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John St. Loe Strachey commends President Roosevelt on his recent speech. Strachey’s family still grieves for his son, Thomas C. Strachey, and is grateful for Roosevelt’s kindness. Strachey describes his disappointment in finding a strong socialist majority among the audience at his lecture on socialism’s destructive influence on the family.
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1907-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt received John St. Loe Strachey’s letter after Roosevelt published his article on “hyphenated Americanism.” He congratulates Strachey on his son-in-law’s military service. He informs Strachey that he will never again run for public office, but will continue speaking and writing while the World War is ongoing and will then retire.
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1915-10-09
Theodore Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, that he is mistaken in believing that the American public will acknowledge Roosevelt as a leader again. Roosevelt does, however, believe that what he has said will influence public opinion and they will see that his position was right. Roosevelt sends two of his articles about the Lusitania disaster to Strachey, which were and are still not popular. Roosevelt sends his regards to Strachey’s daughter and wife and is glad their house has become an emergency hospital. Roosevelt will write James Bryce expressing his approval of Bryce’s report on German atrocities.
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1915-05-29
President Roosevelt was very interested in John St. Loe Strachey’s article about American ex-Presidents, although he is not sure if he entirely agrees with him about his own particular position. After leaving the presidency Roosevelt is looking forward to being an entirely private citizen once more, and says it would be “an unpleasant thing to be pensioned and given some honorary position.” He plans to go on a hunting safari in Africa, write for The Outlook, and, in the case of war, would like to serve in another volunteer cavalry division if he is still physically fit. Roosevelt does acknowledge, however, that his position is somewhat unique, and that the issue of how to support ex-presidents still stands in the abstract. He hopes to see Strachey sometime when he visits England, as well as Evelyn Baring Cromer and Frederick Courteney Selous.
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1908-11-28
President Roosevelt was impressed with what John St. Loe Strachey had to say about Berlin and Paris and discusses his thoughts on the war scare between England and Germany two years prior. He tells Strachey that there are those who object to “keeping up the Navy” while also persuading him to come to terms with Japan, which he sees as “inviting trouble” and refusing to prepare if conflict with Japan became a reality. Roosevelt believes that the United States will have to adopt a similar policy on Japanese immigration as Australia but is confused as to why a country with a much smaller population and birth-rate adopted such a policy so soon.
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1907-02-22
President Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey that if he were not in office, he would write the letter endorsing Strachey’s plan without hesitation. Because he is president, however, he cannot write a letter endorsing a single cause without being obligated to endorse hundreds. He looks forward to seeing Strachey and his wife next year.
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1906-03-24
President Roosevelt and Edith will plan to see John St. Loe Strachey and his wife at the White House in November 1907.
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1905-11-02
President Roosevelt reflects on the terms of the peace between Russia and Japan. He believes that each country did the right thing in giving certain concessions to the other side to end the war. Roosevelt ponders the implications of peace for both Russia and Japan, believing Russia will have to move toward self-government, while Japan must deal with riots by its people. In despite of this, Roosevelt admires and respects Japan and sees her entrance into “the circle of great civilized powers” as a good thing overall.
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1905-09-11
President Roosevelt congratulates John St. Loe Strachey and his wife on their three-year-old son, John Strachey, believing that “what really counts in this life is a full and happy home life.” Roosevelt believes that friendly critics do not need to only say pleasant things, but wishes that they would only say unpleasant things if that is truly their opinion. He remarks that when presented with a petition against the lynchings in America by English Peace Society, he agreed entirely with their position and told them that he believes all communities should condemn lynchings. The president concludes with a discussion about a third term.
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1904-12-05
President Roosevelt informs John St. Loe Strachey he has won “by a tremendous majority” and hopes to see Strachey and his wife at the White House sometime during the next four years.
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1904-11-10