November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Ayer: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to thank you for your very interesting letter; and to say that at the moment it just is not possible for him to go into anything additional. He is simply over his head in work. With renewed thanks, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John E. Ayer. Seattle, Wash.991 November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Benton: I am sorry, but I have no means of giving you the information you desire. With regret, Faithfully yours, Rev. Jesse M. Benton, Gary, W. Va.November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Bruce: I never write letters except to state the facts as I personally know them. Otherwise, my letters would be of no value. I am very sorry. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. H. Bruce, Austin, Texas.November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Chapman: I desire to extend to you my very deep sympathy in your many sorrows. Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred L. Chapman, 593 Holly Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 6639November 16, 1918. My dear M. Cheradarne: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for yours letter, but he is now doing everything he can. He does not see what more he can do in that connection. Sincerely yours, Secretary. M. O. Cheradarne, 12 E. 56th St., City. 6636November 16, 1918. My dear Miss Clauzel: I thank you, and very deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Miss Rene J. Clauzel, 527 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 6909November 16, 1918 My dear Mr. Campbell: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Rev. Archibald F. Campbell, 459 Noble Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. 4088November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Carley: Good for you! Faithfully yours, Mr. B. R. Carley, 30 E. 20th St., City. 54089November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Carter: That's fine! It was mighty nice of you to let me know. With very hearty congratulations, Faithfully yours, Mr. Olin C. Carter, Middlebourne, W. Va. ?4090November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Cookingham: That's such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. H. J. Cookingham, White Bldg., Utica, N.Y. ?4091Cooper November 16, 1918. Dear Jack: I hardly know how to advise you for I haven't the least knack of names. At the moment of course war terms are in great demand and "tank" is one of them. Ask Barbour if he can't suggest some name to you, more or less like "peace tank" or something of that kind. Of course you must not use my name in connection with it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Jack Cooper, P.O.Box 488, Stamford, Conn. [?]092November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Coxe: I am very much obliged to you. At the moment I am being bothered with an attack of sciatica, and my work is so piled up that I will not be in my office until I have been able to clean it up somewhat. With very hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Geo. Clarke Cox, 111 Broadway, New York. ?4093November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Dartt: I was very much touched, and so was Mrs. Roosevelt, by such a letter coming from a Civil War veteran. We thank you for it, and we thank you for the enclosure. Faithfully yours, Mr. Chuancey F. Dartt, Wellsboro, Pa. [4?]094November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Demming: Your letter was not received until too late before the meeting to let you know we had no tickets at the office. Also, I was away on account of very serious illness at home. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. E. W. Demming, 29 Van Cliff Place, Staten Island, N.Y. ?95De Wolf November 16, 1918. My dear Sergeant: That's mighty nice of your son. Will you thank him for me? He is the son of a soldier and I am the father of soldiers, and I am glad to accept the gift from him. Faithfully yours, Sgt. Ashley De Wolf, 601 Cathedral Parkway, New York. ?096November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Eastment: It is not possible for me to consider any such thing at present. Faithfully yours, Mr. R. C. Eastment, McClure Newspaper Syndicate, 120 W. 32nd St., City. ?097November 16, 1918. My dear Miss Eaton: That's one of the nicest letters I have received. I thank you for it, and I thank you for the poems enclosed. Faithfully yours, Miss Joanna M. Eaton, 626 Quindars Blvd., Kansas City, Kan. ?098November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Firth: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and a mighty nice poem. I thank you for both. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. Francis Firth, 240 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. ?099November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Forstall: I am very much interested in your letter. The mass of my mail is such, and my work is so heavy, that I have only time to send you this acknowledgment. With very hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Pvt. Harry Forstall, Lst Dev. Bat., 1st Co., Camp Taylor, Ky. 100Garvey November 16, 1918. My dear Sir: I am sorry, but it just is not possible for me to undertake anything additional at this time. Will you therefore be good enough to use an extract from the enclosed, which is the copy of my speech before the Negro War Council of a few days ago? Faithfully yours, Mr. Marcus Garvey, 36-38 West 135th St., City. 101Goldmann November 16, 1918. Gentlemen: With reference to your charge of $5.50 balance against the Kansas City Star, Mr. Goldman will recall that I telephoned him when this bill was first submitted, advising him that there was no change, and he agreed to take the charge off the books. Please see that this is done. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Isaac Goldmann Co., 89 Lafayette St., City. ?02November 16, 1918. My dear Dr. Grant: There is nothing Colonel Roosevelt can do in matters of that kind. Why don't you communicate with the American consul? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. Lida Grant, R.D. 1, Monongahela, Pa. 103November 16th, 1918. My dear Mr. Hunnicutt: It would be foolish to pay attention to editorials like that. I think we probably all realize the trouble with the editor. Faithfully yours, Rev. G. J. S. Hunnicutt, 604 D St., N.W., Washington. D.C. 104November 16, 1918. My dear Prince Imeretinsky: That's extremely kind of you. I thank you, and very deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Prince Imeretinsky, 77 Pembroke Crescent, Hove, Sussex, England. ?05November 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Jackson: I thank you and very deeply appreciate your letter and the poem, which you enclose. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Maud Frazer Jackson, Box 182, Laurel Springs, N.J. ?6November 16, 1918. My dear Major Jones: I thank you, and very deeply appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Major N. M. Jones, M.C. As., Alpha Delta Phi Club, 136 W. 44th St., City.PRESS RATES COLLECT November 16, 1918. Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. Title. An American Congress Paragraph The election of a Republican Congress a fortnight ago was first and foremost a victory for straight Americanism period To the Republican Party it represents not so much a victory as an opportunity period To the American people including not only Republicans and Independents but all patriotic Democrats who put loyalty to the nation above servility to a political leader the victory was primarily won for straightout Americanism. period A very important feature to remember is that this victory was won in the west. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On the whole the east also showed gains but the greatest gains were in the west period The south of course and most unfortunately never permits its political or patriotic convictions to alter the result at the ballot box Paragraph Now the westerners the strong masterful self-reliant men who won such exacting victories in Kansas and Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota are just as opposed to what may be called Kaiserism in our political and industrial life as they are to Bolshevism period I firmly believe that this is true of the rank and file of the Republican Party everywhere period They haven't the slightest patience with Townleyism in agricultural districts or I.W.W.ism in labor circles period But resolutely they intend to shape our internal policy for the real substantial benefit of the average man comma of the ninety percent of our people who are farmers,-2- working men, small shopkeepers, doctors and the like period They haven't the slightest patience with the Bolshevist desire to establish proletariat class tyranny comma which is just as odious as aristocratic class tyranny period They haven't the slightest patience in persecution of or failure generoulsy to reward the man who by nature or by training is a leader in industrial matters period They want to see farming for instance offer a chance to the man xx of ability to become a scientific farmer on a large scale period They wish to see the xxx young business man whose leadership in manufactures or commerce is of incalculable worth to everybody received in generous fashion xxxxxx the big reward to which he is entitled period But they wish to do all this as an incident securing not only his right to but a much better chance for the average man period They wish the tenant farmer class to be made a diminishing instead of an increasing class so that tenant farming itself may be not a permanent status but a step toward farm ownership by the hired man or the son of the small farm owner period They wish to see the working man and especially the working man in such huge businesses as those connected with transportation, steel production, mining and the like become not a mere cog in an industrial machine but a man whose selfrespect and reasonable prosperity are guaranteed if the business succeeds and he is entitled through representation on the directory to have his voice heard at the council board of the-3- business even although at first and until the ability to use power is slowly developed by the habit of using it the control may have to do primarily with the things of which he has special knowledge and in which he has special interest period Moreover there are plenty of great natural resources such as water power where small ownership cannot provide xxx capital for the development but where the outright ownership of the people should not be disposed of period The happy line must be struck between the all-pervading straight regimentation