2004, ISBN: 9788132043140

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Washington DC: Department of State, 1915. Presumed unique original letter. Single sheet, with typing on one side. Good. Single sheet 8 inches by 10.5 inches. Department of State station… More...

Washington DC: Department of State, 1915. Presumed unique original letter. Single sheet, with typing on one side. Good. Single sheet 8 inches by 10.5 inches. Department of State stationary. File designation 361.62/170. Letter has been folded to fit into an envelop. [No envelop present] Letter was to the Honorable John Walter Smith. John Walter Smith (February 5, 1845 - April 19, 1925), was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party in the United States, held several public offices representing the state of Maryland. From 1899 to 1900, he was a U.S. congressman for the 1st district of Maryland; from 1900 to 1904, he was the 44th Governor of Maryland; and from 1908 to 1921, he served in the U.S. Senate, first as the junior senator for Maryland, and from November 1912 as the senior senator. He wrote to the Secretary of State requesting information about Mr. Meyer Bodenheimer, a German soldier and formerly a lawyer in Darmstadt Hessen, and who was thought to be a prisoner of war somewhere in Russia. The Secretary of State indicated he would instruct the American Ambassador at Petrograd to ascertain, if possible, the fate of the soldier and would transmit the substance of the Ambassador's report when received. It is not clear what Secretary Lansing was later able to tell Senator Smith, but current information is that Meyer Bodenheimer was born on February 08, 1882 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was reported as being deceased on October 29, 1915 at Boronovice near Lublin, Poland. The nature of the Senator's interest is unclear, but is assumed to be in response to a Maryland based constituent who was a relative of Mr. Bodenheimer. Robert Lansing (October 17, 1864 - October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as Counselor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. A conservative pro-business Democrat, he was pro-British and a strong defender of American rights at international law. He was a leading enemy of German autocracy and Russian Bolshevism. Lansing advocated "benevolent neutrality" at the start of World War I, but shifted away from the ideal after increasing interference and violation of the rights of neutrals by Great Britain. Following the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 by the German submarine U-20, Lansing backed Woodrow Wilson in issuing three notes of protest to the German government. William Jennings Bryan resigned as Secretary of State following Wilson's second note, which Bryan considered too belligerent. Lansing replaced Bryan. Before U.S. involvement in the war, Lansing vigorously advocated freedom of the seas and the rights of neutral nations. He later advocated U.S. participation in World War I, negotiated the Lansing-Ishii Agreement with Japan in 1917 and was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris in 1919. Wilson made Colonel House his chief foreign policy advisor because Lansing privately opposed much of the Versailles treaty and was skeptical of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination. During Wilson's stroke and illness, Lansing called the cabinet together for consultations on several occasions. In addition, he was the first cabinet member to suggest that Vice President Thomas R. Marshall assume the powers of the presidency. Displeased by Lansing's independence, Edith Wilson requested Lansing's resignation.[citation needed] Lansing stepped down from his post on February 12, 1920., Department of State, 1915, 2.5, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1961. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xiv, 442 pages. Footnotes. DJ is price clipped and has small chips, tears, and some soiling. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, Notes on Sources, Bibliography, and Index. Also Includes Chapters on The Evolution of Anglo-American War Aims, 1917-1918; From the Pre-armistice Agreement to the Opening of the Peace Conference; The Opening of the Peace Conference and the Anglo-American Controversy over Colonial Claims and the Mandate Principle; The Covenant of the League of Nations: An Anglo-American Document; Anglo-American Policy and the Russian Revolution, 1919; Anglo-American Issues Arising from the "Preliminary Peace," the Military Clauses, and the Disposition of German Sea Power; The Principle of self-determination in Anglo-American Policy; French Security and the Territorial Settlement of Western Europe; The Principle of Self-Determination in Anglo-American Policy; Territorial Problems of Eastern Europe and the Middle East; The Conflict of British and American Policies in the Reparations Settlement; Problems of Immediate and Long-range Economic Cooperation; The Revision of the Convenant and Anglo-American Naval Rivalry; The Birth of the International Labor Organization; The Trial of the Kaiser; American Principles Versus British Treaty Obligations; The Territorial Claims of Italy and Japan; The Anglo-American Reaction Against the draft Treaty and Lloyd George's Proposals for Revision, May 7-June 28; The Breakdown of Anglo-American Cooperation in the Final Stages of the Peace Conference; and Epilogue and Conclusions. Anglo-American Relations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 highlights the relationships between the United Kingdom and the United States during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-1920. This book gives a full account of diplomatic relations between the United States and England during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The author points out the fundamental community of purpose and interest between the United States and England, despite their failure to translate that basic unity into a common strategy, jointly announced. The year 1919 marks a high point in the world power and prestige of Western democracy. World War I was ended, and the victory belonged to the democratic states. Theirs was the sober task-and the unique opportunity-of formulating a settlement that would guarantee impartial justice and preserve the peace. Dr. Tillman examines here the documentary account of Anglo-American diplomatic relations during this critical period. He shows the interaction of personalities in both governments, the patterns of cooperation and conflict as they negotiated major issues of war and of peace, and the political repercussions in both England and America that led either to compromise or to defeat of some of the best purposes of the Versailles Treaty. Seth P. Tillman, was a key aide to the late Sen. J. William Fulbright who wrote many of the lawmaker's most noted speeches and helped shape his powerfully influential opposition to the Vietnam War. Few know of the extent to which Dr. Tillman helped alter history by working in private on the stands Fulbright took in public. Dr. Tillman was a Capitol Hill intern fresh from a doctoral program in foreign affairs when he went to work in 1961 for Fulbright's committee. He quickly became a principal aide in the Arkansas Democrat's Senate office as well as on the committee. Much of Dr. Tillman's influence derived from his philosophical kinship with his boss. Dr. Tillman assisted Fulbright during his committee's high-profile hearings on the war. He was widely described as a chief collaborator - if not the ghostwriter - behind some of Fulbright's most important addresses and publications in the 1960s. They included his 1964 foreign policy speech "Old Myths and New Realities" and the lectures that became Fulbright's 1966 book, "The Arrogance of Power." Norvill Jones, a former committee staff colleague, credited Dr. Tillman with influencing the senator's views on presidential war powers. Fulbright regarded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a check on executive power. Dr. Tillman remained with the Senate subcommittee on the Middle East for several years after Fulbright's defeat in the 1974 primary. Dr. Tillman later was a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and did consulting work on Capitol Hill. In 1982, he joined Georgetown University, where he was a research professor of diplomacy until his retirement in 2004. His publications include "Anglo-American Relations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919" (1961), "The United States in the Middle East" (1982) and "The Price of Empire" (1989), which he co-authored with Fulbright., Princeton University Press, 1961, 2.75, Paperback. New, 0<