Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Marquess of, 1830-1903

Mr. Roosevelt’s sermon

This Saturday Review article begins by observing the American penchant for lectures. President Roosevelt’s annual message is one example of a lecture, which the author calls a “sermon.” However, the author suggests Roosevelt does not understand that “there is nothing weighty in [his annual message] but its style.” The author concludes by mentioning the dichotomy of Roosevelt lecturing the rest of the world but letting the American people off.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-10

Forced to peddle, though he is rich

Uncle Sam is pictured as a peddler offering “Bonds Sold For Gold” on a snowy street where he encounters a diminutive figure labeled “Canada” holding a paper labeled “Sound Currency System.” She points to Uncle Sam’s bag of “Silver.” Standing on balconies labeled “England – Sound Currency System,” “France – Sound Financial System,” “Austria – Sound Financial Policy,” “Russia – Sound Financial Policy,” and “Germany – Sound Currency System” are the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Lord Salisbury; the President of France, Felix Faure; the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I; the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II; and the German Emperor, William II; and standing on an unmarked balcony is the King of Italy, Umberto I.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-02-05

“Let us have peace”

President Grover Cleveland and British Prime Minister Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, are dressed as Native Americans, smoking peace pipes filled with “Common Sense Tobacco.” Sitting with Cleveland, also dressed as natives, are Richard Olney, Robert R. Hitt, Charles A. Boutelle, Nelson Dingley, George Frisbie Hoar, William E. Chandler, John T. Morgan, and Henry Cabot Lodge. Sitting with Salisbury are Joseph Chamberlain, Arthur James Balfour, George Joachim Goschen, and the Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish. In the foreground is a hatchet in a hole, to be buried, possibly over the Venezuela boundary dispute.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-01-22

Misery loves company

Three men holding spoons labeled “Russia, England, [and] Japan” attempt to force a large pill labeled “Ultimatum” from an “International Pill Box” into a despairing Chinese man sitting on a throne with a large pillow behind him. The three men have the attributes of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Meiji, Emperor of Japan. The sultan of Turkey is sitting on the left, smoking a hookah. Caption: The Sultan–Allah be praised! – Now that they’ve got another “Sick Man,” maybe they’ll let up on me a little!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-11-06

Quite true!

Edward Oliver Wolcott flies toward the “White House” after getting booted home from England on the foot of Lord “Salisbury.” Caption: “President McKinley’s bimetallic commission has started for home” – Daily Papers.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-11-17

“Her resolute opposition”

Queen Victoria stands on her throne labeled “England” at the edge of the sea, holding a broom labeled “My Prerogative,” and sweeping against ocean waves labeled “Home Rule” and “Democracy” that show the faces of Charles S. Parnell, William E. Gladstone, and Robert Cecil Salisbury. Her crown is perched on the back of her throne. Caption: A poor old broom against the new flood.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1886-02-10

The pig has the pull

An Irish pig labeled “Parnell,” carrying a shillelagh labeled “Obstruction,” walks down a road with leashes attached to a nose ring on the Marquess of “Salisbury” and on the former British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, who is crawling on his hands and knees. Caption: “The result of the late elections in England practically gives the Parnellites the balance of power between the Liberals and the Conservatives.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-12-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles how dull his life is because of all the work he does. All the difficulties and opposition he faces as Police Commissioner cause him depression but he knows the work has been worth doing. He takes and interest in foreign affairs and mentions Secretary of State Richard Olney, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-02-02

Too many friends

A woman representing China struggles with the Russian Bear, while the German emperor and the British Prime Minister, Lord Robert Cecil Salisbury, implore Russia not to be so greedy and to share some of China with them. Uncle Sam sits on a fence in the background, whittling a stick. Caption: England and Germany (to Russia). — Hold on there! Don’t be so selfish! If she’s going to be saved, we want to have a hand in it!

Comments and Context

Just as Germany was comparatively late to the major nations’s scramble for colonies, Russia sought to capitalize on the disorder and crumbling central government in China at this time. A German-Anglo alliance, formed to check Russian expansion was, obviously, short-lived, but Russia’s primary frustration was its timing: the Boxer Rebellion, growing furious at this time, targeted all foreigners in China.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt

Andrew Carnegie has a “deep anxiety” about President Roosevelt’s plan to expand the number of ships in the Navy. This reversal of his original disarmament policy could harm relations with other naval powers, particularly Great Britain, which had been committed to reducing its naval arsenal over the past several years. While Carnegie dismisses the possibility of a war, he cautions that such an act will cause unnecessary tension, give Roosevelt the appearance of weakness and indecisiveness, and would bring unnecessary expenditures during a time of economic crisis. Carnegie instead urges Roosevelt to focus his energies on helping economic recovery.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-18

Letter from Wayne MacVeagh to Theodore Roosevelt

Wayne MacVeagh writes to President Roosevelt that he hopes Roosevelt was able to find “the act of Congress and its affirmance by the Supreme Court.” It was accepted quietly and approved, hardly a “violent form of anarchy.” Although not well-drafted, MacVeagh believes the idea is there. A few weeks after Roosevelt’s speech on graduated inheritance taxes, H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, announced support to begin graduated income taxes, after experiencing success with inheritance taxes since 1894.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-09

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to William Loeb

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson encloses a letter about immigration and asks William Loeb if he thinks it is worth showing to President Roosevelt. A friend of Robinson, the nephew of the late British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, met Roosevelt briefly at the Railway Congress and would like the President to sign a slip of paper commemorating the occasion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Letter from Henry White to John Hay

Acting charge d’affaires to Great Britain Henry White writes to Secretary of State Hay about British political issues, Parliamentary legislation, and Anglo-American concerns which the legation is handling. The Entente Cordiale was signed by France and England to the relief of both countries because neither wanted to be dragged into the Russo-Japanese War on the sides of their respective allies. White describes the financial legislation that is being considered. He then characterizes the negotiation process about the Samoan claim, the Nicaraguan incident, and the Ladd extradition case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-22