Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

Editor:

Joseph V. Fuller

General Editor:

Tyler Dennett

United States Government Printing Office

Washington

1920

Address of the President, annual
List of papers, in chronological order, with subjects of correspondence
Circulars:
Correspondence. (Documents 1–15)
- Certificates of inspection of nursery stock (Document 1)
- International rifle-shooting tournament (Document 2)
- Plant quarantine act (Document 3)
- Expatriation of naturalized citizens (Document 4)
- Speech of Senator Elihu Root in the Senate, January 16, 1913, repudiating sentiments attributed to him in relation to Latin America (Documents 5–6)
- Declaration of policy with regard to Latin America (Document 7)
- Peace plan of the President (Documents 8–12)
- Prohibition of importation of aigrettes, egret plumes, etc (Document 13)
- Invitation to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to be held at San Francsco in 1915 (Documents 14–15)
Argentina: (Documents 16–21)
- Presentation of a statue of George Washington to Argentina by American citizens resident there (Documents 16–21)
Austria-Hungary: (Documents 22–25)
- Naturalization convention of 1871 violated by the arrest and imprisonment in Austria-Hungary of naturalized American citizens on the charge of evasion of military service (Documents 22–25)
Brazil: (Documents 26–70)
- Message of the President, Marshal Hermes R. da Fonseca, to the Congress (Document 26)
- Extradition treaty of 1897 and protocols of 1898 and 1903 between the United States and Brazil, terminated by Brazil, July 23, 1913 (Documents 27–32)
- Proposal by Brazil of a special agreement with the United States regulating the prosecution of counterfeiters when not subject to extradition (Documents 33–34)
- Valorization of coffee (Documents 35–58)
- Visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Doctor Lauro S. Müller, to the United States (Documents 59–70)
Bulgaria: (Documents 71–76)
- Judicial process issued in Bulgaria for service in the United States (Documents 71–72)
- Extraterritorial rights and most-favored-nation treatment of the United States in Bulgaria (Documents 73–75)
- War with Turkey.
- War between Bulgaria and Greece, Servia, Montenegro and Roumania (Document 76)
China: (Documents 76a–230)
- Inaugural address of the President, Yuan Shih K’ai (Document 76a)
- Political affairs: organization of the National Assembly; recognition of the Republic of China by the United States and other powers; inauguration of President Yuan Shih K’ai; uprising in southern provinces suppressed; expulsion by presidential decree of Nationalist members of the Assembly; formation by the President of a Political Council (Documents 77–137)
- Loan negotiations: withdrawal of the United States group of bankers from the sextuple consortium; conclusion of a reorganization-loan agreement between China and the quintuple group; currency-reform and Manchurian-industrial loan; student loans; miscellaneous loans (Documents 138–202)
- Currency-Reform and Manchurian-Industrial loan (Documents 203–206)
- Chinohua College loans (Documents 207–210)
- Carnegie Student loan
- Miscellaneous loans
- Indemnity payments (Document 211)
- Claims of American citizens against China (Documents 212–224)
- Second International Opium Conference; report of the American delegates (Documents 225–230)
Colombia: (Documents 231–248)
- Relations of the United States with Colombia (Documents 231–248)
Costa Rica: (Documents 249–255)
- Extradition and deportation from Costa Rica to the United States as an act of comity (Documents 249–255)
Cuba: (Documents 256–385)
- Inauguration of President Menocal; participation in the ceremonies of a Special Mission representing the President of the United States (Documents 256–262)
- Proposal of France, Germany, and Great Britain to arbitrate with Cuba certain insurrectionary claims of their nationals arising prior to 1898 (Documents 263–273)
- Naval station at Guantánamo (Documents 274–277)
- Cuban amnesty bill; attitude of the United States (Documents 278–305)
- Zapata Swamp concession (Documents 306–310)
- Concession for the construction of a bridge across the entrance to the port of Habana; attitude of the United States (Documents 311–331)
- Caibarien-Nuevitas railroad project; attitude of the United States (Documents 332–365)
- Scurrilous and libelous newspaper attacks on the American Minister and the Secretary of Legation at Habana; immunity of congressmen from prosecution for crime; attitude of the United States (Documents 366–380)
- Participation of a Cuban delegation in the dedication of the National Maine Monument in New York City (Documents 381–385)
Dominican Republic: (Documents 386–505)
- Message of the President, Archbishop Adolfo A. Nouel (Document 386)
- Political affairs: resignation of President Nouel; election and inauguration of President Bordas; revolution; measures in regard thereto taken by the United States; observation of Dominican elections by United States officials (Documents 387–472)
- Financial affairs: conclusion of a loan contract between the Dominican Republic and the National City Bank of New York, with the approval of the United States (Documents 473–497)
- Arbitration of the boundary dispute between the Dominican Republic and Haiti; good offices of the United States (Documents 498–503)
- The American Minister as an arbitrator of a French claim (Documents 504–505)
Ecuador: (Documents 506–575)
- Recognition of President Plaza by the United States (Document 506)