which would be as deadening as paralysis and the regimentation of mere individualism period The government must exercise control in a spirit of xx justice to all concerned and with a stern readiness to check injustice by any of those concerned Paragraph. The Republican leadership in Congress has on the whole been singularly patriotic and singularly free from the vice of mere partisanship during the lifetime of the present Congress period We can be certain that it will continue to be so in the new Congress period In the future as in the past the President can count on the hearty and ungrudging support of the Republican Party at every point where is is endeavoring efficiently and in good faith to serve the interests of the nation period But he can also rest assured that the Republican Party will judge its duty by the standard of loyalty to the country and will scornfully refuse to adopt that extreme baseness of attitude-4- worthy only of slaves which shreiks that we must stand by the administration whether the Administration is right or wrong period Moreover the Republican Party will certainly demand to have an accounting of some of the enormous sumsxx of money that have been expended and will in due time doubtless demand to know what explanation there is of the administration's persistence in hidden and secret diplomacy in so many important matters period Every question will be approached from the standpoint of a generous desire without any higgling or dealing on small points to do whatever the administration demands that is proper and to give it a full chance to declare and perhaps develop its policy but the Republican Congress will understand how to show that it is not a rubber stamp body but an integral and selfrespecting part of the American governmental system wholly and solely responsible to the American people period THEODORE ROOSEVELT.November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Kenyon: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is an utter impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you, and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. M. J. Kenyon, Supt., Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Harriman, Pa. 12November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. L'Hommedieu: I thank you, and very deeply appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. John R. L'Hommedieu, 61 Cove Ave., East Norwalk, Conn.November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Lummis: I thank you heartily for your letter. I have again and again alluded to Gen. Wood. Faithfully yours, Mr. Chas. F. Lummis, 200 East Ave. 43, Los Angeles, Calif. ?4November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. McCabe: That's a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mr. W. H. McCabe, Charlotte, N. Car. 15November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. McCormick: Colonel Roosevelt is anxious to see you for that hour's talk at any time. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Hon. Medill McCormick, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 16November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. McRae: That's most kind of you. Your little box is being returned to you under separate cover. With many thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Alexander McRae, Box A, Thomaston, Me. 17November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Merrigan: That's a very nice letter of yours; but of course you understand in matters of that kind only the administration can act. I, of course, have no influence with the Administration. Faithfully yours, Mr. John F. X. Merrigan, 4240 N. Meade Ave., Chicago. 18November 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Montgomery: That's a very amusing incident. With very warm regards to Mary and Charlotte, and Charlotte's mother, believe me, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Charlotte Wood Montgomery, Des Plaines, Ill. 19November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Moravia: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mr. Charles Moravia, 33 Broadway, City. 20November 16, 1918. My dear Dr. Neuman: I am really interested in that, and think the pin a capital idea. I wish all success to the club, and its a very worthy purpose. Faithfully yours, Dr. Daniel S. Neuman, U.S. Bureau of Education. Nome, Alaska. ?21November 16, 1918. My dear Mrs. Orme: Colonel Roosevelt has received such innumerable requests for letters, messages, expressions and sentiments, all for the most worthy causes, that it is an utter impossibility for him to respond to them. All that he can do is to ask that his correspondents choose some sentiment from his published writings or speeches which touch on the subject of the matter they have in view, and if they will send the sentiment to him he will gladly autograph it. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Hence Orme, National Congress of Mothers' & Parent Teachers' Assn. Indianapolis, Ind. ?22November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Patch: I greatly regret it is not possible for me to undertake any additional movement. Faithfully yours, Mr. William Moore Patch, Times Bldg., City. 4123November 16, 1918. My dear Sergt. Pheeney: I sympathize entirely with your purpose but it is impossible for me to take part in any additional organization at this time. With regret, Faithfully yours, Sergt. Herbert E. Pheeney, 44 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.November 16, 1918. Dear Senator Poindexter: You are always doing such admirable things nowadays that I bid fair to become your constant correspondent. I wish heartily to thank you for what you have been saying about the Peace League. I am entirely willing to have a kind of common sense Peace League with our allies, if we don't promise too much, But as for taking in Germany at this moment I would just as soon attempt to work a reform in the New York Police Department by including all the most eminent second story men of the city. Moreover, we ought not for one moment to permit the formation of a Peace League to interfere with the preparations for our own defense. Now, will you do me a favor? Senator Reid has been one of my bitter opponents in the past and I have never had any special admiration for him, but I immensely admire the courage with which he stands against the noxious demagogism which continually repeats the perfectly infamous falsehood that the munition manufacturers help in the fight for preparedness. I wish you would thank him for me as an American for his prompt repudiation, for his 252 prompt contradiction of Senator Walsh’s entirely untruthful and demagogic statement to this effect. By the way I think Hoover showed himself in a very contemptible light when in the last election he endeavored to play Mr. Wilson’s partisan game. I shall never feel the same toward him again. Always yours, Hon. Miles Poindexter, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 4126November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Pratt: That was a mighty nice telegram of yours. I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. John B. Pratt, N.Y. Times, Wash. Bureau, Riggs Bldg., Washington, D.C. 4127November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Prouty: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly, Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. H. Prouty, Banning, Calif. 128November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Rathom: Fine! I shall see if I cannot handle that idea. Faithfully yours, Mr. John R. Rathom, Providence Journal, Providence, R.I. November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Reed: I very greatly appreciate your action and thank you most heartily. Faithfully yours, Mr. Earl H. Reed, 4758 Lake Park Ave., Chicago, Ill. 30November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Reeve: I am sorry, but there is nothing I can do in that matter. Faithfully yours, Mr. C.G. Reeve, 120 E. Sola, St., Santa Barbara, Calif. 131November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Ring: That’s fine. I congratulate you. Faithfully yours, Mr. Clark L. Ring, Saginaw, Mich. November 16, 1918. Dear Julian and dear Mrs. Street: That was mighty nice of you. The next time Julian comes, if I am in any kin of shape to see people, I am going to get him to bring the only person who is even nicer than he is – his wife. Ever yours, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Street, Norwalk, Conn. November 16, 1918. My dear Dr. Thompson: I thank you, and very deeply appreciate your letter. Faithfully yours, Mr. W.R. Thompson, 308 Sixth Street, Monongahela, Pa. November 16, 1918. My dear Young Friend: Indeed, if there was anything I could do to help you, I would do it. But unfortunately I am helpless in the matter. Good luck to you and your gallant brothers. Faithfully yours, Mr. Edwin Van Ness, 1508 Hays St., Nashville, Tenn. November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Weston: It is evident you had not received Colonel Roosevelt’s letter of October 24th, returning you enclosure, when you write your letter of November 4th. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. W. Weston, 331 Century Bldg., Denver, Col. November 16, 1918. My dear Mr. Yturbide: That’s such a very nice telegram of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. E.N. Yturbide, Laredo, Texas. Dear Lawrence: That’s a dear letter of yours, Lawrence. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lawrence Abbott, The Outlook Co., 381 Fourth Avenue City. P.S. Mrs. Roosevelt is very anxious to have a couples copies of your October 2nd number. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Alexaner: There is not a Congressional District in the country that deserves more sincere congratulations than yours. I thank you as an American, and I thank the sturdy Americans, the men and women of Washington, who took this action. Faithfully yours, Mr. George V. Alexander, Republic, Wash. [*Cutting*] November 18, 1918. Dear Olivia: Those were lovely flowers and it was very good of you to think of me. I am sending you a copy of a little book I have just published, which I will autograph the next time I am at your house. At present I am autographing nothing! Now, I wish to speak to you as the mother of editors and editoresses. I don't know what the arrangements of the Santa Fe Daily New Mexican are. There is a rough rider at El Paso, named James Black, who is on the Daily Times as Managing Editor. He is personally a Roosevelt man, a strong Republican, but the Times is of southern Democratic proclivities. He has been informed that there is a possibility or probability that there will be a vacancy in the Editorship of the New Mexican, and would like to be considered in the matter. I would not ask for more than his consideration, for although he was a first class fighting man in the regiment, I of course know nothing of his capacity as Editor. 