Alphabetical index.

A.

• ALASKA:
  • appointment of Russian archbishops therefor 520
• ALCOCK, SIR RUTHERFORD:
  • to Prince Rung on revision of Chinese treaties 311
• AMERICANS:
  • in Belgium 56
  • in Paris, and their stay therein 106– 107– 129
  • Favre declines to allow them to leave 129
  • permission granted to leave 131– 132
  • list of Americans leaving Paris 132
  • if they stay in Paris: Bismarck disavows responsibility for their suffering 133– 231– 232
  • consul general, measures for their protection 148– 149
  • Department requests consul general to confer with Mr. Washburne 149
• ARCHIVES OF NORTH GERMAN LEGATION:
  • in France in charge of United States minister 74– 76
• ARMISTICE, NEGOTIATIONS FOR:
  • Count Bismarck’s circulars 54, 211, 212, 229– 232
  • Jules Favre’s circular 53
  • Lord Granville’s negotiations 183
  • Bismarck’s terms 209– 213, 214, 230
  • Favre’s rejection 214, 230
  • Bismarck’s report of interview with Favre 229
• ASSISTANT SECRETARY:
  • communications as to protection of Germans in France 65, 66, 68– 189, 190, 191, 192
  • communications as to recognition of French republic 67, 68
  • communication relative to adoption of declaration of Paris by France 136, 218
  • communication relative to exemption of German steamships from capture 189
  • communications relative to settlement of northwest boundary near Pembina 401, 402, 404, 405
  • communication as to practice of furnishing supplies in colonial ports to American fishing vessels 427
  • communication as to employment of clerical force in United States consulate and legation in France 191, 147
  • communication inquiring why Benedetti’s secret treaty was not sooner published 191
  • communication as to protection of American property in Paris 66, 192
  • communications relative to medium in which consular fees in France shall be paid 144, 146, 147, 149
  • communications relative to suspension of hostilities between Germany and France in Chinese waters 397
  • communication as to state of public opinion in United States as to France. 67
• AUSTRIA:
  • conditional assent to neutral league 50
  • visit of Thiers to Vienna 49
  • internal condition Austro-Hungarian empire 298
• AUVERGNE, PRINCE DE LA TOUR, D’:
  • denies French violation of international law 141
  • accuses Germany of similar violation 141
  • status of franc-tireurs 142
  • expulsion of Germans from France 142

B.

• BANCROFT, GEORGE, UNITED STATES MINISTER AT BERLIN:
  • to Mr. Motley, correspondence between French and Germans through American legation 206
  • to Mr. Washburne, will not France recede from expulsion of Germans, credit opened for him: (See NORTH GERMANY, NORTH GERMANS) 203
• BELGIUM:
  • neutrality of 51
  • refuses to allow wounded to pass over her territory 51
  • votes money for war purposes 52
• BELLIGERENTS:
  • France and Germany, rights and duties in United States ports 48
  • alleged violation of international law by firing on flags of truce and ambulances 105, 206, 222, 141, 143, 193, 226, 227, 231
  • status of franc-tireurs 109, 142
  • rights as to contraband of war 171
  • rights as to neutrals 177– 183
  • facilities as to communications between belligerent powers 194– 206
• BENEDETTI:
  • draught of secret treaty between France and Prussia 198
  • newspaper discussion thereof 85
  • Gramont’s circular, relative to 86
  • Bismarck’s circular, relative to 200
  • United States inquire when proposition was made, and why not sooner published 191
  • above question answered 223, 224
  • the treaty is in the handwriting of Benedetti 198
  • remarks on Hohenzollern candidacy 138
  • interview with King William at Ems 219
• BERNSTORFF, COUNT:
  • memorandum upon Lord Granville’s definition of contraband of war 171
  • notes to Lord Granville on British neutrality 171– 177
• BISMARCK, COUNT:
  • telegram, exemption of private property from capture at sea 217
  • circular of November 8, relative to Thiers’s negotiation for an armistice 54
  • circular of October 10, relative to claim of diplomatic corps in Paris to send messengers through German lines 56
• circular declining responsibility for suffering of inhabitants of Paris by
  • siege 133, 232
  • circular of July 29, on Benedetti’s treaty project 200
  • circulars of September 13 and 16, as to conditions of peace 211
  • circulars describing interview with Favre 229– 231
  • reply to reasons of France for declaring war 220
  • relative to King William’s treatment of French ambassador 221
  • note as to coöperation of maritime powers for suppression of piracy in Chinese waters 330
• BLOCKADE OF GERMAN PORTS:
  • French proclamation of blockade 98
  • date of its commencement 109
  • its imperfect character 204– 208
  • of Elbe and Weser raised by the French 207
  • only a paper blockade 208
  • evidence thereof 208, 209
• BRAZIL:
  • commercial relations of United States therewith 283
• BRIGANDAGE:
  • in Greece—its causes 440
• BROWNE, J. ROSS:
  • note to Prince Kung; relations of United States with China 316
  • note to Sir Rutherford Alcock, same subject 321
• BURNSIDE, GENERAL A. E.:
  • leaves Brussels for Sedan 52
  • enters Paris with dispatches through German lines 126

C.