- Message of the President, General Leónidas Plaza Gutiérrez, to the Congress (Document 507)
- Revolution at Esmeraldas; attitude of the United States (Documents 508–512)
- Claims of the Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co. v. Ecuador; arbitration proceedings (Documents 513–548)
- Sanitation of Guayaquil; discrimination against American bidders; award of contract to a London company (Documents 549–568)
- Slavery of Indians in the Province of Oriente (Documents 569–575)
France: (Documents 576–596)
- Arbitration Agreement between the United States and France, extending the duration of the Convention of February 10, 1908; text (Document 576)
- Reestablishment of relations between France and Venezuela; text of protocol relating thereto; good offices of the United States (Documents 577–596)
Great Britain: (Documents 597–600)
- Panama Canal tolls: exemption of vessels in the coastwise trade of the United States from payment of tolls (Documents 597–598)
- Extradition Arrangement, effected by exchange of notes, between the United States and Great Britain, providing for extradition between the Philippine Islands or Guam and British North Borneo (Documents 599–600)
Greece: (Documents 601–615)
- War with Turkey.
- War with Bulgaria.
- Assassination of King George I; accession to the throne of King Constantine (Documents 601–615)
Guatemala: (Documents 616–641)
- Message of the President, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, to the National Legislative Assembly (Document 616)
- Financial affairs: restitution of the coffee revenues to British bondholders; good offices of the United States (Documents 617–641)
Haiti: (Documents 642–674)
- Death of President Tancrède Auguste; election and inauguration of President Michel Oreste (Documents 642–651)
- Abrogation of the right of Syrians to trade in Haiti; rights of American citizens of Syrian birth (Documents 652–674)
Honduras: (Documents 675–699)
- Message of the President, Manuel Bonilla, to the Congress (Document 675)
- Death of President Bonilla; assumption of the Presidency by Vice President Francisco Bertrand (Documents 676–684)
- Recovery by Honduras of the National Railroad of Honduras and the wharf at Puerto Cortés from the lessee, an American citizen; attitude of the United States (Documents 685–699)
Italy: (Documents 700–718)
- Sovereignty of Italy over Libya; attitude of the United States in regard to recognition thereof; relinquishment of extraterritorial rights (Documents 700–705)
- Treaty between the United States and Italy amending Article 3 of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of February 26, 1871; text (Document 706)
- Payment by the United States to Italy of an indemnity for the lynching of Angelo Albano, an Italian subject (Documents 707–718)
Japan: (Documents 719–731)
- Protest of Japan against the land laws of the State of California (Documents 719–731)
Liberia: (Documents 732–773)
- Message of the President, Daniel E. Howard, to the Legislature (Document 732)
- Good offices of the United States in composing difficulties with the German Government (Documents 733–745)
- Claims of German merchants against Liberia; formation of a claims commission; good offices of the United States (Documents 746–762)
- Uprisings of natives on the Sierra Leone frontier (Documents 763–766)
- Transfer of the Donovan Trust Fund to the Liberian Government by the American Colonization Society (Documents 767–773)
Mexico: (Documents 774–1299)
- Messages of the de facto Provisional President, Victoriano Huerta, to Congress, April 1 and September 16, 1913 (Documents 774–775)
- Political affairs: assassination of President Madero and Vice President Pino Suárez; seizure of the executive power by General Huerta, cooperating with General Felix Díaz; dictatorship of Huerta; imprisonment of opposition deputies and nullification of presidential elections; suppression of Díaz; uprising of Constitutionalists under Venustiano Carranza; measures taken by the United States on the border and in Mexican waters; measures taken by the Diplomatic Corps to protect the lives of foreigners (Documents 776–1115)
- Violations of neutrality: prohibition of shipment of arms and munitions of war into Mexico from the United States, and exceptions thereto (Documents 1116–1131)
- Protection of American life and property in Mexico (Documents 1132–1143)
- Protection by the United States of Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and Japanese subjects in Mexico (Documents 1144–1153)
  - General Policy (Documents 1144–1153)
- Protection of Spanish Subjects (Documents 1154–1179)
  - Spaniards in Northern Mexico (Documents 1154–1156)
  - Spanish Colony in Chihuahua (Documents 1157–1179)
  - The Chihuahua Newspaper “El Nuevo Mundo.”
  - Certain Spaniards at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz.
  - Case of Miguel Diego at Las Vacas.
  - Certain Spaniards at Ciudad Juárez.
  - Certain Spaniards at Matamoros.
- Protection of French Citizens (Documents 1180–1181)
- Protection of German Subjects
  - Case of Sol Harburger.
- Protection of Japanese Subjects (Documents 1182–1185)
- Protection of Chinese Subjects (Documents 1186–1203)
- Claims of American citizens against Mexico for damages arising from revolutionary disturbances (Documents 1204–1237)
- Chamizal controversy (Documents 1238–1273)
- Construction and maintenance of protective works on the Colorado River and negotiations with the Government of Mexico concerning the equitable distribution of the waters of that river (Documents 1274–1294)
