God And Country Nov 12, 2009
There were Orthodox soldiers on both sides in the Russo-Japanese war, and the bishops in both countries prayed on behalf of the armed forces of their respective nations ... There were Orthodox soldiers on both sides in the Russo-Japanese war ... At the time of the Russo-Japanese War, the enlightener of Japan, the Russian Archbishop Nicholas [now glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia ed.], who remained in Japan, blessed the Orthodox Japanese soldiers who went to war to... (The American Conservative)
Guest opinion: ‘Ode' to Theodore Roosevelt Oct 22, 2009
Roosevelt was awarded the peace prize for successfully mediating the end to the bloody Russo Japanese War. He received the Medal of Honor for leading his Rough Riders in their hell-for-leather assault on San Juan Hill. (Montana Standard, MT)
Realpolitik and Idealism in Foreign... Oct 17, 2009
Roosevelt also received a Nobel Peace Prize, in part, for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Yet even this action was based on Realpolitik. (Suite101.com)
The Affirmative Action Nobel Oct 16, 2009
Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906 for the Portsmouth Treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War. Woodrow Wilson won the 1919 Nobel Prize for getting Germany to accept his 14 Points as the basis for an armistice that ended the bloodiest war in all of European history. (Human Events Online)
Nobel Peace Prize“then and now Oct 16, 2009
Bill Arthur wrote on Oct 15, 2009 10:20 PM:" It is unfortunate that most of you cannot understand a direct comparison. I am not ranting, I am trying to relay the historical background of how the Nobel prize for Peace was once awarded. Sorry i don't find much desirable about Obama, but then again if you see us heading in a good direction, then I can see your point.Teddy Roosevelt was a man of great irony--he was like Obama in some ways, but not when it came to what he regarded as our nation's... (Cameron Observer, MO)
'Liberal Sellout Award'? Oct 11, 2009
It used to be -- early in the Nobel, some presidents -- like Theodore Roosevelt got one for mediating the Russo-Japanese war, Woodrow Wilson for helping make the peace terms of World War I. Then there became a period when Americans won, it wasn't the president, meaning Franklin Roosevelt probably should have won for creating the United Nations, but the award went to his secretary of state, Cordell Hull. Or Harry Truman should have won it for the Marshall plan, but the award went to Marshall. (Fox News)
Peace Nobel has a history of controversies Oct 10, 2009
Theodore Roosevelt (1905): Became the first politician to win the prize for his mediation in the Russo-Japanese war. However, he was well known for his bellicose posture. (India Times, India)
Locals surprised over Obama's Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
"Stephanie Seacord, a spokeswoman for the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum, said Obama's honor reflected well on America's role as a world leader and reaffirmed "what we celebrate every year" with the forum. One of the few celebrations of the Nobel Prize in the world, the forum highlights the past and present, and honors the diplomatic skills President Theodore Roosevelt displayed while acting as behind-the-scenes negotiator to end the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 and while diplomats met for a month... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
" In winning the prize, Obama joins an elite group that includes Mother Teresa, former Vice President Al Gore, former President Jimmy Carter, former South African President Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Amnesty International and civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He also is among a small fraternity of sitting U.S. presidents that have won the award, including Woodrow Wilson in 1919 honored for helping to found the League of Nations and shaping the Treaty of Versailles after World War I... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Congratulations, Mr. President. Now Please Use The Moment To Save The Afghan People From The Taliban and The World From Iran's Fanatics Oct 10, 2009
Woodrow Wilson was awarded the price in 1919, after helping to found the League of Nations and shaping the Treatise of Versailles; and Theodore Roosevelt was the recipient in 1906 for his work to negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese war. In contrast, Obama is struggling over whether to expand the war in Afghanistan, preparing to withdraw from Iraq, and searching for ways to build momentum to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and assemble an international effort to stop Iran's nuclear... (Townhall.com)
Shocked and Appalled Oct 10, 2009
T.R. negotiated a peace in the Russo-Japanese War; Wilson founded the League of Nations; Kissinger negotiated the Paris agreement to end the Vietnam War (his Vietnamese counterpart Le Duc Tho was equally murderous but at least had the common decency to refuse the prize). There have also been plenty of overtly political Nobel Peace Prizes over the yearsthe most recent of which was the one Al Gore won along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 for their work on climate... (The American Conservative)