• CADORE, MARQUIS, French minister:
  • mission to Denmark 62, 63, 64
• CHILI:
  • reasons for delay in sending minister to Washington 302
• CHINA:
  • policy of United States toward China defined 303
  • policy of 1868 adhered to 303– 304– 307
  • treaty rights to be insisted on 303– 304
  • American citizens and property to be protected 303
  • proposed revision of treaties 305
  • report of Toang on revision of treaties 308
  • Sir Rutherford Alcock to Prince Kung 311
  • Same to the Yamen 313
  • Prince Kung to the British minister 315
  • Mr. Browne to Prince Kung 316
  • Chinese base for revision 320
  • Prince Kung to Mr. Browne. 321
  • Mr. Browne to Mr. Rutherford Alcock 321
  • Board of Trade to Mr. Hammond 323
  • joint action of maritime powers for suppression of piracy in Chinese waters 329– 330, 331
  • accession of United States to German proposition therefor 331– 334
  • British accession 331
  • expedition to Corea to negotiate treaty for protection of American seamen 333– 334– 336
  • relations between China and Corea 362
  • Mr. G. F. Seward’s review of political and commercial relations between United States and China 339
  • Tien-tsin riot 355– 363– 371– 377, 378, 383, 391, 398, 399
  • Mr. Low’s assurance of forbearance of United States too strong 398
  • suspension of hostilities between France and Germany in Chinese waters 396, 397, 398
• CHRISTIANS, NATIVE, IN JAPAN:
  • their persecution in the Island of Soto 453
  • Mr. Van Valkenburgh to the Department 453
  • Mr. Van Valkenburgh to the Japanese government, May 18, 1869 454
  • apprehended punishment of native Christians 455
  • steps taken to prevent it 455– 456
  • Japanese government to Mr. De Long, January 1 and 7, 1870 455– 456
  • protest of consuls of treaty powers at Nagasaki, January 2, 1870 456
  • British minister to Japanese government, January 7, 1870 457
  • French minister to Japanese government, January 11, 1870 458
  • treaty powers to Japanese government, January 17, 1870 459
  • Japanese government in reply, January 16, 1870 459
  • deportation and separation of families 460
  • protocol of a conference with Japanese authorities, January 19, 1870 462
  • consul of Netherlands, Nagasaki 468
  • connection between political condition of Japan and persecution of Christians 468
  • number of Christians transported 471
  • two reports of the governor of Nagasaki thereon 472
  • Japanese regard Christianity from apolitical point of view 472
  • Japan to Mr. De Long, January 28, 1870 473
  • memorandum of conference of February 9, 1870, as to Christianity 473
  • memorandum, restraint of foreign missionaries promised 474
  • report of native officers who executed decree of deportation. 475
  • Mr. Fish approve s Mr. De Long’s course 478
  • views of Great Britain, France, and Prussia will be ascertained, and further instructions given 478
  • Mr. Fish asks Mr. Motley, Mr. Bancroft, and Mr. Washburne as to action of British, Prussian, and French governments. 479
  • Mr. Motley reports views and sends correspondence with British and French governments 480
  • Mr. Motley asks Lord Clarendon if British government will make deportation of Christians a subject of instructions. 480
  • Lord Clarendon incloses instructions to British Minister in Japan, and says British government do not intend to press the Mikado, or issue new instructions 481
  • Lord Clarendon to Mr. Harry S. Parkes, April 20, 1870. Moderation in proceedings to remove prejudices against Christians in Japan 482
  • Lord Clarendon to Lord Lyons, April 20 and 30, 1870. Distribution of converts advantageous to spread of Christian religion. Conciliatory policy commended to France 483
  • Lord Clarendon to Lord Lyons, May 23, 1870. Propriety of restraining Roman Catholic propagandism 484
  • Mr. Leon Roche’s communications to consular agents and to apostolic vicar in Japan to refrain from propagandising in violation of Japanese laws 484, 485
  • views of Great Britain, France, and United States are identical. No further instructions to Mr. De Long necessary 486
• CITIZENS NATURALIZED:
  • in United States, of German birth, status in France during war 72, 121
• CLARENDON, LORD:
  • deportation of native Christians from Japan. Policy of Great Britain and France in relation thereto 480
  • to Mr. Motley, May 27. 481
  • to Sir H. S. Parkes, April 20. 482
  • to Lord Lyons, April 20 and 30 483
  • to Lord Lyons, May 23 484
• CLERKS, EXTRA:
  • employment authorized in legation in Paris 191
  • North Germany authorizes payment of expense of assistants in United States legation 200
  • Prussian offer to pay expenses declined 191
  • employment in Paris consulate authorized 147
• COINAGE, INTERNATIONAL, GOLD:
  • adoption of common unit and standard of international gold coinage. Circular 240
  • resolution of the Senate 247
  • reports of monetary conference, 8th sitting 247
  • action of government of North Germany 251
• COMMERCIAL RELATIONS:
  • with Spanish America and Brazil, Department report. 254
  • Mr. Fish’s circular requesting information 254
  • consular reports 261 to 297
• CONSULS IN FRANCE:
  • fees, receipts of, in Paris consulate, and medium in which they shall be paid 143, 144, 146
  • their daily deposit 146
  • Mr. Read’s proceedings 144, 146, 148
  • clerks, extra assistants allowed during protection of German interests 147, 148
  • duty as to protection of American property in Paris during siege 145, 148, 149
  • instructions to United States consuls charged with German interests 83
• CONTRABAND OF WAR:
  • British government views thereon, Lord Granville’s circular. 164
  • correspondence between Count Bernstorff and Lord Granville 171– 177
• COREA. (See CHINA.)
• CORRESPONDENCE, OFFICIAL, OF FOREIGN MINISTERS IN PARIS:
  • cannot be sent sealed through German lines 127– 128– 56
  • proceedings of diplomatic corps 122, 126, 127
  • Bismarck’s circular, relative to 56
  • views of United States Government, Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft 72– 195– 196
  • Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt, protesting 196
  • Between French and Germany Governments:
    • United States to afford every facility 194
    • to be sent through United States legations 205, 206

