Treaties

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to George von Lengerke Meyer

The Russian government needs to be informed that the Japanese government has consented to the proposal. Then the Russian government will be presented with a dispatch that was also presented to the Japanese government. The dispatch urges Russia and Japan to come to terms of peace and that President Roosevelt is willing to do whatever he can to help.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-08

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

Two identical dispatches are being sent to Japan and Russia and then will be made public after both governments receive it. President Roosevelt urges Russia and Japan to open up peace negotiations with each other. Roosevelt suggests that the peace negotiations can be conducted between Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries without any intermediaries.

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1905-06-08

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Herbert G. Squiers

The Department of Commerce and Labor and the Treasury Department have expressed views that certain articles of the treaty are objectionable. To remove all possible embarrassments, the two departments suggest that this separate article be added, modeled after Article 21 of the treaty concluded between Germany and Hawaii on September 19, 1879.

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Creation Date

1905-06-06

Letter from Charlemagne Tower to John Hay

Charlemagne Tower sends the text of the 1904 treaty between Germany and Italy.

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Creation Date

1905-05-30

Letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California at Berkeley, recommends Professor Bernard Moses to President Roosevelt for a ministry position. Further contact with South America is inevitable, and Moses has expertise in South American language and affairs, as demonstrated in his book The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America. Wheeler also anticipates a visit from Alice Roosevelt, who is coming with Secretary of War William H. Taft and Taft’s family. He briefly discusses an upcoming struggle with Republican senators over foreign policy issues and arguments over railway rate control and the prospect of government ownership.

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Creation Date

1905-05-23

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay updates President Roosevelt on his health, information he has received from Russia, and provides him his opinion on the Senate’s conduct regarding the Santo Domingo affair. He believes that his health is improving and that he may be able to report back to work in June.

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Creation Date

1905-04-12

Letter form Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that Herbert H. D. Peirce is having financial troubles, and would like an appointment somewhere in South America. Lodge also discusses a recent law in Newfoundland that he feels goes too far in discriminating against Americans after the United States did not accept the terms of a treaty as requested. Lodge would like Roosevelt personally to investigate the matter, because he fears that Secretary of State John Hay is too sympathetic to Newfoundland. Finally, Lodge praises Roosevelt’s speech before the Texas legislature and hopes that he has a good hunting trip in the mountains.

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Creation Date

1905-04-10

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Sternburg makes President Roosevelt aware of German Emperor William II’s position several international matters. In particular, the emperor has concerns about the peace being brokered in the Russo-Japanese War, and about the agreement between France and England regarding Morocco.

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Creation Date

1905-04-05

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee advises President Roosevelt that during his weekly diplomatic visit, British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand informed him of the British government’s intention to enter into a financial agreement with Liberia. Durand was misinformed about the failure of the agreement between the United States and Santo Domingo, and Adee told him that the convention had not failed, but is still pending in the Senate.

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Creation Date

1905-03-23

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that Italian Ambassador Edomondo Mayor des Planches referred to “the situation in Santo Domingo” in conversation today. Adee gave him the statement that Roosevelt directed him to make. Mayor des Planches said he was not aware of the Italian government having any intention to take action on the matter at present.

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Creation Date

1905-03-23

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Vice President Fairbanks informs President Roosevelt that he spoke to Senator James B. McCreary, but he is so opposed to the treaty that it is of no use for the President to see him. However, McCreary is well disposed toward the President personally, and Fairbanks suggests Roosevelt show him some attention when it is convenient to do so.

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Creation Date

1905-03-09

Letter from Charlemagne Tower to Oswald von Richthofen

United States Ambassador to Germany Tower writes to Oswald von Richthofen regarding the tariff treaty of 1900 between the United States and Germany. He urges the continuation of fair treatment as Germany considers new treaties with other countries which could disadvantage the United States.

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Creation Date

1905-03-03

Letter from Shelby M. Cullom to Theodore Roosevelt

Shelby M. Cullom writes that the Committee on Foreign Relations does not want to concern itself with the matter of a treaty to be worked out between the Dominican Republic and the United States at the present time. The issue would require a great deal of discussion which would require them to stay in session longer. Cullom will bring it up immediately in the extra session.

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Creation Date

1905-03-01

Letter from Silas McBee to Theodore Roosevelt

Silas McBee highlights the significance of Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to New York City. According to the New York Times, Roosevelt is the only president aside from George Washington to visit the east side of the city. McBee has printed Roosevelt’s Lincoln speech in the current issue of the Churchman. If McBee was to write his editorial over today, he would make his opinion on the Arbitration Treaties stronger, because he feels so strongly that Roosevelt is correct.

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Creation Date

1905-02-15

Letter from Charles Henry Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Henry Butler wants to bring to President Roosevelt’s attention a 1796 treaty with Tripoli, the text of which is enclosed. Butler discusses the differences between the arbitration done by the United States then and now.

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1905-02-12

Letter from William H. Taft to Henry Cabot Lodge

Secretary of War Taft responds to a letter from Senator Lodge regarding treaties that President Roosevelt has given to the Senate. Taft breaks down Lodge’s questions about articles in the treaties regarding legal and constitutional aspects, and evaluates amendments that the Senate proposes to add. Taft points out that the treaties currently under discussion refer to previous conventions which established a Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and discusses how the powers of this court interact with the powers of the United States government, specifically with reference to the making and execution of treaties. Taft also encloses a memo by Judge Charles E. Magoon.

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Creation Date

1905-02-07

Letter from Charles Henry Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Henry Butler wants to meet with President Roosevelt to discuss treaties currently being debated for ratification.

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Creation Date

1905-02-06

Letter from Oscar S. Straus to Theodore Roosevelt

Oscar S. Straus is confident the Russo-Japanese War will soon be over and encourages President Roosevelt to wait for assurances before agreeing to or making any offers of mediation.

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Creation Date

1905-01-06

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay tells President Roosevelt that diplomat Spencer F. Eddy has sent an important message.

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Creation Date

1904-11-18

Telegram from Spencer F. Eddy to John Hay

Spencer F. Eddy wires Secretary of State Hay that Russia might enter treaty negotiations with the United States. Following the Second American Conference on International Arbitration, Hay had invited countries to form new treaties with the United States.

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Creation Date

1904-11-18