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A puppeteer labeled “Russia” with marionettes labeled “Bulgaria” and “Macedonia” engage in a sword fight. The Bulgarian puppet is about to cut the head off the Macedonian puppet who has dropped his sword. Hanging on the side of the theater, to the left, are three puppets labeled “Roumelia, Servia, [and] Roumania.” Caption: A continuous performance since Peter, the Great.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-10-07
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Serbian Minister Michailovitch’s opinion regarding the importance of July 28, 1914, and argues that beyond simply being the day Germany and its ally Austria-Hungary began the great war, July 28 further raised the question of how the world should deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Roosevelt feels there can be no peace unless the Austro-Hungarian Empire is broken up and its constituent nationalities are given their own states, and mentions also that the Ottoman empire should be similarly divided. The United States should do what it can to assist in this effort by encouraging the revolt of subject peoples and pledging to protect them. Future peace depends on Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey being soundly defeated, and Roosevelt believes Europe should be remade “on the basis of the principle of nationalities.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Princess Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich for her note and looks forward to reading the book she wrote with her husband, Prince Stephen Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt will do his best to provide the aid that Aline Jackson requests for East Africa, but since most charitable donors have already given to European causes, he is not sure how much he can promise. Roosevelt would like to write to her and her husband, Frederick John Jackson, about his South American expedition, but that seems too trivial to write about when the world is at war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-13
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Maurice Léon about Serbia. Germany had not yet declared war on Serbia when they invaded Belgian territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt supports the work of the Serbian Agricultural Relief Committee of America. The suffering in Serbia has been largely ignored and Roosevelt hopes American aid can help stop the epidemics the war has caused and provide the needed agricultural supplies.
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1915-04-06
Theodore Roosevelt asks George Otto Trevelyan if he has read his book America and the World War. Roosevelt wishes there was more he could have done than express his views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-06
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to be able to secure wide publication of Ladislaus Hengelmuller von Hengervar’s letter. Roosevelt has been concerned about the “terrible war.” He believed it would be advantageous for Bosnia and Herzegovina to enter the Austrian orbit instead of the Ottoman or Serbian. However, the Bosnians and Herzegovinians could not be made loyal to Austria and hindsight shows the annexation to be unwise. Roosevelt understands that the warring nations felt forced to act “by the fatalistic pressure of the past,” except for the case of Belgium whose invasion should have been rebuked by all civilized nations. He concludes by congratulating Hengelmuller von Hengervar for the “genuine national spirit” that has been shown by Austria-Hungary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-16
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edmund von Mach for his book, which he found to be excellent. Roosevelt agrees about the suffering of the soldiers but does not believe this should divert attention from wrongs done to Belgium. Roosevelt understands that all warring nations believe their cause is just, but he sees no defense for what Germany has done in Belgium. He is a great admirer of Germany and would consider the destruction of the German Empire a great calamity, but he does not believe any good can come from one European nation “smashing” another.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-07
President Roosevelt informs President-Elect Taft that he will see Austrian Ambassador Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár at once to clear up the issue. Some newspapers had reported that Taft and his wife, Helen Herron Taft, had sent a message to a Serbian women’s association, and while it did not seem serious apparently invited anxiety in Austria-Hungary. Roosevelt teases Taft that while he is making up his cabinet, Roosevelt spent the morning testing the rifles for his African safari, and says that “life has compensations!” In a handwritten note at the end, Roosevelt comments on Spencer F. Eddy, who is currently envoy to Romania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-31
President Roosevelt tells President-Elect Taft that he was recently approached by Austrian Ambassador Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár, who was concerned about a telegram that Taft and his wife, Helen Herron Taft, allegedly sent to the Serbians. While Roosevelt does not know anything about the incident, he offers his opinion on the situation in the Balkans, and says that the Austro-Hungarian empire has done a good job governing Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that immediate annexation of these states to Serbia would be a disaster.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-29
President Roosevelt explains he is trying to get a legation for Romania and Serbia established. If he is successful, the post will go to Consul General at Cairo, Egypt, John Wallace Riddle. Roosevelt tells Endicott Peabody he might be able to make Thomas Ewing Moore Secretary of Legation under Riddle, but he is not sure.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-27
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay if Thomas Ewing Moore, consul at Weimar, Germany, can be made secretary of legation under John Wallace Riddle as minister if the United States gets an embassy in Romania. Roosevelt encloses a letter from Endicott Peabody recommending Moore.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-27
President Roosevelt received Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf’s letter and is glad to hear what he says. Roosevelt tells Metcalf not to come back to Washington until he feels he can come, and hopes that he is right about the May coup in Serbia. Roosevelt also sends his regards to Metcalf’s wife, Emily.
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1904-09-12
President-Elect Taft tells President Roosevelt about the Ohio senatorship, saying that “all’s well that ends well.” Although Taft’s brother, Charles Phelps Taft, will not be the senator, Taft’s main concern was the exclusion of Joseph Benson Foraker, who he believes would greatly interfere with his administration if he were to be in the Senate. Taft is not completely satisfied with the selection of Theodore E. Burton as senator, but accepts the result. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has visited Taft recently, and has discussed Massachusetts politics. Taft once again reassures Roosevelt that while his wife, Helen Herron Taft, did receive a message from a group of Serbian women, she declined to offer her support and was judicious about her reply.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
President-Elect Taft has received President Roosevelt’s letter about a dispatch to Serbia, but does not understand it. Taft has not sent any message to Serbian groups, and would be glad if Roosevelt would forward this telegram to Austrian Ambassador Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár to clear up any misunderstandings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-31
Ambassador Reid has discussed President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa with Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, and reports that the issue regarding permits to enter game reserves has been resolved. The licenses will be taken care of. Crewe-Milnes assured Reid that Roosevelt’s needs will be taken care of, but that the British government understands that he does not want a fuss. Reid also discusses a number of domestic political issues in England, as well as the state of international affairs in Europe. He thinks that in spite of rumors in the British press about southwestern Europe, a war is unlikely. Reid encloses a caricature of Roosevelt that he thinks he will find amusing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-03
This report compiled by Luther Hess Waring contains the laws of various European countries regarding futures, options, and other limitations that affect stock exchanges. The countries included in the document are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, with particular attention paid to the German Empire.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-19
Secretary of State Root asks A. D. if they remember the test for Serbian princes and recommends using litmus paper to judge if he is a Russian prince.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21
Ambassador Tower summarizes the understanding of the United States regarding the new commercial treaties Germany has entered into with various European nations, and asks Baron Oswald von Richthofen, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if the treaty between the United States and Germany signed in 1900 is to continue. Because the 1900 treaty was based on earlier agreements now superseded by the various commercial treaties mentioned above, the United States government hopes that the advantages of the new commercial treaties will likewise be extended to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-03