D.

• DE LONG, C. E., UNITED STATES MINISTER IN JAPAN:
  • to Japanese government, January 10, 1870 456
  • deportation of Christians. (See Christians.)
• DENMARK:
  • proclamation of Danish neutrality 57
  • relations with Prussia 57
  • royal ordinance relative to neutral obligations 59
  • interior harbor at Copenhagen closed to foreign ships 62
  • Danish neutrality 62
• DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN PARIS:
  • meet to consider rights and duties as inmates of besieged city 122– 127
  • some depart for Tours. 121
  • not decided whether they will remain 126

E.

• ELMORE, MR.:
  • to Mr. Hovey relative to immunity of Mr. Farrand, bearer of dispatches, from arrest 513
• EVANS, DOCTOR:
  • assists flight of Empress of the French 52

F.

• FARRAND, W. D.:
  • United States bearer of dispatches; attempt of Peruvian authorities to detain him through legal process 510
• FAVRE, JULES:
  • circular. Causes of war, and French policy 139
  • letter September 8, 1870, to Mr. Washburne, recognition of republic 117
  • letter October 18, 1870, to Mr. Washburne, Americans leaving Paris 129
  • circular of September 21, 1870, interview with Bismarck. 166
  • German accounts 211, 212, 229, 231
  • circular of November 7, 1870. Thiers’s failure to negotiate armistice 53
• FISHERIES:
  • Canadian Licenses:
    • United States asks purpose of Canada as to licenses 407
    • Mr. Thornton’s acknowledgment 407, 408, 413
    • Sir John Young’s reply 408
    • Sir John Young’s further reply. Discontinuance of licenses 413
  • Canadian Policy:
    • to interfere with vested fishing rights of United States 410– 411
    • purpose to enforce reciprocity treaty 433
  • In-shore Fishing:
    • Treasury Department circular 411
    • rights of United States under treaty of 1818 417
    • discrepancy in British instructions to vice-admiral in Canadian waters as to waters between head-lands 420
    • Mr. Thornton on American circular 421
    • Mr. Fish’s reply 421
  • Canadian Law:
    • as to fisheries by foreign vessels 414
    • abstract thereof 428
    • discourteous manner of its enforcement 433
    • Mr. Fish calls attention to its enforcement and his instructions for guidance of consuls 431
  • Canada, Boundaries of:
    • Mr. Fish’s views as to their present location, and their location when the treaty of 1818 was concluded 417
    • the operation of Canadian regulations as to American fishing vessels controlled thereby 418
    • Mr. Thornton thinks Mr. Fish is right 419
  • Instructions of British Admiralty:
    • to naval force in Canadian waters, as to the situation arising from suspension of in-shore fishing-licenses by Canadian government 415
    • the seizure, without warning, of United States fishing vessels violating Canadian law 416
    • Mr. Wolley to Vice-Admiral Wellesley, April 9, 1870 415
    • Mr. Lushington to Mr. Hammond, May 9, 1870 415
    • Mr. Rogers to secretary of admiralty, April 30, 1870 416
    • Mr. Wolley to Vice-Admiral Wellesley, May 5, 1870 416
    • Mr. Holland to under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, May 13, 1870 416
    • Lord Granville to Sir John Young, April 30, 1870 417
    • Mr. Thornton, on June 3, 1870, communicates letter of 419
  • Closing Colonial Ports against American Fishermen:
    • colonial secretary to the admiralty, April 12, 1866, as to rights of United States to in-shore fishing 419
    • Mr. Fish points out discrepancies between instructions, with note of May 26, and those with note of June 3, as to waters between head-lands 420
