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Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Meyer writes President Roosevelt about the Russo-Japanese War. Meyer describes Stanley Washburn’s report of dwindling American sympathies with the Japanese. Washburn does not believe the Japanese army will ever beat the Russian army in Manchuria. Meyer mentions his interactions with Camille Barrère, the French Ambassador, and his indication that French and German banks are beginning to side with Russia. Meyer also relates an interaction he had with the Japanese minister, in which the minister stated he was interested in Roosevelt’s thoughts on Manchuria and Japan’s control of Port Arthur.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-20

Control of the Panama Canal must be perpetual

Legal arguments supporting the need to reach an agreement with Colombia that allows for a perpetual lease of the land around the proposed Panama Canal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Shelby M. Cullom

President Roosevelt writes to Senator Cullom regarding several general arbitration treaties currently before the Senate. Roosevelt notes that as the treaties now appear, it might be possible for claims against individual states for state debts to be considered as matters for arbitration, and that such a thing is entirely inconceivable because of constitutional limitations. He explains that the objection to the amendment on this issue is due to the fact that the other various parties have already agreed on the form of the treaty, and that changing the treaty to add terms that would only affect the United States’ internal policy seems undesirable. In any case, the treaties are only for a term of five years, and will be interpreted as he set out above until the end of that period.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nelson W. Aldrich

President Roosevelt has not changed the treaties except to include the amendments Senator Aldrich suggested. He will call the attention of the Senate to the treaties and would like to meet with Aldrich.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-18

Letter from James Brown Scott to Theodore Roosevelt

James Brown Scott acquired a copy of Ordeal by Battle by Frederick Scott Oliver at the recommendation of Theodore Roosevelt. He lays out the case for intervention on the part of the United States in World War I, citing international law established at the Hague Peace Conferences, Germany’s violation of Belgian neutrality, and the history of similar cases such as the 1861 Trent Affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-27

Memorandum from John Barrett to George B. Cortelyou

Minister Barrett counteracts the Democrats’ accusations that President Roosevelt acted too hastily in the creation of the Panama Canal and had not honored the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty. He demonstrates how a small discontented group in Panama caused unrest by not fully understanding the implications of the Treaty and now all are grateful for Roosevelt’s actions and leadership.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-06

Letter from John Barrett to John Hay

John Barrett has submitted a copy of the letter that Philippe Bunau-Varilla wrote to Secretary of State Hay to the Panama Minister of Foreign Affairs and has also let it be known that the United States is ready to negotiate for the protection of revenues and trade. This letter “absolves the United States Government from blame for alleged arbitrary interpretation of the treaty.” Barrett has heard a rumor that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has found the original Bunau-Varilla letter and the reply from the Junta in his archives.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-20

Letter from Nelson W. Aldrich to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Aldrich has reviewed the letter and speech made by Senator Allison regarding treaties. It is an open question on how pending treaties should be treated but Aldrich does not agree with Allison. Aldrich is confident that President Roosevelt has the power to negotiate new treaties, with ratification by Congress, according to the Act of 1897.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-15