Spain--Algeciras

United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Reid gives President Roosevelt an update on international politics in Europe, especially events in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia. He assures the President that the London Morning Post has a good opinion of him, and proposes a solution to the problem of one of its correspondents writing unfairly on the Roosevelt administration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-17

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

President Roosevelt uses a “diplomacy” knife to cut another notch into the “big stick.” The old notch was “peace of Portsmouth.” The new notch is “peace of Algeciras.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-02

Creator(s)

Maybell, Claude, 1872-

President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Cullom for his actions relating to the Algeciras matter. He advises Cullom to not agree to a time for a vote on the Santo Domingo Treaty until he confers with Secretary of State Elihu Root, as Root and Roosevelt “have a plan under way.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

British Foreign Secretary Grey informs President Roosevelt that Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand will be replaced, and while he understands Roosevelt’s desire to have Arthur Lee in his place, that is politically impossible. Temporarily, Esmé Howard will be sent to Washington as Councillor to the Embassy. Grey appreciated Roosevelt’s explanation of his telegram to German Emperor William after the Portsmouth Peace. Grey explains that his foreign policy is not anti-German, but to be independent he feels it necessary to strengthen the entente with France and come to an agreement with Russia. Grey believes that his generation has had enough of war, and the British people feel a special bond with the United States. Grey hopes the dispute between Canada and the United States over Newfoundland will soon be settled. He also adds that many in Great Britain are upset over reports of slavery and plunder in the Belgian Congo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-04

Creator(s)

Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933

Ambassador Reid reports to President Roosevelt about affairs in Europe. Reid’s impression is that neither Great Britain nor Germany want tensions to escalate to a war, and he is still trying to get more details about their negotiations. Reid informs Roosevelt that the King seems to be in ill health. He is also worried that Roosevelt’s friend, Silas McBee, is stirring up trouble by seeming to interfere in debates about the Education Bill. Reid referred the Grocers’ Federation to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf so that they might receive more information about complying with America’s meat inspection laws, and he enclosed a copy of a speech he gave at Cambridge on the American Revolution. Reid concludes by saying that he hopes the British government will help the United States settle disputes with Canada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-16

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Secretary of State Root writes to Senator Cullom, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, that he hopes the Senate will not adjourn without acting on the Algeciras Convention. Root argues that if the United States failed to ratify the conference it would “put the Government of the United States in a most humiliating position in the eyes of all the rest of the civilized world.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-25

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Ambassador Reid discusses international relations with President Roosevelt including the situations in Algeciras and Morocco. Reid also writes about King Edward VII and the British press, and Kaiser Wilhelm II and the German press. Apparently, tensions are beginning to grow between England and Germany in the European arena.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-19

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Ambassador Reid sends a newspaper clipping from a British newspaper to President Roosevelt, asking if he is correct in assuming that its description of Roosevelt’s telegram to Emperor Wilhelm is “unfair and unfounded.” Reid agrees to “look after” Harriet Shonts and her daughters when they arrive in England if the courts are open, but mentions that it can be difficult to accommodate American visitors when there are fewer courts being held. Reid also comments upon the recent Algeciras Conference.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-18

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Spectator about the Algeciras Conference. Reid also discusses members of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-02

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Hermann Speck von Sternburg apologizes for the misunderstandings concerning the ports of Morocco. Sternburg states Germany would like to have a conference in order to peacefully settle the problems in Morocco and appreciates President Roosevelt’s idea of cooperation between the French and Spanish officers in each port.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-19

Creator(s)

Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908

Secretary of State Root informs Hermann Speck von Sternburg of the individuals representing the United States Government at the Moroccan Conference.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-24

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

President Roosevelt writes to Ambassador Reid about ongoing negotiations between France and Germany about Morocco. Beginning with background information about the situation, with Germany wishing to call a conference to reform the government of Morocco—in opposition to France—Roosevelt then includes the text of numerous letters and telegrams in English and French from various parties related to this issue. Roosevelt says he will send copies of this letter to Henry White and George von Lengerke Meyer, and will show it to Secretary of State Elihu Root, as well, but no one else, as it is to be strictly confidential. He closes with some personal remarks to Reid, responding to a previous letter from him, and thanking him for presenting Milla Shonts and her daughters. The envelope appended at the end suggests that this is the copy of the letter which was sent to Meyer.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1906-04-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919