    • Mr. Thornton says Vice-Admiral Wellesley will make instructions of 1866 conform to those of 1870 421
    • Mr. Fish’s reply. Discussion of interpretation of treaty of 1818 not at present renewed 421
  • Closing Colonial Ports against American Fishermen:
    • closing ports in Prince Edward Island 422, 423
    • United States fishing vessels return; voyages broken up 424
    • correspondence with British admiral relative to supplies for American fishermen in colonial ports 424
    • Mr. Jackson to Vice-Admiral Wellesley, August 30, 1870 425
    • Vice-Admiral Wellesley to Mr. Jackson, August 31, 1870 426
    • Mr. Jackson to Vice-Admiral Wellesley, September 1, 1870 426
    • Vice-Admiral Wellesley to Mr. Jackson; is of opinion that terms of treaty exclude United States fishermen from obtaining supplies 426
    • information as to practice of Nova Scotian authorities requested 427
    • laws and trade with fishing vessels prior to reciprocity treaty in Pictou district 427
    • same subject as to Halifax district 428
    • abstract of colonial, dominion, and imperial laws on the subject 428
• FORBES, PAUL:
  • bears dispatches into Pans through German lines 126
• FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL:
  • debate in British Parliament 153
  • the act 158
• FRANCE:
  • preparation for war 74
  • Belgium neutrality to be observed 74
  • declaration of war 74, 134, 135, 221, 136, 197
  • Empress regent and Emperor departs for seat of war 84
  • Benedetti secret treaty 85, 86, 191, 198, 200, 222, 223, 224
  • battles of Woerth and Wissembourg, dissolution of ministry, scenes in Paris 88, 89
  • new ministry: names 93
  • blockade 98, 108, 109, 204, 207, 208, 209
  • defeat of McMahon at Sedan and capture of Emperor 110– 205
  • flight of the Empress 52
  • provisional government to be appointed 111
  • proclamation of the republic 111
  • names of provisional government 111
  • new government installed 111
  • scenes in Paris since surrender of McMahon 112
  • recognitition of the republic by United States 67– 115
  • French tribute to Mr. Washburne 118
  • election decreed by provisional government for constituent assembly 118
  • government to remain in Paris 120
  • preparations for defense 120
  • communications with Paris cut 120
  • attempted revolution of reds in Paris 133
  • North Germans in France, protection by United States, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 91, 92, 94, 99, 106, 107, 110, 150, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 202, 203, 216, 225
  • causes of the war, Favre on 139
  • French vessels of war on the United States coasts, United States disapprove 70
  • declines to exempt North German steamers from capture 64, 150
  • refuses to allow North German consuls to remain 83, 147, 173, 174, 189, 218
  • violations of international law 105, 109, 141, 143, 193, 205, 222, 226, 227, 230, 231
  • request for interposition of good offices of the United States, 68, 119, 120, 193, 194, 206
  • protection by United States of South American consulates in France. 123
  • subjects of Bavaria and Baden in France protected by Swiss minister 86
  • subjects of Würtemberg by Russian minister 92
  • adherence to declaration of Paris as to rights of neutrals, 135, 136, 218
  • suspension of hostilities in Chinese waters, and cooperation for protection of western residents 396
• FRANC-TIREURS:
  • Bismarck as to status 109
  • Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne’s reply 142
• FREE ZONE. (See MEXICO.)

G.