Past Nobel Superstars Oct 7, 2009
He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in mediating the end to the Russo-Japanese War. Rudyard Kipling the author of "The Jungle Book," won the 1907 Nobel prize in Literature. (National Geographic)
Beck doesn't know history Sep 26, 2009
" The "weird progressive" that won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, ensured the construction of the Panama Canal, created the Department of Commerce and Labor, took on the gargantuan railroad, tobacco, and oil trusts, and preserved 230,000,000 acres of public land in the form of 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reservations, 4 national game preserves, 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, and 24 reclamation projects? Listen closely, Einstein.... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Newsweek: 100-year-old color photos of Russia Sep 4, 2009
You might remember that in 1906 Czar Nick, blaming the Jews for the failure of the Russo-Japanese War and the unrest that followed with the Revolution of 1905, recruited his own version of the Ku Klux Klan from the Cossacks and had them ravage Jewish settlements in Western Russia, aka pogroms. The country was even more under-developed - trains ran on firewood because there was no charcoal exploration (even though it is abundant and still mined in the Donbass and the Urals) developed and the... (MSNBC -- International)
Presidents Awarded the Nobel Peace ... Aug 19, 2009
Theodore Roosevelt and the Russo-Japanese War. The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 demonstrated that a modern Asian power could inflict serious damage on a Western, colonial power. (Suite101.com)
First daughters balance privilege and pressure Aug 9, 2009
She went on an around-the-world junket for the purposes of American foreign policy -- a move that diverted attention from her father's efforts to bring about a peace treaty in the Russo-Japanese War, Wead said. The president later won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on various peace treaties. (CNN -- US)
Japanese-American Internment in 194... Aug 5, 2009
Several successful regional wars, including the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, had established Japan as a rising imperialist power. Within Japan, liberal political trends gave way to more conservative views supported by on-going militarism. (Suite101.com)
Colonel's Corner Apr 28, 2009
Teddy Roosevelt received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. John Kennedy's pledge of solidarity, "Ich bin ein Berliner," offered hope to captive peoples behind the Iron Curtain. (Fox News)
Touring the Isles of Shoals Mar 25, 2009
Further down river, the Laighton passes a second promontory from the era (now restored), the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, which, in 1905, housed dignitaries negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War. Lighthouses: The tour passes five lighthouses, including Portsmouth Harbor Light (1877), a 48-foot cast iron tower whose classic lines and setting at the mouth of the Piscataqua River near Fort Constitution in New Castle has landed it on countless travel guide covers. (Suite101.com)
Romp celebrates the art of making love, not war Mar 14, 2009
This makes Jaivin just the right person to pen this curious mix of a book: an erotic tale with a twist set in the "floating world" of Westerners in China and Japan at the turn of the 20th century and at the start of the Russo-Japanese War. The novel has as its hero the real-life figure of the Geelong-born, 42-year-old George Morrison - the Morrison Of Peking of the Cyril Pearl biography, China correspondent for The Times of London, the most eligible Western bachelor in China and a renowned,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Nanking and the 2nd Sino-Japanese W... Mar 8, 2009
The 1905 Russo-Japanese War showed that an Asian nation could obliterate a Western power, Admiral Togo s sinking of the second Russian fleet at Tsushima a clear example. Every facet of Japanese culture and society focused on a military orientation that stressed the superiority of Japan, preached a hatred of the Chinese, and subsumed any individuality into the national cult, much like Hitler would do in Nazi Germany. (Suite101.com)
Roosevelt's Second Term 1905 - 1909 Feb 11, 2009
Roosevelt, the moral policeman, was at his best, advocating for the 1906 Meat Inspection Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and mediating an end to the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, for which he received a Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt became the first man to assume the presidency upon the death of the president and win a new term on his own merits. (Suite101.com)
100 years of crystal-clear recollections Feb 8, 2009
Dec. 10: President Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. Dec. 24: Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast a poetry reading, violin solo and a speech. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
