Roland Sletor Morris

Roland Sletor Morris (March 11, 1874 – November 23, 1945)[1] was a U.S. diplomat and politician. He was the American ambassador to Japan from 1917 to 1920.

On Sept.20, 1917, a special dinner event was held to honor Morris in new position as U.S. Ambassador to Japan. This event was attended by six hundred guests, including most members of Philadelphia judiciary and other active civic members of the city. The speakers at this diplomatic gathering included: Thomas B. Smith Mayor of Philadelphia, Aimaro Satō Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., Frank Lyon Polk (Counselor for the U.S. Department of State), Alexander Mitchell Palmer (soon to be U.S. Attorney General), Robert von Moschzisker (Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1921 and Chief Justice from 1921 to 1930), William Potter (diplomat). Other prominent guests included U.S. Senator Boies Penrose and U.S. Senator Philander Chase Knox. The event took place at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, in Philadelphia. [2] [3]

The 1917 Program/menu to this event is shown as an illustration to the right:

1917 Roland Sletor Morris is Honored as the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan

He collaborated with Thomas Garrigue Masaryk during the first world war in a question of Czechoslovak legions.[4] In 1934, he lost the Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Senate primary to Joseph Guffey, who was subsequently elected.[5]

He was one of the founding partners of the law firm of Duane Morris, in Philadelphia.[6]

He and his wife Augusta Twiggs Shippen West Morris, relative of both Levi Twiggs and Edward Shippen, are buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

References
  1. Princeton University Library Finding Aids: Morris, Roland S. (Roland Sletor), 1874-1945
  2. Katz, Stan S. (2020). "Sept. 20th, 1917 Dinner Event to Honor the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Roland S. Morris at the Bellevue Stratford, Hotel, Philadelphia. This event is linked to the 1917-1918 Viscount Ishii goodwill delegation visit". TheEmperorAndTheSpy.com.
  3. Katz, Stan S. (2020). "Introduction to The Art of Peace, an illustrated biography on Prince Iyesato Tokugawa". TheEmperorAndTheSpy.com.
  4. PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (TGM and legions), váz. kniha, 219 str., vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karviná) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk Democratic Movement in Prague), 2019, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3, page 19 - 25, 84, 99, 113, 114, 142
  5. "Pennsylvania Oracle". Time Magazine. 1934-05-28. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  6. Duane Morris firm history
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
George Guthrie		 U.S. Ambassador to Japan
1917–1920		 Succeeded by
Charles B. Warren


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