• GENEVA CONVENTION:
  • its violation. (See INTERNATIONAL LAW.)
• GERMANS:
  • North Germans in France, protected by United States. (See NORTH GERMANS.)
  • South Germans, Bavaria and Baden, protected by Switzerland. (See SWITZERLAND.)
  • South Germans, Würtemberg, protected by Russia. (See RUSSIA.)
• GOOD OFFICES:
  • of Mr. Washburne requested by France in its negotiations with Germany. 119
  • views of United States 68
  • Germany asked if good offices will be acceptable 193
  • President awaits request of both warring powers 194
  • Germany would reject good offices 206
• GRAMONT, DUKE DE:
  • North German steamers. Note relative to. 75
  • protection of Germans in France. Notes relative to 77, 80, 81, 91– 94
  • circular relative to Benedetti’s secret treaty 86
  • circular as to published German accounts of candidacy of Prince Hohenzollern 137
• GRANVILLE, LORD:
  • circular defining contraband of war 164
  • correspondence with Count Bernstorff on same subject 173– 183
  • to Sir John Young, April 30, 1870, as to proceedings of British naval forces touching Canadian fisheries 417
• GREAT BRITAIN:
  • proclamation of neutrality 151
  • foreign enlistment bill 153– 158
  • Lord Granville’s circular defining contraband of war 164
  • correspondence with Count Bernstorff on British neutrality 171– 177
  • Lord Granville’s effort for an armistice and eventual peace. 183
  • Great Britain to protect French in Germany 200
  • Purchases arms in Switzerland. 236
  • Coöperation with United States and North Germany in suppression of piracy in Chinese waters 331, 332– 334
  • Suspension of hostilities in Chinese waters between France and Germany 396, 397, 398
  • fishery question. (See FISHERIES.)
  • northwestern boundary. (See NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY.)
  • naturalization law. (See NATURALIZATION.)
• GREECE:
  • causes of brigandage, Mr. Tuckerman’s views thereon 439, 440
• GUATEMALA:
  • British minister affords asylum to political exiles 443
  • publication in Gazette relative thereto 444
  • misunderstanding between Guatemala and Mexico as to latter’s protection of political exiles 446
  • memorandum of Guatemalan government, thereon 447
  • Mr. Hudson to Mr. Nelson 447
• GUSMAN, MR.:
  • speech in Mexican Congress in favor of Free Zone 496

H.

• HAZEN, GENERAL:
  • leaves Brussels for King William’s headquarters 52
• HOFFMAN, WICKHAM:
  • to Duke de Gramont, July 17, 1870, exemption of North German steamers from capture 74
  • to Duke de Gramont, July 17, 1870, protection of North German archives 76
• HOHENZOLLERN, PRINCE:
  • his candidacy to Spanish throne. Duke de Gramont relative to 137
  • North German government, relative to 219, 220
• HOVEY, A. P.:
  • review of his services as United States minister to Peru 504
  • Coolie insurrection 510
  • immunity of Mr. Farrand, United States bearer of dispatches, from arrest. 510
  • to Mr. Loayza, September 3, 1870 511
  • to Mr. Loayza, September 13, 1870 513
  • to Mr. Loayza, September 17, 1870 514

I.

• INTERNATIONAL LAW:
  • Germans charge French with violating Geneva convention by firing on flags of truce and ambulances 109, 222, 226, 231, 256
  • French deny it 105, 106, 141, 142, 143, 193
• ITALY:
  • its political condition 448
  • relations between Italy and Rome 449– 452

J.

• JACKSON, MR.:
  • United States consul at Halifax relative to furnishing supplies to American fishermen in colonial ports 423
  • views of treaty of 1818 424
  • to Vice-Admiral Wellesley, August 30, 1870 425
  • September 1, 1870 426
• JAPAN:
  • proclamation of neutrality 188
  • deportation of native Christians. (See CHRISTIANS.),

K.

• KELLET, ADMIRAL:
  • commanding British navy in Chinese waters.
  • departure of the missionaries from Tung-chow during Tien-tsin riot 383
  • to Mr. Holmes, August 31, 1870 387, 388
• KUNG, PRINCE:
  • note to Sir Rutherford Alcock, revision of treaties with China 315
  • note to J. Ross Browne, same subject 321
  • notes relative to Tien-tsin riots, to Mr. Lorr and others 359, 367, 368, 369, 381, 383, 394, 395

L.

• LEE, GENERAL:
  • his employment by the French 164
• LEGATION OF UNITED STATES:
  • additional clerks employed in Paris 191, 200
• LEGATION, RIGHTS OF:
  • discussion of right of diplomatic corps in Paris to send sealed dispatches by courier through German lines 56, 72, 122, 326, 127, 195, 196
  • bearers of dispatches—case of Mr. Farrand—threatened with detention by legal process in Peru 510– 520
  • as an asylum: case of Gomados protected by British minister in Guatemala 443
• LOW, F. F., UNITED STATES MINISTER IN CHINA:
  • to Prince Kung relative to Tien-tsin riot.
  • joint note of June 24, 1870 359
  • June 30, 1870 368
  • September 13, 1870 392
  • to Mr. Wade, departure of missionaries from Tung-chow, September 17, 3870 390
  • to Mr. Capp, same subject, September 14, 1870 389
• LOAYZA, MR.:
  • immunity of Mr. Farrand, United States bearer of dispatches, from arrest. 510
  • to Mr. Hovey, United States minister, September 13, 1870 512
  • to Mr. Hovey, United States minister, September 16, 1870 513
  • to Mr. Brent, September 23, 1870 517

M.