87692 All I have to suggest is that if entirely convenient, and not otherwise, you will look into the matter. Ever yours, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, 24 East 72nd Street, New York. November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Cox: That’s a mighty nice letter from you personally, and a mighty nice letter from your gallant son. Give him my hearty regards when you write. Thank Heaven, now he will come back in safety to you. I am really touched by the tribute he pays to the care Quentin took of his men. Faithfully yours, Mr. Linton A. Cox, Floor 4 State Savings and Trust Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. November 18, 1918. My dear Miss Daly: That’s mighty nice and I am very much obliged to you. Faithfully yours, Miss Isabel R. Daly, Hamilton Avenue, Englewood, N.J. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Elmore: I appreciate your telegram and I am more glad than I can say that your gallant boy will return to you in safety. Faithfully yours, Mr. R.B. Elmore, Greenwood, S.C. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Flanigan: That’s a very interesting letter of yours, and I will see if I can do anything with Mr. Hays about it. Faithfully yours, Mr. P.L. Flanigan, Reno, Nevada. November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: That is a capital letter of Herbert Parsons'. It makes me feel more strongly that he is the man to take hold of the situation in New York State and New York City. I entirely agree with what he says about socialism. It is a loose phrase and can easily be used so as to do harm. It should always be qualified in some such way as by speaking of Germanized socialism, stark Marxian socialism or the socialistic party machine in America. As soon as you get back I want to see you with Quigg, and then after Quigg goes I will have some things to say to you alone. Faithfully yours, Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York City. [*telephoned this*] 4142November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: At Colonel Roosevelt’s request I am enclosing herewith letter from P.L. Flanigan of Nevada. Colonel Roosevelt told him he would take the matter up with you and see if anything can be done. Sincerely yours, Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: You should have some man keep tab on and collect all anti-American and disloyal utterances, the utterances tending to class hatred and riot and Bolshevism, and the big Socialistic meetings and very probably the ultra-radical publications including the Non-Partisan League organs. It does no good to denounce socialism unless we show by quotations – by chapter and verse what has been done. Faithfully yours, Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: At Colonel Roosevelt’s request I sent a letter from Thomas, and I think there was an enclosure with it about that meeting in Chicago. Colonel Roosevelt of course could not go and he thought perhaps it was something you might like to do. Anyhow there is only one “Col.,” so we could never make very much of a mistake. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. [*Ishii*] November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Ambassador: I very deeply appreciate the honor conferred upon me. My contribution, I am sorry to say, was not a "generous contribution", but it was meant as a token of my sincere admiration of the Japanese Red Cross and of the Japanese people, and as a very slight and inadequate public acknowledgment of the debt the civilized world owes to Japan for its attitude during the present war. May I through you express my deep sense of personal acknowledgment to the Red Cross Society, and also to their Imperial Majesties, the Emperor and Empress, for their approval of the action of the Society in conferring upon me the Order of Merit. With high regard, Faithfully yours, Count K. Ishii, Imperial Japanese Embassy, Washington, D.C. 6November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Johnson: I submitted the galley to Colonel Roosevelt and he has sent it down to me with other things without comment so I presume it is all straight and satisfactory. I return it to you herewith. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. R.U. Johnson, American Academy of Arts and Letters 347 Madison Avenue, City. November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. King: Colonel Roosevelt asked me to send the enclosed letters form John Sutherland and George Henry Payne to you for your information. Will you kindly return them when you have finished with them? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John T. King, Bridgeport, Conn. November 18, 1918. Dear Major: That’s an awfully nice letter of yours. I think you won a wonderful victory, indeed the nation a wonderful victory. Wilson had advantage such as no President in our history has had and he used them for unscrupulousness, which, if our people were fully awake, would mean his impeachment. Millions of dollars appropriated for use in the war were used for the Democratic Campaign. I don’t know whether I can handle the Black business or not but I will see if I can’t. Always yours, Major W.H.H. Llewellyn, Fort Selden Trading Co., Fort Selden, N.M. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Lyman: That’s a mighty nice little book, and a mighty nice inscription. I most warmly thank you for both. With hearty good wishes, Faithfully yours, Mr. Edward B. Lyman, 317 West 89th Street, New York City. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Mason: If I could grant that kind of request I would most gladly to so, and I appreciate the support you have given me. My dear sir, I never ask for promotions under any circumstances and I only write in reference to any man to testify what I personally know of him, and of his fitness for military duties. It is all I have done in the case of my own sons and kinsfolk, and of the people I know best. Faithfully yours, Dr. William Mason, Jr., Murray Surgical Hospital, Murray, Ky. November 18, 1918. My dear Mrs. Menken: That is a very striking book. It is one of the most powerful books that I have read at all. I am really obliged to you for having given me the chance to read it. With heartiest good wishes to you and your dear husband, Faithfully yours, Mrs. S. Stanwood Menken, 34 West 52nd Street, New York City. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Payne: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I wish you would get in touch with John T. King, Republican National Committeeman at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Faithfully yours, Mr. George Henry Payne, Dept. of Taxes and Assessments, Municipal Bldg., City. November 18, 1918. Dear George: That’s an excellent statement. Faithfully yours, Mr. George W. Perkins, 71 Broadway, City. [*Poindexter*] November 18, 1918. Dear Senator: I thank you for your note. I hope you happened to see my article in the Kansas City Star Backing up your action in reference to a separate peace between Germany and ourselves. We Republicans ought aggressively to take the position that Bolshevism and Kaiserism at home and abroad are equally dangerous to this country; that Bolshevist Germany is but the smallest improvement on the Kaiseristic Germany; that the German people were behind the Kaiser as long as they thought he would be successful and they would be partners in the payment for his guilt, and that the red flag should be no more permitted on American soil than the banner of Germany while we were at war with Germany. The red flag is at war with us all the time. I have quit tolerating the talk of The New Republic and the other parlor Bolshevist crowd that we ought to pay attention to these Bolshevists and I.W.W.s and Germanized Socialists as being really striving for a reform. In actual practice they are like any other mob and are no more concerned with the theories of the professional 541552 intellectuals who champion their cause then the draft rioters in 1863 were with Governor Seymour’s theories of the Constitution. Always yours, Hon. Miles Poindexter, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. November 18, 1918. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt greatly regrets it is not possible for him to accept the kind invitation of The Officers and Board of Managers of the Harvard Club of New York City at diner November 19th, 1918, to meet Lord Charnwood. Mr. Francis Rogers, Secy. Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: I am really obliged to you for sending me those letters. I had no idea of that proposal of Fess’. I have written him at once, taking the exact ground that you do. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ralph W. Smith, Coronado Bldg., Denver, Colo. November 18, 1918. My dear Mr. Sutherland: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I thank you for it and appreciate it to the full. I have taken the liberty of sending your letter to John King of Connecticut. Faithfully yours, Mr. John Sutherland, National Bank of Commerce Bldg., Pierre, S.D. November 18, 1918. My dear Dr. Townsend: Mrs. Roosevelt and my son Archie and his wife heard your sermon yesterday, and they said it was the very finest they had heard at all. I am going to show my appreciation in rather unpleasant fashion, by sending you a copy of the little book I have just published, called “The Great Adventure.” Thanking you as an American, I am Faithfully yours, Rev. S. Delancey Townsend, 251 West 80th Street, New York. November 18, 1918. Dear Van: The sciatica proved simply to be an incident of a genuine rheumatic attack. I tried the Osteopath who had done so much good to my son and Mrs. Roosevelt, but in my case it did not help. Faithfully yours, Mr. E.A. Van Valkenberg, Philadelphia, North American, Philadelphia, Pa. November 18, 1918. Dear Mr. Weir: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter and he desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Thomas Weir, 14th and R.I. Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. [*Wood*] November 18, 1918. Dear Leonard: The trouble is that that particular type of folly has been answered by me again and again, but nothing can be done with the tools responsible for it. For instance, in the little book which I have just published, and of which I am sending you a copy, you will see I took up Wilson's utterly hypocritical statement as to "Why limit the army to 5, 000,000 men". I don't know whether this Ignatius Phayre is merely a jackass, but in any event it is utterly useless my trying to answer that particular kind of thing. Wilson naturally appeals to the knaves and fools and Phayre of course comes in one or both of the categories and there is nothing I say that will convince him. But don't forget that the smash delivered to Mr. Wilson at the Congressional election was never before given to a President under such conditions, save possibly the Mexican war. You are the man who has been treated2 with really scandalous injustice by the Administration. As for Mr. Hoover and his appeal, I have ever thought very much of him, but I shall never hereafter treat him as anything except a party tool of Wilson’s. Ever yours, Major General Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans. November 18, 1918. Dear Woods: We were immensely interested in your letter. It was mighty good of you to write. You told me exactly the things that we most wished to know. Faithfully yours, Lt. Col. Arthur Woods, 1229 19th Street, Washington, D.C. November 19, 1918. Gentlemen: I thank you. It would be very foolish for me to answer newspaper attacks like that. My speech answered the whole thing. Faithfully yours, Mr. W.H. Barkley, Chairman, Mr. Jas. W. Espey, Secretary, Hickory, N.C. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Batson: I question if the report is now available. However, I suggest that you write to Gifford Pinchot at Milford, Pennsylvania about it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Henry H. Batson, Pleasant Ridge, S.D. [*3282*] November 19, 1918. Dear Father Belford: Just at present Colonel Roosevelt does not want to see anyone where it can be avoided; but he will carefully consider that statement. The demands upon his time are such that it is almost impossible for him to accomplish anything. His sciatica is bothersome, but of course not at all serious. With very kind regards to you, Sincerely yours, Secretary. Rev. John L. Belford, 485 Classon Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.November 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Brockway: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Emma Brockway, Ottawa, Kansas. November 19, 1918. My dear Sir: Colonel Roosevelt has received such innumerable requests for letters, messages, expressions and sentiments, all for the most worthy causes, that it is an utter impossibility for him to respond to them. All that he can do is to ask that his correspondents choose some sentiment from his published writings or speeches which touch on the subject of the matter they have in view, and if they will send the sentiment to him, he will gladly autograph it. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Cleveland G. Allen, 2 W. 131st St., New York City. November 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Ames: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Fisher L. Ames, Des Moines, Iowa. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Arthur: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. C.G. Arthur, General Delivery, Columbus, Ohio.November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Ballard: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Arthur Ballard, Bible House, 9th St. and Fourth Ave. City.November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Beecken: Mrs. Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. She desires me to say that Colonel Roosevelt’s attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. M. Lindsay Beecken, “Etrepeen” – West North Ave., Baltimore, Md. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Benedict: That’s mighty nice of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. R.A. Benedict, 175 Fifth Ave., City. November 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Binge: Mrs. Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. She desires me to say that Colonel Roosevelt’s attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. S.D. Binge, 147 Riverside Drive, City. November 19, 1918. Dear Mr. Brewer: Colonel Roosevelt desires me to thank you for your very interesting letter of the 6th. At the moment he is laid up with an attack of sciatica, but he hopes soon to be about. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. D. Chauncey Brewer, 173 State Street, Boston, Mass. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Bryant: It was mighty nice of you to send me that telegram. Believe me, I appreciate it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Emery A. Bryant, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. [*1351*] November 19, 1918. My dear Bryce: That's a really fine letter of yours of October 20th, and I am in hearty sympathy with it. In the first place I of course entirely agree with your summary of "causes". The first real smash was the forced surrender of Bulgaria; then came the fall of Turkey; and then the fall of Austria. Germany's fall followed inevitably. Now, my dear fellow, I feel I am utterly powerless to do more than I have already done. Believe me, all that I have said about Wilson during this World War has represented not merely my deepest convictions, but the truth as near as I could possibly find it out, and when I have grown impatient at Grey or you, or some other of my friends, taking positions which encouraged Wilson in his double dealing, it was because I felt in my marrow that you were playing his game, when down at bottom this game of his was played selfishly, and might at any time represent a betrayal of the world's interest. As you know, he made his appeal to the nation to elect a Democratic Congress in order "to stand by" him. He said the[*5390*] -2- Republican leaders were pro-war but that they were anti-Administration and therefore he was against them, and he asked that all Democrats, whether pro-war or anti-war, should be elected, if they were pro-Administration. We beat him and carried the House by nearly 50 majority, and the Senate by a majority of a couple. In no other free government would he at this moment be in office, or would his views have any more effect than those of any other influential private citizen upon the terms of peace. But as it is there is no way we can act directly until March 4th, and even after that date the area in which we can act directly is very much circumscribed. American would have gone to war against the Turks even more heartily than against the Germans, precisely as it would have gone to war against the Germans when the Lusitania was sunk even more heartily than it did two years later. But the President refused to go to war against Turkey, chiefly because of the vilely unworthy attitude of some normally very worthy people - the Presbyterian Missionaries, who had built up Roberts and Beirut colleges. To my mind no outcome that leaves the Turk in Europe is satisfactory. There are several possible solutions. Greece for example would be strong enough to hold the Straits with the - 3 - sea powers back of her, but would never be under any temptation to turn against the same powers. The rule of the Anatolian Turk should be limited to the Anatolian highlands, where for nearly nine centuries he has been not merely the political master, but rooted in the soil. As for the Arab movement, of which you speak, I have found very curious proof of it among the Syrian Christians here. As you well say there is just a chance in Arab lands of a Moslem majority's being willing to show a religious toleration like that which in the golden days of Bagdad and Cordova so infinitely surpassed what the stark brutality of Christian Europe could then show. At the Peace Conference England and France can get what they wish, so far as America is concerned, if, while treating Wilson with politeness, they openly and frankly throw themselves on the American people for support in any vital matter. What Wilson is most anxious to do is to take something like Grey's League of Nations, adopt it in almost all its outward forms, give Germany full membership, and insist upon the German interpretation of "freedom of the seas". I am for much a League provided we don't expect too much from it, and - 4 - don't let it interfere with some such system as the Swiss system of universal obligatory training for all our young men, which will, of course, give us only a defensive army. I am not willing to play the part which even Aesop held up to derision when he wrote of how the wolves and the sheep agreed to disarm, and how the sheep as a guarantee of good faith send away the watchdogs, and were then forthwith eaten by the wolves. I hate not to face facts. It is a fact that the British Empire and the United States have reached the point, where, in my judgement, they can agree henceforth to arbitrate everything without any reservation. I should be perfectly willing to establish a permanent Supreme Court, which would arbitrate any questions between these two nations (or any constituent portions of them) precisely as our own Supreme Court arbitrates questions effecting the different states. But I would not for one moment make any such arrangement as regards Germany, Russia, China and most of the tropical American states - the reasons being different in the different cases. There are certain points upon which I used to think myself entirely out of sympathy with my own country. I have come to the conclusion that5393 -5- I am just as much out of sympathy on these points with the immense majority of Englishmen. For instance, they don't seem to be horrified or revolted by hypocrisy. They keep portions of their consciences in separate water-tight compartments. They wish one compartment in which to stow all the phrases about "absolute self- determination for all peoples". In a totally different compartment they stow the actual facts of the treatment of those peoples, which, more or less justly, are in the event found unfit for self-determination. They love the fine language; they know it cannot be translated into fact; and so they applaud hypocritical promises, and cynical repudiation of the promises. To propose in any real sense to give African savages more than a consultative and superordinate share in their own affairs is, at present, simply silly. Yet there are any number of people, including Wilson very often, and Lloyd George not infrequently, who like to use language which means this or nothing. In the same way at this moment the United States has deprived and is depriving Hayti and San Domingo of self-determination. It has destroyed democracy in these to little festering black republics. It is ruling them by marines, and you can't find, and no one else can find, a published word from the President even relating to what has been done. Is the Peace Conference going to solemnly- 6 - listen to chatter about impossible promises for self-determination for everybody in the future, and not ask for some rule which will make the hypocrisies about cases like that of San Domingo and Hayti a