- Settlement of the controversy of the Tlahualilo Company with the Government of Mexico (Documents 1295–1299)
Morocco: (Documents 1300–1304)
- Responsibility of the Moroccan Government for the safety of foreigners traveling or sojourning in the Empire (Documents 1300–1304)
Netherlands: (Documents 1305–1308)
- Dedication of the Palace of Peace at The Hague (Document 1305)
- Misuse of the American Flag for advertising purposes (Documents 1306–1308)
Nicaragua: (Documents 1309–1372)
- Message of the President, Adolfo Díaz, to the Congress (Document 1309)
- Proposed interoceanic canal treaty between the United States and Nicaragua, and protests of Salvador and Costa Rica in relation thereto (Documents 1310–1323)
- Financial affairs: conclusion of a loan contract with American bankers; good offices of the United States (Documents 1324–1372)
Panama: (Documents 1373–1481)
- Declaration permitting consuls to take note of declarations of values of exports made by shippers before customs officers (Documents 1373–1374)
- Assault on American citizens in Panama (Documents 1375–1390)
- Proposed railroad concession in Panama; attitude of the United States (Documents 1391–1412)
- Proposed railroad legislation in Panama; attitude of the United States (Documents 1413–1425)
- Status and protection in foreign countries of American citizens of Chinese race (Documents 1426–1427)
- Protection of Chinese interests in Panama; good offices of the American Secretary of Legation (Documents 1428–1481)
Peru: (Documents 1482–1626)
- Message of the President, Guillermo E. Billinghurst, to the Congress (Document 1482)
- Arrest, imprisonment, and deportation of ex-President Augusto B. Leguia; offer of asylum at the American Legation and courtesies extended to him by the United States at Panama and New York; recognition by the Peruvian Government of the right of a political refugee to seek and be accorded asylum at the legation of a foreign country (Documents 1483–1498)
- Boundary dispute between Peru and Ecuador; request of Peru for arbitration thereof through the mediation of the United States, Argentina, and Brazil (Documents 1499–1518)
- The Tacna-Arica dispute between Peru and Chile; various proposals for the mediation of the United States, Argentina, and Brazil; refusal of Chile to assent to the offer of the United States to protect Peruvian interests in Chile (Documents 1519–1610)
- Slavery in the Putumayo region; joint investigation by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain (Documents 1611–1626)
  - Papers Accompanying the Foregoing Letter of Submittal. (Documents 1613–1626)
Portugal: (Documents 1627–1639)
- American citizenship of Portuguese-born children of native or naturalized American fathers; dual citizenship of American-born children of Portuguese parents; their exemption from Portuguese military service under certain conditions; interpretation of the Naturalization Treaty of 1908 between the United States and Portugal, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and Section 1993 of the Revised Statutes (Documents 1627–1639)
Salvador: (Documents 1640–1654)
- Assassination of the President of Salvador, Manuel E. Araújo, and succession of Carlos Meléndez to the Presidency (Documents 1640–1654)
Turkey: (Documents 1655–1703)
- War between Turkey and Montenegro, Servia, Bulgaria, and Greece; treaty of peace signed at London on May 30, 1913; treaty of peace between Turkey and Bulgaria signed at Constantinople on September 29, 1913, and between Turkey and Greece, at Athens, November 14, 1913 (Documents 1655–1658)
- Sinking of the steamship Texas of the Archipelago-American Line in Turkish waters by a Turkish battery or mine; protest of the United States against refusal of the Turkish Government to surrender the captain thereof to American consular jurisdiction (Documents 1659–1696)
- Protest of the United States against requisitions of American property by the Turkish Government for military purposes (Documents 1697–1703)
Uruguay: (Document 1704)
- Arbitration Convention of January 9, 1909, between the United States and Uruguay: text (Document 1704)
International congresses held in the United States:
- Third International Congress of Refrigeration
- Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene
International conventions; texts: (Documents 1705–1709)
- Pecuniary Claims Convention between the United States and other Powers (extending the duration of the Treaty for the Arbitration of Pecuniary Claims signed at Mexico on January 30, 1902) signed at Rio de Janeiro, August 13, 1906 (Document 1705)
- Convention between the United States and other Powers establishing the Status of Naturalized Citizens who again take up their residence in the country of their origin; signed at Rio de Janeiro, August 13, 1906 (Document 1706)
- Convention between the United States and other Powers for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with respect to Assistance and Salvage at Sea; signed at Brussels, September 23, 1910 (Document 1707)
- Convention and Final Protocol between the United States and other Powers for the Protection of Industrial Property (replacing the Paris Convention and Final Protocol of March 20, 1883, the Protocol of Madrid of April 15, 1891, and the Additional Act signed at Brussels on December 14, 1900) signed at Washington, June 2, 1911 (Document 1708)
- Radiotelegraph Convention between the United States and other Powers; Final Protocol; Service Regulations and Supplements thereto; signed at London, July 5, 1912 (Document 1709)
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