• EADOWS, MR.:
  • Tien tsin riot. To Mr. Low, June 22, 1870 360
  • to Mr. Low, June 24, 1870 361
• MEXICO:
  • misunderstanding between Guatemala and Mexico as to latter’s protection of political exiles 446
  • Free Zone: Mr. Romero’s speech in opposition to it 456– 487
  • Mr. Gusman’s speech in favor of it 496
  • Free Zone. Extension of its limits by Mexican Congress 497
  • Mr. Romero’s speech thereon 498
  • Mr. Velasco’s speech thereon 500
• MOTLEY, J. L.:
  • to Lord Granville, informing British government that true line of northwestern boundary is 4, 763 feet north of recognised line 402
  • to Lord Clarendon as to British and French policy relating to deportation of Christians from Japan, May 21, 1870, June 2, 1870 480– 486

N.

• NATURALIZED CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES OF GERMAN BIRTH:
  • status in France 121
  • Department approves Mr. Washburne’s action 72
• NATURALIZATION LAW:
  • of Great Britain, passed in British Parliament May 12, 1870 434
• NEUTRALITY:
  • of Austria 50
  • of Belgium 51
  • of Denmark, proclamation. 57– 58
  • Danish ordinances as to neutral obligations 59
  • Danish neutrality 57
  • of England, Italy, and Russia, a neutral league 50
  • of Great Britain, proclamation. 151
  • foreign enlistment act. 158
  • British definition of contraband of war 164
  • British neutrality, correspondence relative to 171– 177– 180
  • of Japan, proclamation 188
  • of Peru 233
  • of Russia 233– 235
  • of Switzerland 235
  • of Turkey 237
• NEUTRAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS:
  • right of legations to transmit sealed official correspondence through lines of besieged city 56– 72– 122– 126– 127– 195– 196
  • as defined by declaration of Paris; adhesion of Denmark; adhesion of France, 58– 135– 136– 218
  • North Germany declares private property at sea exempt from capture 116– 217
  • above principle condition of peace with France 194– 215
• NICARAGUA:
  • Mr. Riotti’s views as to the importance of United States naval station on western coast of Central America. Tigre Island suggested 502
• NORTH GERMANY:
  • consulates in France in charge of United States consul general 145– 83– 147
  • effect of declaration of war in Germany, Mr. Bancroft’s views 197
  • will pay expenses of Mr. Washburne’s assistants 200
  • Mr. Bancroft relative to reconstruction of German government with view to United Germany 210
  • progress of reconstruction 216
  • private property at sea exempt from capture 217
  • its views as to causes and motives of war 219
  • reply to French declaration of war 220
  • protests against French violation of Geneva convention in firing on flags of truce and ambulances 109– 222– 226– 231– 206
  • proposition as to piracy in Chinese waters 329, 330, 331
  • United States proposition to suspend hostilities in Chinese waters, and to coöperate with maritime powers for protection of western residents 396, 397, 398
• NORTH GERMANS IN FRANCE:
  • can they be protected by United States legation in France 73
  • protection requires request of Prussia and assent of France 64, 150
  • North Germany requests United States to protect Germans 216
  • United States minister asks France 65– 73
  • France assents 73– 77
  • subjects of Saxony, Hesse, and Coburg included 65– 78– 79
  • Mr. Washburne’s proceedings approved by Department. 66– 69– 191
  • approved by North German government 68– 204– 225
• Their Departure Forbidden:
  • will Germans be allowed to leave France 76– 77
  • Gramont declines to allow Germans liable to military duty to leave 81
  • Mr. Washburne’s protest 82
  • Gramont communicates final French regulations as to departure of Germans 94
  • Mr. Washburne’s protest as to doctrine of Duke de Gramont’s notes 96
  • they ask certificate of protection from United States 91
  • Expulsion of Germans from France; condition thereof 92
  • debate in Corps Legislatif 103
  • efforts to obtain mitigation of order 65– 92– 99
  • Prussian credit to pay expenses of Germans 65– 92– 94– 189– 190– 202– 203
  • dispatches of Department communicating Washburne’s action to Bancroft 190– 192– 193
  • Germans and General Trochu’s proclamation of expulsion 106– 107– 108
  • number of passports issued and Germans forwarded 110
• NORTH GERMAN STEAMERS:
  • New York, Bremen, and Hamburg.
  • are they exempt from capture? 64– 150
  • French government consulted 73
  • France refuses exemption 74
  • correspondence with French government relative to 74– 75
  • determination of France sent to Germany 189– 218
• NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY:
  • true line is 4, 763 feet north of recognized line; Secretary of War’s letter. 399– 400
  • same information from Secretary of Treasury 401
  • acknowledgments of Department 401
  • British government informed 402
  • Mr. Thornton proposes that situation shall remain undisturbed for present, and Canada occupy fort 403
  • United States assents until commission can fix line; appropriation will be asked for 404
  • Secretary of War asks for estimate of expense of completing survey of boundary from Lake of Woods to Rocky Mountains 405
  • Secretary of War sends estimate 405– 406

P.

