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Through the committee, President Roosevelt extends his “heartiest good wishes” to Tang Shaoyi and trusts that the banquet held in his honor will be a “very pleasant occasion.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-14
President Roosevelt informs President-elect Taft that he has met with Chinese Special Envoy Shaoyi Tang, who informed him that China would like the United States to send an ambassador to China. Roosevelt would like to do this, but Secretary of State Elihu Root had already promised Hale that no extra ambassador would be made. Roosevelt believes that if Taft writes a letter expressing his wish that the matter be arranged, Roosevelt would be able to write to Congress and at least begin the process.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-22
Secretary of State Root records an interview he conducted with Special Envoy Tang Shaoyi of China. Much of what was discussed involved the indemnity payments that China had been forced to pay following the Boxer Rebellion, and the return of these payments by the United States to China to be used for educational purposes. Additional subjects include adjustments to the tariff, the situation in Manchuria, and the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-09
John Callan O’Laughlin reports to President Roosevelt on his recently-finished trip to Japan. In particular, he recounted conversations with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō and Russian military attache W. K. Samoiloff. Japan intends to declare Manchuria a “zone of special interest.” O’Laughlin’s overall impression is that, while Roosevelt’s and Secretary of State Elihu Root’s efforts to improve relations with Japan have helped, Japan, and not China, represents the United States’s biggest problems in the region. O’Laughlin summarizes twelve conclusions from his trip about the current state of international relations with Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-20
German Ambassador Sternburg provides President Roosevelt the text of a letter from the German minister in Peking. The letter states that China desires a closer relationship with the United States and Germany, but that they would like any agreement between the powers to be secret so as not to upset other powers. Sternburg advises against secrecy. He also praises Roosevelt for his recent message to Congress and relays his wife’s greeting to Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-14