent, Judge Alton B. Parker, “a colorless candidate.” Roosevelt tells Lee he would like to discuss the Russo-Japanese War with him and mentions the seemingly Japanese victory at Mukden and the potential arrival of Russia’s Baltic fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-14
A four panel cartoon showing National Guardsmen marching into Camp Ordway in Washington, D.C.; President Roosevelt assisting Foreign Affairs Minister Komura and Secretary of State Witte with the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War; Secretary of Agriculture Wilson celebrating the return of Hyde (possibly James Hazen Hyde); and a Mississippian and a Louisianan eying each other across the state line, while a mosquito above them says, “Here’s where I get my work in. Biz-z-z.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905