• PARIS:
  • provisioning of, in view of siege. 108
  • government will remain. 120
  • military preparation for defense 120
  • military situation therein 126– 176
  • Mr. Bancroft relative to delay in German operations before. 215
  • some of diplomatic corps leave Paris 121
  • communications with Paris cut 120– 147
  • Bismarck’s circular declining responsibility for suffering during siege 133– 231– 232
  • revolution of reds attempted 133– 134
  • Washburne and Read may leave Paris when they choose 187
  • operations of Germans besieging city 215
• PARIS DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS:
  • adhesion of Denmark 58
  • adhesion of France 135
• PEACE NEGOTIATIONS:
  • United States cannot act with European powers 68
  • Mr. Bancroft to ask Germany if the good offices of the United States would be acceptable 193
  • tender of good offices would be declined 206
  • President’s hope as to peace 194
  • Delbrück states that exemption of private property from capture at sea will be one of the conditions of peace 215– 194
  • Mr. Bancroft on German view of conditions of peace 209
  • Bismarck’s circulars relative to 211– 212
  • Pope’s letter to King William in interest of peace 224
• PERU:
  • neutrality of, in Franco-German war 233
  • pleasant relations between United States and Peru 504
  • proceedings of Spanish fleet before Callao. 505
  • coolie insurrection 510
  • threatened detention of Mr. Farrand, United States bearer of dispatches, by legal process; Mr. Hovey’s protest, and release of Mr. Farrand 510
• Correspondence:
  • Mr. Hovey to Mr. Loayza, September 3, 1870 511
  • Mr. Loayza to Mr. Hovey, September 13, 1870 512
  • Mi. Hovey to Mr. Loayza, September 13 513
  • Mr. Elmore to Mr. Hovey, September 14 513
  • Mr. Loayza to Mr. Hovey, September 16 513
  • Mr. Hovey to Mr. Loayza, September 17 514
  • Mr. Brent to Department, September 29 517
  • Mr. Loayza to Mr. Brent, September 23 517
  • Mr. Fish to Mr. Brent, reviews the law and sustains Mr. Hovey 519
  • Department acknowledges Mr. Brent’s dispatch. 520
• PIRACY IN CHINESE WATERS:
  • German proposition for coöperation of maritime powers 329
  • action of United States 330– 331– 334
• POPE PIUS IX:
  • correspondence with King William 224
• PORT REGULATIONS:
  • United States proclamation of 48
  • Denmark, foreign ships forbidden to enter interior harbor at Copenhagen. 62
  • United States to French government, communicates its disapproval of presence of French vessels on United States coasts 70
• PROCLAMATIONS:
  • by United States 44– 48
  • by France 84– 98– 106– 108– 221– 134
  • by Denmark 57– 59– 62
  • by Great Britain 151
  • by Japan 188
• PROPERTY OF AMERICANS IN PARIS:
  • will it be respected by North German authorities? 66– 192
  • Mr. Bancroft’s report of determination of North German government 213
  • above report sent to Washburne 71
  • instructions to consul general as to his protection of American property 147
  • consul general’s proceedings 148
• Of French in Paris:
  • consul general’s proceedings in relation thereto 145– 148
  • Department approves 148
• PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES MINISTER IN FRANCE:
  • accorded to arms, flags, and residences of consuls of Southern and Central America 323
  • accorded to citizens of Colombia and Portugal 130
  • accorded to Germans. (See NORTH GERMANS.)

R.

• READ, J. M., UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL, PARIS:
  • telegrams and dispatches relative to medium in which consul’s fees shall be paid 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148
  • where they shall be banked 344
  • declines to give storage to French property 145– 148
  • may leave Paris for Tours when he chooses 187
• REDS:
  • attempted revolution in Paris 133
• REMINGTON GUNS:
  • on French steamers bound to Havre 207
• REPUBLIC, FRENCH:
  • its establishment, and recognition by United States. (See FRANCE.)
  • its influence on Spanish politics 236, 237
• ROMAN QUESTION:
  • Mr. Marsh’s observations 449, 450
  • occupation of Rome by Italian troops 451
  • removal of the capital to Rome 452
• ROMERO, M.:
  • speeches in Mexican Congress against Free Zone 487– 498
• RUSSIA:
  • protects Wurtemberg subjects in France 92
  • neutrality and views of the Franco-German war 233
  • Russian armament 235
  • appoints archbishops for Aleutian Isles and Alaska 520
  • municipal reforms in Russian empire 521
  • abstract of law 522

S.

