Robert F. Rose

Robert Forest Rose (1868 – December 19, 1924)[1] was an American journalist who served as Foreign Trade Advisor under U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan.

[5] In May 1914, Rose attended the Niagara Falls peace conference, sometimes referred to as the ABC Conference, which met in Niagara Falls, Canada, for diplomatic negotiations in order to avoid war between the United States and Mexico, during the era of the Mexican Revolution.

[8] On May 27, 1914, to celebrate their success, the ABC envoys and the U.S. and Mexican delegates to the conference attended a royal garden party given by the Duke of Connaught, the Governor General of Canada at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.

[9] Upon the break out of War in Europe, Rose was tasked with negotiating with foreign countries and obtaining permission for the U.S. to import "sugar beet seed, cyanide, dyestuffs, and other commodities.

Reportedly, Secretary Robert Lansing was "reluctant to have him leave the department service, but Mr. Rose had made arrangements to which he was obliged to adhere.