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Kentarō Kaneko hopes that President Roosevelt’s son, Archie, is recovering from his illness. He assures Roosevelt that he did all he could in light of racial tensions in San Francisco, and will remind the Japanese government that Roosevelt has been a friend to Japan in the past.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-15
President Roosevelt discusses with Secretary of State Root his anxiety over rising Japanese immigration into the United States. In a meeting with Shūzō Aoki and Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto, Roosevelt insisted on the nation’s right to restrict the immigration of Japanese laborers, but he was not sure he convinced Yamamoto. The navy’s planned cruise around the world should have a pacific effect in the relationship with Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-13
A list of letters concerning rising tensions with Japan received by President Roosevelt and members of his administration during July, 1907. Summaries of the contents, creators, and recipients of the letters are included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-31
Huntington Wilson sends Assistant Secretary of State Bacon memoranda about Japanese matters which he would like him to give to President Roosevelt. Wilson believes two of the memoranda would be especially useful for Roosevelt to read prior to his meeting with Gonnohyōe Yamamoto.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-06
Third Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends copies of memoranda he has prepared for Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon, noting that the first two might be useful for President Roosevelt to read in advance of his meeting with Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto of Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-06
Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends three memoranda to Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon. In the first, Wilson gives a brief curriculum vitae of Japanese diplomat Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto, indicating he is considered an “elder statesman” in Japan and likely to be the next prime minister. In the second memorandum, Wilson describes Japanese public opinion and press coverage of the immigration situation in the United States, particularly in San Francisco. The third memorandum describes complaints sent by the Chambers of Commerce of Japan to the “principal” Chambers of Commerce of the United States regarding the treatment of Japanese immigrants.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-06
In a letter to Secretary of State Root, President Roosevelt expresses his concern over relations with Japan, specifically the need to check Japanese immigration. Roosevelt vents his frustration with members of the United States Senate who do not appreciate the need to build up the navy and treat the Japanese with respect. Roosevelt cites the need to send the navy’s battleship fleet on a worldwide cruise, and he provides details of his meeting with members of the Japanese diplomatic corps.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1907-07-13