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Germany’s aim in foreign politics

Germany’s aim in foreign politics

Arnold White writes about the international situation in Europe, addressing first Russia’s desire for a warm water port, and then his impression of Germany’s goals with regards to Europe. Germany, White says, is the only nation with something to gain from a European war, and that the push for war is coming from the Jewish influence in Germany. With President Roosevelt’s election and friendship towards Germany, the United States has been removed as a potential deterrent toward German aggression. White ends with a prediction that if war happens, it will come through German aggression towards the Netherlands moving towards a collision with Great Britain, and he admonishes his reader that Germany must be watched.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04

Creator(s)

White, Arnold, 1848-1925

Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard

Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard

Secretary to the President Loeb encloses the requested signed quotations from President Roosevelt. The quotations are on Roosevelt’s opinion of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and national memory of the Civil War more broadly, praise of white backwoodsmen’s use of guns and axes in North American western expansion and imperialism, ideal gender roles for men and women, and the need for national commitment to “the life of strenuous endeavor.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry W. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry W. Taft

President Roosevelt explains to Henry W. Taft that the federal government needs to tackle trusts and monopolies because using common law is not possible, and Senator Philander C. Knox, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and Secretary of War William H. Taft all agree that the action is constitutional. Regarding American expansion in the Philippines and Cuba, Roosevelt states that Cuba has a measure of independence but not in its entirety, and that similar measures could be taken in the Philippines with certain safety precautions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Interview between Mr. T’ang Shao-yi and the Secretary of State

Interview between Mr. T’ang Shao-yi and the Secretary of State

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-09

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Forging a nation

Forging a nation

Manuscript summarizing the westward expansion and development of the United States. The text was created as part of a contest to decide on an inscription to be placed at Mount Rushmore.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Pope, Russell

Address of President Roosevelt at Grand Opera House, Seattle, Washington, May 23, 1903

Address of President Roosevelt at Grand Opera House, Seattle, Washington, May 23, 1903

Theodore Roosevelt thanks members of the Arctic Brotherhood for the greeting and gifts. According to Roosevelt, men who questioned the expansion of the country during the Louisiana Purchase and the conflict with the Philippines were proved wrong. Alaska is seen as an area with great potential. Roosevelt specifically speaks of the agricultural and pastoral potential within the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address at bi-centennial celebration of the birth of John Wesley

Address at bi-centennial celebration of the birth of John Wesley

President Roosevelt addresses representatives of the Methodist Church gathered in Carnegie Hall on the bicentennial of John Wesley’s birth. He opens by noting that it is in the United States that the Methodist Church has grown the most, starting from about the time of the Revolutionary War. The Methodist Church has also played “a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth” of the country, particularly in westward expansion. Methodist preachers and ministers served as a moral guide for the frontiersmen and women to help them conquer both the “forces of spiritual evil” and the hostile terrain of the frontier. Roosevelt urges the church of the present day to show the same spirit of courage and determination as these earlier pioneers in order to advance humanity, kindliness, and brotherhood within the nation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address at bi-centennial celebration of the birth of John Wesley (edited copy)

Address at bi-centennial celebration of the birth of John Wesley (edited copy)

President Roosevelt addresses representatives of the Methodist Church gathered in Carnegie Hall on the bicentennial of John Wesley’s birth. He opens by noting that it is in the United States that the Methodist Church has grown the most, starting from about the time of the Revolutionary War. The Methodist Church has also played “a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth” of the country, particularly in westward expansion. Methodist preachers and ministers served as a moral guide for the frontiersmen and women to help them conquer both the “forces of spiritual evil” and the hostile terrain of the frontier. Roosevelt urges the church of the present day to show the same spirit of courage and determination as these earlier pioneers in order to advance humanity, kindliness, and brotherhood within the nation. This is a press copy of his speech with edits marked in pencil.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Address at bi-centennial celebration of the birth of John Wesley (press copy)

Address at bi-centennial celebration of the birth of John Wesley (press copy)

President Roosevelt addresses representatives of the Methodist Church gathered in Carnegie Hall on the bicentennial of John Wesley’s birth. He opens by noting that it is in the United States that the Methodist Church has grown the most, starting from about the time of the Revolutionary War. The Methodist Church has also played “a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth” of the country, particularly in westward expansion. Methodist preachers and ministers served as a moral guide for the frontiersmen and women to help them conquer both the “forces of spiritual evil” and the hostile terrain of the frontier. Roosevelt urges the church of the present day to show the same spirit of courage and determination as these earlier pioneers in order to advance humanity, kindliness, and brotherhood within the nation. This is a press copy of his speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The sleeping sickness

The sleeping sickness

A large African man is leaning against a tree, asleep. Several European countries are staking claims to portions of Africa, planting flags labeled “England, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Spain, [and] France” all around the sleeping man. Caption: Cutting a continent out from under him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Ross, Gordon, 1873-1946