Word: courting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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President Eliot denied yesterday that the newspapers have been given authority to publish any report concerning his reply to President Taft's offer of the Ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. President Eliot said he understood that President Taft had made no statement concerning the matter, and that there was nothing that he cared to say himself on the subject...
During his stay in Washington President Taft, at a private interview, offered him the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. This offer President Eliot declined to accept on account of his unwillingness to undertake new and important responsibilities. Another honor was conferred on President Eliot by the Japanese ambassador; Mr. Takahira, who presented him, in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, with the first class order of the Rising...
...official announcement from Secretary Knox of the State Department has confirmed the report that President Eliot has definitely declined the tender of the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James made to him at an interview with President Taft in the Blue Room of the White House on Wednesday. It is the belief of Secretary Knox and Senator Lodge that President Eliot's declination is final, and that he cannot be induced to change his mind. He showed that he was retiring from the presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties and that, although the honor...
...CRIMSON deeply regrets the obligation imposed upon it of publishing today the definitive refusal of President Eliot to accept the post of Ambassador to the Court of St. James. While forced to concur with the President in his desire for retirement from responsible duties, we cannot help echoing the disappointment felt by his admirers in both countries. No one could have upheld better than he the honor of Harvard and of the American nation, and no one could have been found more worthy of representing their noblest aspirations and ideals...
Washington, D. C., April 1, 1909.--As a result of the interview between President Eliot and President Taft in the Blue Room of the White House yesterday, no official decision has been made by President Eliot either in acceptance or refusal of the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. It is ascertained, however, from sources close to President Taft that President Eliot told Mr. Taft at the time the offer was made that he was disposed to refuse it, inasmuch as he was retiring from the Presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties. He stated...