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Consul General Steinhart conveys to Assistant Secretary of State Bacon a request from Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma for American intervention in Cuba. Estrada Palma will resign as soon as American troops have landed in Cuba to protect the country from “complete anarchy.”
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1906-09-13
Chargé d’affaires in Cuba Sleeper relays a message from the General Manager of the Western Railway to Secretary to the President Loeb that the Cuban rebels destroyed culverts, cut telegraph wires, and stopped several trains. The manager argues that since the Cuban government cannot protect their trains, they should stop train service west of San Cristóbal.
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1906-09-08
Assistant Secretary of State Adee acknowledges receipt of William Loeb’s letter asking about embassy personnel transfers. He notes that H. Percival Dodge, the Secretary of the Berlin Embassy, will be moved to the Tokyo Embassy. He speculates that Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of State, will transfer St. Petersburg’s Embassy Secretary Spencer F. Eddy to the newly vacated post in Berlin but notes that the move is not yet definite.
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1906-09-08
Chargé d’affaires in Cuba Sleeper informs Secretary to the President Loeb that the revolutionary movement has started in Manzanillo, Cuba, and they have two thousand men armed to fight.
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1906-09-09
James Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, proposes a plan to President Roosevelt to disarm Cuban insurgents. The plan, based on experience in the Philippine-American War, involves discreetly gathering information through American officers in Cuba, with the “consent and cooperation” of Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma.
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1906-08-30
Jacob Sleeper, the chargé d’affaires in Cuba, informs Secretary of State Root that the Cuban government’s Amnesty Order had little effect and the rebellion is still active. Sleeper believes that rebel leader Faustino Guerra is waiting for the Cuban government to make the first move, but the government is lacking in men and arms. It is rumored that Colonel Emilio Ávalos y Acosta will attack Guerra’s command near the Bay of Cortez to open up a waterway in case Western Railroad service is interrupted, as Guerra has been threatening to dynamite its bridges. There are rumors of a lack of harmony between the Cuban President and Vice President in regards to patronage and the conduct of the war. Rebel leader Ernesto Asbert is threatening to burn foreign properties unless the government accedes to their demands.
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1906-08-30
Ambassador Henry White updates President Roosevelt on the allegations against Francis Augustus MacNutt, that he was leaking secret, official Vatican documents. Although MacNutt has been cleared by the Court of Appeals at Rome, and White concurs that there was no truth in the matter, it will be better if MacNutt does not present himself at the Embassy, and it is hoped that he will not do so.
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1906-08-25
Nelson P. Webster reports to William Loeb on an ammunition request by the Cuban government. Although General Fred C. Ainsworth says they have no evidence from the Cuban government or the firm of Hartley and Graham regarding the request, the Cuban chargé d’affaires reports that there was a dispatch to that end. Webster reviews the telegram that was sent in reply to this request outlining the terms upon which the ammunition would be delivered.
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1906-08-27
Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires in Cuba, informs Secretary of State Elihu Root that the situation in Cuba is somewhat improved. The Cuban government is recruiting heavily to increase their forces and is offering amnesty to any rebels who lay down their arms.
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1906-08-28
Jacob Sleeper, the chargé d’affaires in Cuba, informs Secretary of State Root of the latest developments involving an uprising against the government in Cuba. Campos Marquetti, an Afro-Cuban senator, led insurrectionists to Cabanas where they took horses, saddles, and other property of the Mercedita Sugar Company. Sleeper has advised the manager in the manner described in his telegram yesterday.
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1906-08-29
Senator Lodge encloses a letter from William E. Alger, consular agent in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who happens to be Lodge’s cousin. Lodge thanks Roosevelt for sending him Frederick Scott Oliver’s biography on Alexander Hamilton and reviews the work and other Hamilton biographies, and expresses his opinion on early American politics.
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1906-08-20
Writing on behalf of the British Foreign Secretary, Eldon Gorst informs Ambassador Reid that the British government is reviewing the dispute over the rights of fishing vessels along the Newfoundland coast. As the divergence of views makes an immediate settlement impossible, the British government is willing to agree to Secretary of State Root’s suggestion regarding the forthcoming fishery.
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1906-08-14
Ambassador Reid sends Secretary of State Root a letter from Eldon Gorst, the acting British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, about the dispute over the rights of fishing vessels along the Newfoundland coast. As an immediate settlement is impossible, the British government is agreeing to a modus vivendi for the current season.
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1906-08-16
Ambassador Reid reports to President Roosevelt about affairs in Europe. Reid’s impression is that neither Great Britain nor Germany want tensions to escalate to a war, and he is still trying to get more details about their negotiations. Reid informs Roosevelt that the King seems to be in ill health. He is also worried that Roosevelt’s friend, Silas McBee, is stirring up trouble by seeming to interfere in debates about the Education Bill. Reid referred the Grocers’ Federation to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf so that they might receive more information about complying with America’s meat inspection laws, and he enclosed a copy of a speech he gave at Cambridge on the American Revolution. Reid concludes by saying that he hopes the British government will help the United States settle disputes with Canada.
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1906-08-16
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon transmits a sealed personal communication from Emperor Meiji of Japan to President Roosevelt. Bacon notes that an English translation is included.
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1906-08-09
In response to William Loeb’s request, Robert Bacon has enclosed letters from James Sullivan Clarkson.
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1906-08-09
George Gray, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, has just been informed that his appointment will expire on October 11, 1906, and that President Roosevelt has expressed his hope that Gray will serve another six year term. Gray sends his sincere thanks, and he has written to the Department of State to express his willingness to serve. Gray thinks the Court is becoming one of the great defenders of peace and civilization.
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1906-08-03
John Barrett has enclosed for William Loeb a letter for President Roosevelt that outlines the ongoing peace treaty and commerce negotiations between Colombia, Panama, and the United States. He is also sending a copy to the State Department.
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1906-08-01
Telegram to let the State Department know that the Guatemalan forces have defeated the Salvadorians and order and security exists.
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1906-07-12
Elihu Root thanks President Roosevelt for the entertaining letters. Root states he feels satisfied he is leaving the United States Department of State in good hands and discusses his travel plans.
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1906-07-02