Philander C. Knox
Lawyer and former United States Secretary of StateWikipedia
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Sep 4, 2026
Pete QuiñonesHOST
if they can be hyperbolic, there's no way.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
While more examples will be discussed later, Secretary of State Philander Knox was perhaps the first in the pattern of State Department officials rejecting Zionist advances.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
In 1912, the Zionist Literary Society approached its AF administration for an endorsement.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Knox turned them down flat, noting that problems of Zionism involve certain matters primarily related to the interests of countries other than our own.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
if they can be hyperbolic, there's no way.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
While more examples will be discussed later, Secretary of State Philander Knox was perhaps the first in the pattern of State Department officials rejecting Zionist advances.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
In 1912, the Zionist Literary Society approached its AF administration for an endorsement.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
Knox turned them down flat, noting that problems of Zionism involve certain matters primarily related to the interests of countries other than our own.
Justin GordonHOST
President William Howard Taft was concerned that anything resulting in European military action in the Western Hemisphere challenged the Monroe Doctrine.
Justin GordonHOST
Philander Knox, the Secretary of State, devised a plan.
Justin GordonHOST
He recruited J.P. Morgan, the most powerful banker in America, to buy all of the outstanding Honduran railroad bonds, satisfying the British banks.
Justin GordonHOST
Morgan would then refinance the debt, issuing $5 million in new loans to the government of President Miguel Davila.