little less blatant than at present? I quite agree with what you say about Russia. Poland has offered innumerable difficulties from the days of King Boleslav the Florious until the present moment, and I see no prospect of her stopping. It would be capital to have Finland independent, and to allow all the peoples of the Baltic provinces to determine their own fate. If they were wise they would federate. Like you, I would prefer to see the Ukrainians, or whatever they are, whether Orthodox or Uniate, a separate nation, but if they insist upon rejoining Russia I don't see that we could, with propriety, protest. I doubt if there is a single important point on which you and I are not in this matter. I trust there will be no compromise whatever with principle. Doubtless there will have to be sacrifices here and there of small national blocks in order to make possible frontiers. But our aim should be to do justice for everyone big an little, and while punishing those who have done badly, not to do it in any way that will perpetuate injustice. Ted as acting Colonel of his regiment and Kermit as Captain of Artillery are now marching - 7 - under Pershing toward the Rhine. Archie is at home crippled, but I hope it won't be for life. Ted is limping pretty badly, but the prospect of commanding his regiment cured the limp. With love to Lady Bryce, Faithfully yours, Viscount James Bryce, 3, Buckingham Gate, S. W., London, England. P.S. Apparently Wilson has seized the cables and has sent the Creel Bureau to the other side to prevent our people knowing what is going on at the Peace Conference. If the English possessed real decision of character they would instantly organize an independent news service which would send to Canada the full and exact truth about things at the Conference. In some shape or other we at home would then be able to insist that the American people get the news. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Clarke: I thank you for your letter and for the poem. I appreciate both. Faithfully yours, Mr. Samuel J. Clarke, Louise, Miss. November 19, 1918. My dear Major Cresson: That’s an awfully nice letter of yours. It is so intelligent and so farsighted I must tell you how much I have enjoyed it. Faithfully yours, Major Charles C. Cresson, Hdqrs. 13th Division, Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Cummings: Mrs. Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. She desires me to say that Colonel Roosevelt’s attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Thos. F. Cummings, 541 Lexington Ave., City. 8768November 19, 1918. Dear Mr. Cantley: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you, and to say he appreciates your having thought of him in sending out those papers. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. A.C. Cantley, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. 65November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Davidson: That’s very kind of you. I thank you. Faithfully yours, Mr. David Davidson, Providence, R.I. 4166November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Dietrich: Yours is one of the nicest letters I received. The results were pretty satisfactory, weren’t they? With very hearty thanks and appreciation, Faithfully yours, Mr. C.H. Dietrich, Hastings, Neb. 67November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Dorrington: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter and he desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. J.C. Dorrington, The Inez Hotel, 9th and Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 6 [Doubleday] November 19, 1918. Gentlemen: That’s very kind of you. I thank you, and I deeply appreciate your courtesy. Faithfully yours, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y.November 19, 1918. My dear Dussault: That’s a very nice letter of yours. My dear Sir, I thank you for it, and I thank you for the book. I look forward with pleasure to reading it. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Cesaere Dussault, 80 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. 54170November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Dyer: That’s a fine editorial. It was mighty good of you to write it, and it was equally good of you to let me see it. The attack of sciatica is of no importance. It is only troublesome, and I will soon be out. Faithfully yours, Mr. Geo. C. Dyer, The Censor, St. Louis, Mo. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Earnest: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. D.C. Earnest, Dallas, Texas. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Erlbeck: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter and he desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. H.A. Erlbeck, 87 Green St., Hackensack, N.J. 3November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Empey: I am very sorry, but it is not possible for Colonel Roosevelt to comply with your request. However, if you care to make use of an appropriate extract from any of his speeches or editorials, he will be very glad. Sincerely yours, Mr. Arthur Gus [Guy] Empey, 220 W. 42nd St., City. 74November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Foss: The enclosed letters explain themselves. I am sure you must have been misunderstood. The Germans, up to the very last moment, continued to behave with every species of atrocities. I don't believe in any revenge, but I most emphatically disbelieve in slopping over or doing the "sending flowers to the convicted murderer" type of hysterical business. How soon we can resume complete relations with Germany, I am not prepared to say, but it may be well that years will elapse before we should permit ourselves to be drawn into as close relationship with her as with our present allies. There is a strong Hearst pro-German movement in this country, but I think there is a much stronger feeling the other way, - and without any regard to its strength, I don't think the Republican Party can afford for one moment at this time to take action which would seem to put Germany on a plane with the powers that have stood by us. Faithfully yours, Hon. W. L. Fess, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 5November 19, 1918. My dear Major Fitzpatrick: I remember you well and naturally, as you were a companion of mine in perilous wanderings, I have a strong fellow-feeling for you. I shall read your book with the utmost interest. Faithfully yours. Major E.A. Fitzpatrick, Draft Administrator, Madison, Wis. 6November 19, 1918. My dear Major Galen: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Major Albert J. Galen, U.S.A., Judge Advocate of A.E.F. Siberia, Vladivostok. 77November 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Gilbert: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter, and he desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. F.R. Gilbert, 313 W. Union St., West Chester, Pa. 8November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Hanley: I am very sorry, but I never do give that kind of letter of introduction. If I should do it in one case, I should have to do it in innumerable others. With very deep regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. J. Frank Hanley, 311 E. Ohio. St., Indianapolis. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Harvier: You’re quite right! That was just as much a ??? the patriotic Democrats as for the patriotic Republicans. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ernest Harvier, 1193 Broadway, City. November 19, 1918. Dear Mr. Hays: This man was a very important victor, and he is one of the men who should be used right on the lines we were speaking of today. Faithfully yours, Mr. Will H. Hays, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Henry: Mrs. Roosevelt and I feel the deepest sympathy in the terrible grief that has come to you and your wife. Your gallant son died the death which of all other gallant men most wish to die. As for the disposal to be made of his body, my dear Mr. Henry, if I were in your place I would do exactly that which seemed best and most fitting to his mother and yourself. I am sure that if it will comfort you to have the boy's body lie in the little graveyard on the peaceful green hills of Connecticut near your summer home, that that is the place where the boy himself would be most anxious to have it lie. This is the only advice, if advice it may be called, which I feel competent to give. Faithfully yours, Mr. Ira W. Henry, 149 Broadway, New York.November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Hinshaw: The various organizations working under the United War Work Campaign were successful in getting Colonel Roosevelt to make a speech at the Manhattan Opera House on Friday, November 1st, especially for the benefit of the Victory Boys and Girls. They all understand that it they wish to use anything he said at that meeting, in the way of promoting the work of this campaign, they are at liberty to do so. Of course, it is not possible for him to make exceptions and send any other messages. Very truly yours, Secretary. Mr. David Hinshaw, 124 E. 28th St., City. National Catholic War Council. November 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. James: That’s very amusing. I thank you for letting me see it. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Mary Belden James, 2430 University Avenue, New York. November 19, 1918. My dear Mrs. Johnson: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mrs. Louise H. Johnson, 220 W. 42nd St., City. November 19th, 1918. Dear Miss Kellor: Surely you did not telegraph John King that I wished him to go to that dinner tonight. I cared not a rap whether he went to the dinner or not. I am sure dinners of the kind must do some good, because so many people believe in them, but I personally do not believe in them at all and under no circumstances would I urge John King to go to such a dinner. What I most explicitly said was that I particularly wished him to see you to hear what you had to say and to work with you along the lines indicated in our conversation and if there was any doubt in his mind to come to me for suggestions. Sincerely yours, Miss Frances Kellor, 25 West 39th Street, New York.November 19, 1918. My dear Senator Keyes: The results were pretty satisfactory, weren’t they? I am glad if I was of the least assistance. The people of New Hampshire are to be congratulated. At the moment I am laid up with an attack of sciatica; it is uncomfortable, but I hope soon to be as well as ever. Faithfully yours, Senator Henry W. Keyes, Concord, N.H. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Kilham: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Chas. H. Kilham, Ives St., Beverly, Mass. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Lawson: That a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Dr. John D. Lawson, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. November 19th, 1918. Dear Arthur: Well, we have seen the mighty days and you, at least, have done your full share in them. We have lived through the most tremendous tragedy in the history of civilization. We should be sternly thankful that the tragedy ended with a grim appropriateness, too often lacking. All the people directly or indirectly responsible for the tragedy, all those who have preached and practiced the cynical treachery, brutality and barbarism and the conscienceless worshipping of revolting cunning andbrute force which made the German people what it is was in 1914 (and what, except that it is defeated, it now is) - all these people have come down in the crash. When the war first broke out I did not think the Kaiser was really to blame. I thought he was simply the tool; gradually I was forced to realize that he was one of the leading conspirators, plotters and wrong-doers. The last fortnight has shown that he was not even a valorous barbarian - he was unwilling to pay with his body when his hopes were wrecked. Think of the Kaiser and his six sons saving their- 2 - own worthless carcasses at the end, leaving their women, like their honor, behind them. If ever there was a case where in the last day of the fighting the leaders should have died, this was the case. I was able to render substantial service to the allies during the last month by being probably the chief factor in preventing Wilson from doing what he fully intended to do, namely, double-cross the allies, appear as an umpire between them and the Central Powers and get a negotiated peace which put him personally on a pinnacle of glory in the sight of every sinister pro-German and every vapid and fatuous doctrinaire sentimentalist throughout the world. I know in advance that Wilson's intentions were. The probably necessary cow-towing performed in front of him by almost all the British leaders, and by the great majority of the French leaders, had made him certain that they would accept whatever he did. His success in fooling and brow-beating our own people, the terror which he had impressed on the newspapers, the immense political funds which he used nominally for national, but really for party, purposes, and the nautral tendency of good people to- 3 - stand by the President in war time made him convinced that he could induce the nation to follow him in another somerset. Accordingly he entered into negotiations with Germany on the basis of a peace, conditioned upon his famous fourteen points. Germany agreed eagerly and absolutely to his demands. The Fourteen Points were thoroughly mischievous and would have meant a negotiated peace with Germany. Moreover, last January when the Fourteen Points were promulgated our people knew so little of the matter and were so accustomed to loose rhetoric that they did not show any discontent with them. But by the first of October when the Wilson-Germany negotiations were on, our people had waked up. They wished unconditional surrender, and there was an outburst of popular feeling such as I have very rarely seen in America. The President was repudiated and threatened by people who had been his slavish adherents. Wilson is utterly shameless and as soon as he became convinced that the people would upset him, he promptly double-crossed Germany instead of the allies, and appeared again as the lofty opponent of the German Government. But the incident caused him to lose his temper, and- 4 - he thought he would provide himself with a rubber stamp Congress in the elections that were about to take place. Accordingly he made am appeal for a Democratic Senate and House, saying that although the Republicans were pro-war they were anti-Administration and that he would not regard his policies as sustained if either the House or the Senate were Republican. This gave me my chance, and in the last week of the campaign we did the seemingly impossible, - carried the House by a substantial and the Senate by a bare majority. Wilson explicitly stated that he made no test excepting that of support of his administration, by which he meant support of himself at any point where his personal comfort or personal administration was involved. He appealed just as strongly for anti-war Democrats as for pro-war Democrats and his whole argument was against pro-war Republicans. The German people thoroughly understood what the issue was and after election thoroughly understood what happened. The Berliner Tageblatt stated with refreshing frankness that the election of a Republican Congress rendered it impossible for Germany to hope that Mr. Wilson would be able to give them the kind of peace that was "reasonable" - in other- 5 - words, pro-German. The comparison between Foch's Twenty-three Points which were actually adopted in the armistice and Wilson's Fourteen showed the difference between the shifty rhetorician who wants an indecisive peace and the resolute soldier who will accept only the peace of overwhelming victory. By the way, you will be amused to know that in Canada and Australia I am regarded with hearty sympathy in my views as to the retention by the British Empire of all the German Colonies, etc. etc. I have made Canadians and Australians feel that my utterances do not need a key to explain them! As regards England, I end the war more convinced than ever that there should be the closest alliance between the British Empire and the United States; and also I am more convinced than ever that neither one can afford for one moment to rely on the other in a sufficiently tight place. There would always of course be the chance that the other, in such event, would wake up to the needs of the situation; but there would also be the chance that its own political tricksters and doctrinaires and sentimental charlatans and base materialists would make it false to its duty. There are just two Englishmen,- 6 - of the civilian class, with whom I now feel in entire sympathy, namely Kipling and yourself - I am not speaking of dear Trevelyn and the other persons to whom I am attached on mere social and literary grounds. However, all this is a little account. In spite of our pacifists at home, and in spite of the aid given to the worst American (?) of England by so many well-meaning foolish Englishmen, America did finally play a real part in the war and played it manfully. England of course has suffered and achieved more than ever before in her whole history. The victory is tremendous, the overthrow of Germany complete. Ted and Kermit have taken part in the last fighting, and I believe they are now walking toward the Rhine. Archie pretty badly crippled is back with us. I doubt if his arm will ever be quite right again, but he will be able to do a great many things with it. Ted has been made Lieutenant Colonel, and commanded his regiment in the final fighting. Dick Derby has done exceedingly well and has been promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel.7 This is Quentin’s birthday. With dearest love to Ruth and Faith, Always yours, Lord ??? Lee of Fareham, 2 The Abbey Gardens, Great College Street, Westminster, London, England. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Lisle: I heartily thank you for your very kind letter. I appreciate your having sent it, and I appreciate also your having sent me the editorial. Faithfully yours, Mr. ???. T. Lisle, Great Falls, Mont. November 19th, 1918 My dear M. Mangin: Colonel Roosevelt thank you for your very kind letter, and directs me to he appreciates your courtesy to the full but that it is not possible for him to undertake anything additional. With renewed thanks, and real regret, Sincerely yours, Secretary. M.L. Charoon Mangin. 399 Mountain St., Montreal, Queb. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. McElroy: I am sorry, but it is not possible for me do as you request. I will be very glad to have you use an extract from any of my editorials or speeches, or my book which has just come out – “The Great Adventure.” Faithfully yours, Mr. R.M. McElroy, 19 West 44th Street, City. November 19th, 1918. My dear Mrs. McGlenn: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours. I appreciate it to the full, and I thank you most warmly. Faithfully yours, Mrs. P.A. McGlenn, 5847 Iowa Street, Martin St., Chicago, Ill. 0November 19th, 1918 My dear M. Mitchell: I am very sorry, but It is not possible for me to comment on your book. I am over my head in work, my dear Sir, and you have no idea how often I am asked to do this. With very hearty thanks and real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred Mitchell, The Brighton, Windle Park, Tarrytown, N.Y.November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Morris: Unfortunately, Colonel Roosevelt is not in a position to give you the advice you ask. He is very sorry not to be able to be of assistance to you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. W.H. Morris, Greenbackville, Va. November 19th, 1918 My dear Sir: Your letter touched me. I appreciate it, and I thank you. Faithfuly yours, Mr. G. Nambre [Hambre], 417 Barclay Block, Denver, Col. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Naumann: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Wm. Naumann: 30 Church St., New York City. November 19th, 1918 Dear Mr. Newton: Yours is much the most illuminating letters I have received from Minnesota. You told me all the things I most wishes to know. Your victory was very important. I wish you would congratulate Mayor Meyers for me, also. I entirely agree with what you say about the Speakership. I have said the same thing to Mr. Hays myself, and I shall at once send your letter to him. Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter H. Newton, 700 First National Soo Lime Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Palmer: Yours is one of the very nicest letters I have received. I thank you for it with all my heart, and my dear Mr. Palmer, if it were possible, I would gladly comply with your request. But it just is not possible for I am literally deluged with work. With renewed thanks, and hearty appreciation, Faithfully yours, Mr. Chas. S. Palmer, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Parshall: Colonel Roosevelt directs me to thank you for your courtesy in letting him see your poems. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Geo. H. Parshall, Freeport, L.I. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Pickard: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. J.G. Pickard, Hotel Prince Arthur, Port Arthur, Ont. November 19th, 1918 Dear Gifford: I thank you most cordially for the letter and the telegram. I agree entirely with it and I want to see you as soon as possible. I am going to try to prepare such an editorial as you indicate. Faithfully yours, Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Milford, Pike Co., Pa. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Botthoff: Your letter of November 12, addressed to Colonel Roosevelt, asking for a photographer, has been received. Inasmuch as literally hundreds of similar requests are made during the year, I am sure you will realize how utterly impossible it would be for Colonel Roosevelt to supply the demand. However, Pach Bros., Photographers, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, have a very good plate and many people purchase this picture. If you care to leave an order with them, they will send it down to Colonel Roosevelt's office, and Colonel Roosevelt will be glad to autograph it for you. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. M. A. Botthoff, 1619 Wellen (?) Avenue, Chicago. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Potthoff: If I had a picture I would gladly send you one, but long ago the demand because so regret that it just was not possible to supply it. With very hearty thanks, and real regret, Faithfully yours, Mr. N.A. Potthoff, 1619 Walden Ave., Chicago.November 19th, 1918 My dear Miss Powell: Assuming that your letter correctly states the facts and that Mr. John Hickson wishes to know my advice of direction and will obey it, I wish to say to him that he ought at once to marry the woman he loves, and I hope that both will hereafter be happy all their lives. Faithfully yours, Miss May E. Powell, 612 N. Klein, Oklahoma City, Okla. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Putnam: That’s capital! I hope both of us meet and have a celebration as soon as I come out of the hospital. Faithfully yours, Mr. Geo. Haven Putnam, 2 West 45th Street, City. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Russell: I am very deeply touched by what you tell me about that young private. We may all well be proud of him, and of his fellows. Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank G. Russell, 198 E. Talmadge Ave., Akron, Ohio. November 19th, 1918 My dear President Scarborough: The results were pretty satisfactory, weren’t they? Faithfully yours, President W.S. Scarborough, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. November 19th, 1918 My dear President Scarborough: I am very sorry, but it just is not possible for me at the moment to make even a tentative promise. With very hearty thanks, and real regret, Faithfully yours, Pres. W.S. Scarborough, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. November 19th, 1918 My dear Captain Schauffler: Your letter gives me and added pang, for I ought to have written that editorial. But in an editorial, I shall soon write I shall touch upon points such as those in your case. I know countless such cases, two of them being kinsmen of mine. With very hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Captain Edward R. Schauffler, 10th U.S. Infantry, Camp Custer, Mich. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Siefert: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter, and he desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome, and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. P. A. Siefert, 705 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Sillcocks: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Chas W.H. Sillcocks, 188 N. 9th St., Newark, N.J. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. Thomas: That’s a fine note, and I thank you for it. Faithfully yours, Mr. Lew J. Thomas, 212 American National Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Thomson: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. ??? Thomson, ??? Ave., Ottawa, Ont. November 19th, 1918 My dear Capt. Tooze: Unfortunately, I have no influence and therefore I was helpless. However, I thank you for your very full and interesting letter. Faithfully yours, Capt. Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Cornell College, S.A.T.C. U.S.A. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. November 19th, 1918 My dear Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich: I don’t wonder you feel dreadfully. I wish I could help you but I am almost powerless. Nearly a month ago we cabled to my son-in-law, asking after a young man in his division, but we have neve had an answer from him. All I can suggest is that you write to Mr. William R. Castle, Jr., the Red Cross representative at Washington. Tell him just what your trouble is and enclose to him this letter. If he can help you I know he will. Faithfully yours, Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Ulrich, 169 Jessie Street, San Francsico, Calif. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Watkins: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mr. J.H.J. Watkins, Citizen Publishing Co., Frankfort, N.Y. November 19, 1918. My dear Dr. Weber: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. Winifred Weber, Colorado Springs, Col. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Whitehouse: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Herman de R. Whitehouse, 118 West 56th, City. November 19, 1918. My dear Mr. Wilson: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. John ???. Wilson, D.O., 2591 Broadway, Toledo, Ohio. November 19th, 1918 My dear Dr. Winter: I do not know what the report is, and I do not wish any denial or affirmation made. Faithfully yours, Dr. Henry Lyle Winter, Cornwall, N.Y. November 19, 1918. Dear Leonard: I have been struck by that first coincidence, but I doubt whether there is any use to be made of it. I entirely agree as to the demobilization. I am utterly at sea what to know about our losses. If they are accurate then our entire loss doe the eighteen months is only three times as great as that of the British in the last half week. I entirely disbelieve in the whole policy of assuming (as the Administration has assumed) that all possibility of the renewal of the war is over. Our sacrifices in the war have been so utterly trivial, compared to those of the other allies that, as you point out in your letter, we actually would not have been able to put a single division with its full armament into the field even at the end of the war, save for the indispensable help we got from our allies. I shall continue to say this. One trouble is that there are at least one hundred things I would like to say for every one thing it is possible for me to say. I cannot get a really attentive audience for more than a very limited number of themes, and I am at my wits ends as to which to sacrifice. Always yours, Major General Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans.November 19, 1918. My dear Miss Wright: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss Mary Wright, 67 W. 104 St., City. November 19, 1918. My dear Dr. Ylander: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Dr. G.W. Ylander, 202 West 92nd St., City. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Bethurum: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail, and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. B.J. Bethurum, Somerset, Ky. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Bjarnson: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Stephen Bjarnson, 207 American Bldg., San Diego, Calif. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Button: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally I so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. A.L. Button, Lincoln, Neb. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Butz: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Otto C. Butz, Title and Trust Bldg., Chicago, Ill. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Chance: For various I think it unwise for me to go further into that matter with Mr. Garet. I cannot and will not put myself in the position of being responsible for any man. All I can do will be to answer queries when put to me. This I have gladly done in your case and will continue to do. Faithfully yours, Mr. Wade Chance, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Clements: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. F.P. Clements, 436 E. Walnut St., Springfield, Mo. November 20, 1918. My dear President Collier: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Pres. Wm. Miller Collier, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Cross That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. T.J. Cross, Mayfield, Ky. November 20, 1918. Dear Olivia: I wonder if you and your daughter, Mrs. Ward, could call in at the hospital to see me some day? I would be very glad to see you both. Ever yours, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, 24 East 72nd Street, New York. November 20, 1918. My dear Mrs. Cameron: I appreciate the poem, and I thank you for sending it to me. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Genevieve Camron, 248 West 45th St., City. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Dahlgreen: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. G.V. Dahlgreen, 908 Clark Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Deaver: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Fred T. Deaver, Lexington, Va. November 20, 1918. My dear Mrs. Everett: That’s such a very nice letter of yours that, pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgment. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Lena M. Everett, 2918 N. 19th St., Tacoma, Wash. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Fauntleroy: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Thomos T. Fountleroy, St. Louis Club. St. Louis, Mo. November 20, 1918. My dear Miss Gair: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Will you extend to your father, Colonel Roosevelt’s very warm regards? Sincerely yours, Secretary. Miss E. Florence Gair, 120 New York Ave., Brooklyn. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Gomez: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Jose M. Gomez, 182 W. 58th, City. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Henling: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. R.B. Henling, Henling Springs Farm, Dabney, Va. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Holt: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Wm. H. Holt, 544 B. Washington Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Jenkins: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Philip Jenkins, Stella, Neb. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Johns: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. E.B. Johns, 207 Hibbs, Washington, D.C. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Joslyn: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. J.R. Joslyn, Geneva Daily News, Geneva, N.Y. PRESS RATES COLLECT November 20, 1918. Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. Title The Freedom of the Seas and the Enslavement of Mankind Paragraph The surest way to kill a great cause is to reduce it to a hard and fast formula and insist upon the application of the formula without regard to actual existing conditions Paragraph It in announced in the press that the President is going to the Peace Conference especially to insist among other things on that one of his fourteen points dealing with the so-called quote Freedom of the Seas unquote period The President's position in the matter is of course eagerly championed by Germany as it has been Germany's special position throughout the war period It is of course eagerly championed by the New York World, the Hearst papers and all the rubber stamp gentry period It is antagonized by England and France and by every anti-German in America who understands the situation Paragraph It is utterly impossible in view of the immense rapidity of the change in modern war conditions to formulate abstract policies about such matters as contraband and blockades period These policies must be actually tested in order to see how they work period Both England and the United States have reversed themselves in this matter on several different occasions period This is interesting as a matter of history but from no other standpoint period If we are honorable and intelligent we will fellow the course in this matter-2- which under existing conditions at this time seems most likely to work justice in the immediate future Paragraph Germany's position was that England had no right to blockade her so as to cutoff her supplies from the outside world period President Wilson at the time accepted this view and talked a good deal about the freedom of the seas period Meanwhile Germany through her submarines began an unprecedent course of wholesale murder on the seas period President Wilson protested against this in language much more apologetic and tender than he had used in protesting against Great Britain blockading Germany in what was essentially the same manner in which we blockaded the south during the Civil War period He put the dollar above the man and incidentally above the women and the children period He protested more vigorously upon the interference with American goods than against the taking of American lives [Paragraph] Then we finally went to war with Germany ourselves period We instantly adopted toward Germany and toward Neutrals like Holland exactly the position which President Wilson had been denouncing England for adopting toward Germany and toward us period Our action in this case was quite right whereas our protest against England's action had been entirely wrong Paragraph President Wilson now proposes to accept the German view and provide a system which if it had been in existence in 1914 would have meant the inevitable and rapid triumph of Germany Paragraph If this particular on. of the proposed-3- fourteen points had been in treaty form and had been lived up to in 1914 Germany would have had free access to the outside world, England's fleet would not have enabled her to bring economic pressure to bare upon Germany and doubtless Germany would have won an overwhelming victory within a couple of years period Therefore Mr. Wilson's proposal is that now when no human being can foretell whether Germany will or will not feel chastened and morally changed we shall take steps which will mean that if the war has to be fought over again Germany's triumph will have been secured in advance so far as we are able to secure it period All such conditions, all merely academic questions or questions as to the attitude of America or of England before the outbreak of the great war are insignificant period Whatever our views prior to the great war we are fools indeed if we have not learned the lessons these last four and a half terrible years have taught period The freedom of the seas in the sense used by Germany and Mr. Wilson would have meant the enslavement of mankind to Germany period It would have meant that this country would at this time either be lying prostrate under the feet of German invaders or be purchasing peace by ransoms heavier than were paid by Belgium period No patriotic American has the right to stand quiet and see the President of the country without any warrant from the country try to bring upon us xx such outrageous potentiality and disaster as would be implied in the general international [adoption] of the so called quote-4- freedom of the seas unquote period Such freedom of the seas means the enslavement of mankind THEODORE ROOSEVELT.November 20, 1918. My dear Kauffman: That’s fine. I grinned with appreciation of you’re answer, and I hope the good gentlemen understood it. With very hearty thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Reginald Wright Kauffman, Columbia, Pa. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Kinney: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Homer E. Kinney, Box 221, Rolla, N.D. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Leon: With reference to your telegram of the 16th, I do not think it wise for me to do anything like that. Faithfully yours, Mr. Maurice Leon, 60 Wall Street, New York. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Levy: The demands upon me for speeches have become so numerous, and indeed the demands upon me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy that it is a physical impossibility for me to undertake another engagement at this time. I am very sorry, but it is not possible for me to do more than I am doing. Thanking you and expressing my regret, I am, Faithfully yours, Mr. Mark Levy, Chairman, Cook Co. Real Estate Board, 111 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Lloyd: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank Howard Lloyd, Matawan, N.J. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Loftus: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. J.B. Loftus, 1514 Kingman Pl., N.W., Washington, D.C. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. McCune: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. F.W. McCune, Sidney, Ohio. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Medlin: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter B. Medlin, 555 ½ Mulberry St., Macon, Ga. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Morrill: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Frank A. Morrill, Aetna Fire Insurance Co., Norwood, Mass. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Moulton: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Roy K. Moulton, The Evening Mail, 25 City Hall Place, City.November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Owen: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Leslie J. Owen, Leory, Ill. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Page: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. J.M. Page, Jersey Co. Democrat, Jerseyville, Ill. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Paul: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Walter G. Paul, R.D. 1, Rosenburg, Ore. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Post: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. John W. Post, Garden City, L.I. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Puett: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. J.E. Puett, Southern Bell Tell and Tel. Co., Cumming, Ga. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Remmel: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. H.L. Remmel: Little Rock, Ark. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Richardson: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. George Richardson, Farmville, Va. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Ricketts: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Oscar J. Ricketts, London and Lancashire Indemnity Co., Washington, D.C. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Sessions: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. John G. Sessons, Greenville, Miss. November 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Simple: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. W.P. Simple, Odd Fellows Home, Green Bay, Wis. November 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Smith, I am sending you the enclosed at Colonel Roosevelt’s request. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Howard Smith, Esq., Oyster Bay, N.Y. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Smith: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. W.L. Smith, 470 Merrick Ave., Detroit, Mich. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Strand: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mrs. Elvira Batterson Strand, 64 W. 15th St., Chicago, Ill. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Street: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. H. Nelson Street, Providence Chamber of Commerce, Providence, R.I. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Thomas: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Chas. M. Thomas, 907 You St., N.W., Washington? November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Thropp: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. Joseph H. Thropp, Everett, Pa. November 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Toupine: I very much appreciate your courtesy, and I look forward with pleasure to the receipt of the book. I wish I knew of the Baltic peoples and their needs. I have no influence with the Administration, but what I can do to secure justice for the Baltic peoples and all people similarly situated, will be done. Faithfully yours, Mr. Arthur Toupine, La Revue Baltique, 5 bis, Rue Schaslcher, Paris, France. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Ward: That's a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. William R. Ward, 112 Chancellor Ave., Newark, N.J.November 20, 1918. Dear Mr. Wiley: Colonel Roosevelt thanks you for your very kind letter. He desires me to say that this attack of rheumatism is of no importance. It is just a little troublesome and he expects soon to be about again as well as ever. Sincerely yours, Secretary. Mr. Louis Wiley, Times Bldg., New York. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Woodbridge: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. J.L. Woodbridge, Pueblo, Colo. November 20, 1918. My dear Mr. Wright: That’s a mighty nice letter of yours, and I thank you for it. In my opinion, the nation won a wonderful victory, and we have every right to be proud. My mail and my work generally is so heavy, that I have time only to send you this line. With renewed thanks, Faithfully yours, Mr. R.R. Wright, Georgia State Industrial College, Savannah, Ga.