Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay is sending President Roosevelt a letter from the Japanese Ambassador.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-21
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Takahira, Kogoro, Baron, 1854-1926
Note on Baron Takahira’s thanks
Prince Fushimi thanks President Roosevelt for his photograph. Baron Takahira thanks Roosevelt for his kindness while he was ill.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-15
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Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay forwards a telegram from the Japanese ambassador, Kogoro Takahira. Prince Fushimi enjoyed his recent diplomatic visit to the United States.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-19
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Note about Kogoro Takahira
The White House has received a telephone message that Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira is expected to recover from his illness, but will likely be unable to perform his duties for some time.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-31
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Peace delegates in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Russian and Japanese delegates meet with President Roosevelt during the peace negotiations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Left to right: Count Sergei Iulievich Witte, Baron Roman Romanovich von Rosen, President Theodore Roosevelt, Baron Jutaro Komura and Kogoro Takahira.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905
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Message from Kogoro Takahira
Baron Kaneko will likely arrive in the middle of June.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905
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Telegram from Jutarō Komura to Kentarō Kaneko
Transcription of Baron Komura’s telegram. According to Prime Minister Sergie Witte, Emperor Nicholas II still refuses any further concessions. Komura fears that President Roosevelt’s efforts for peace will be futile.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-28
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Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of State Adee tells President Roosevelt he received formal communication from the Japanese government concerning the Russian warships docked at Shanghai. Adee also reports a phone call from the Japanese ambassador and encloses a memorandum based on their conversation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-27
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Memorandum of interview August 27, with Japanese minister
Alvey A. Adee reports on a phone conversation with Baron Kogoro Takahira, who informed Adee that the Japanese cannot consider the American government’s suggestion of returning a Russian warship, confiscated in China, to the Chinese government.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-27
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Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert H. D. Peirce transcribes a message from A. Maurice Low, indicating that Russia was willing to make a small payment to Japan.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-25
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay
President Roosevelt found Baron Takahira’s letter to be remarkable and believes that Ambassador Jusserand’s comment is due to jealousy. He hopes that the British will act with “sanity and propriety” in the Alaska boundary business. If they do not, it will be a misfortune for the United States and a greater misfortune for Great Britain and Canada.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Spring Rice
President Roosevelt reflects on the combatants and potential outcome of the Russo-Japanese War. He likes the Russians but they have shown “stupendous mendacity” regarding Manchuria and cannot take their proper place until they “gain a measure of civil liberty and self government.” Roosevelt has a higher opinion of the Japanese and is impressed with their rise in becoming a “great civilized nation.” The Japanese have told Roosevelt that their goal is to remove Russia from Manchuria and to turn the territory over to China. However, Roosevelt is also wary of continued Japanese aggression and sees the potential for this aggression to clash with American interests.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini
President Roosevelt shares a copy of a letter he is sending to Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira with Russian Ambassador Cassini, but will wait to send it in case Cassini has any suggestions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid
President Roosevelt clarifies for Ambassador Reid that on his African safari, he intends only to shoot specimens for the National Museum, with the exception of half a dozen trophies for himself, if he is able to shoot extras under his license. He discusses at length is plans for traveling through Europe following the safari. He accepts that he will have to see various heads of state in the countries he visits, and informs Reid that he will be delivering the Romanes lecture at Oxford. Roosevelt approves of the Japanese plan to postpone their international exposition until 1917 and wants to help them “put a good face” on the situation. He agrees with Reid’s assessment of various incidents at the Olympic games. However, Roosevelt stresses that all public statements about the Olympics should be positive.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt discusses with his son Ted the precarious situation of Japanese immigration in the West. Roosevelt hopes that the Japanese government will help to prevent mass immigration of Japanese to the United States, as he thinks this would bring about “the gravest kind of race trouble” that will force the American government to pass exclusion laws.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Shūzō Aoki
President Roosevelt praises former Japanese Ambassador Aoki’s foresight and judgement, as the United States and Japan recently exchanged notes following the lines that Aoki proposed a year ago. Roosevelt enjoyed having Aoki’s time as ambassador in Washington, D.C., and informs him that they also enjoyed Baron Kogoro Takahira’s recent tenure as ambassador to the United States.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-19
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Samuel McChord Crothers
President Roosevelt asks Samuel McChord Crothers if he would join him to meet the Japanese Ambassador, and then take lunch with him the following day.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-19
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that the inspectors should not be excepted from the new naturalization law. Roosevelt responds to Lodge’s question about the naval fleet traveling to the Pacific, explaining that for proper readiness, the fleet must make that exercise during a time of peace.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root
President Roosevelt discusses with Secretary of State Root his anxiety over rising Japanese immigration into the United States. In a meeting with Shūzō Aoki and Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto, Roosevelt insisted on the nation’s right to restrict the immigration of Japanese laborers, but he was not sure he convinced Yamamoto. The navy’s planned cruise around the world should have a pacific effect in the relationship with Japan.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf
President Roosevelt compliments Secretary of Labor and Commerce Metcalf on the case of the treatment of Japanese Americans on the coast. Roosevelt read his upcoming annual message to Japanese Ambassador Baron Kogoro Takahira before leaving for Panama. Roosevelt believes “the only way to prevent constant friction between the United States and Japan” is to restrict the movement of citizens between the two countries to students, travelers, and business men. The working classes of both countries should not go back and forth, and he hopes that the Japanese government will stop Japanese “coolies” from coming to the United States or Hawaii.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-11-27