The Japanese asked Roosevelt to negotiate peace with Russia. He was worried that if he did not, and Russia won, it might cut off U.S trade with Manchuria, and if Japan won, it might threaten free trade in Asia.
You need to tell us which negotiations.
Roosevelt intervened to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905 because he wanted to maintain a balance of power in East Asia and prevent one country from gaining dominance over the other. Additionally, Roosevelt saw an opportunity to showcase American diplomacy on the global stage and position the United States as a mediator in international conflicts.
President Theodore Roosevelt hoped for a world in which countries would turn to arbitration instead of war to settle international disputes and he offered his services to this end .
Roosevelt's intervention emphasized America's growing role in world affairs.
Roosevelt's intervention emphasized America's growing role in world affairs.
to demonstrate America's concerns about events in Asia
to demonstrate America's concerns about events in Asia
Roosevelt's intervention emphasized America's growing role in world affairs.
Probably, secretly, both combatants desired Roosevelt's negotiations to end the war.
To demonstrate Americas concerns about events in Asia.
US President Teddy Roosevelt, WW2 US President (FDR) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's relative.
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