• SECRETARY OF STATE:
  • communications as to protection of Germans in France 64, 65, 69, 150, 193, 225
  • communications as to tender of good offices of United States 68– 193, 194
  • communication as to exemption of North German steamers from capture 64
  • approves letter to Jules Favre recognizing republic 69, 70
  • communication as to introduction of the principle that private property is exempt from capture at sea into German treaty with United States 194
  • communications on obstruction of intercourse with legation in Paris 195, 196
  • circular on common unit and standard of international gold coinage 240
  • circular on commercial relations of United States with Spanish American States and Brazil 254
  • dispatch to Mr. Bancroft on Chinese policy of the United States. 304
  • note to Baron Gerolt. as to coöperation of maritime powers to suppress piracy in the Chinese waters 331
  • dispatch to Mr. Low, same subject 334
  • letter to Secretary of Navy, same subject 331
  • instructions as to Corea expedition 334
  • instructions as to suspension of hostilities between France and Germany in Chinese waters 396
  • to Mr. Low on his assurance to Prince Kung, relating to Tien-tsin riot 398
  • removal of American residents from Tung-chow 399
  • communication relative to rights of United States fishermen under treaty of 1818 with Great Britain 407, 410, 415, 417, 420, 421, 431
  • communications relative to deportation of Christians in Japan 478, 479, 486
  • communications relative to immunity of bearer of dispatches from arrest. Far rand’s case in Peru. 519, 520
• SEWARD GEORGE F.:
  • dispatches as to condition of affairs in Corea 336
  • review of political and commercial relations between the United States and China 339
• SHERIDAN GENERAL P.E.:
  • visit to German headquarters 51
  • account of battles of August 16 and 18 51
• SPAIN:
  • Spanish politics 29
  • her position as to French republic 236
• SPANISH AMERICAN STATES:
  • commercial relations of United States therewith
• SWITZERLAND:
  • protects subjects of Bavaria and Baden in France 86
  • neutrality of 235
  • arming of and occupation of Chablais 236

T.

• THIERS’S MISSION TO EUROPEAN COURTS:
  • visit to Vienna 59
  • his presence in Paris 133
  • his interview with Bismarck 54– 215
  • Mr. Bancroft’s observations thereon 216
  • Favre’s circular relative to failure to negotiate an armistice 53
• TIEN-TSIN RIOT:
  • causes thereof 355
  • further accounts thereof. 263
  • views of Protestant missionaries 371
  • demands of French charge 377
  • excitement in Tien-tsin after the riot 378
  • dilatory and offensive action of Tien-tsin authorities 378
  • condition of affairs at Swatow 379
  • withdrawal of missionaries from Tung-chow on British vessels of war 383– 391
  • withdrawal of missionaries from Tung-chow on British vessels of war 383- 391
  • return thereof by Admiral Rogers 398
  • British thanked for removal of American residents from Tung-chow 399
  • invitation to France and Germany to suspend hostilities in Chinese waters 396, 397
  • Lord Granville says it has been done 396
  • North Germany accepts policy of United States 398
  • Mr. Low has too strongly assured Prince Kung of the forbearance of the United States 398
• TIGRE ISLAND:
  • its importance to the United States as a naval station 502
• TREATY, CONSULAR, WITH NORTH GERMAN UNION:
  • United States desires introduction of clause exempting, private property from capture at sea 194, 215
• TREATY SECRET, BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY:
  • the Benedetti project. (See BENEDETTI.)
• TROCHU, GENERAL:
  • order expelling “useless mouths ‘‘from Pans 106
  • order expelling foreigners from Paris 108
  • president of government of national defense 111
• TURKEY:
  • its neutrality 237
  • its internal condition and public policy 237, 238, 339

U.

• UNITED STATES:
  • its neutrality in Franco-German war 45
  • United States consuls in France charged with protection of German consulates 83, 145, 147
  • United States ministers in France protect German subjects 73
  • disapproves presence of French vessels on seaboard of United States 70
  • good offices of, requested by France to negotiate peace with Germany. 68, 119, 193, 194, 206
  • declines to allow Germany to pay for extra clerks in United States legation in Paris 191
  • public opinion in United States as to France. 67
  • position in Europe as first-class power 200
  • United States view with satisfaction German declaration that private property at sea shall be exempt from capture 217
  • influence of United States in Spain 237
  • Japanese policy relative to deportation of native Christians. (See CHRISTIANS. )
  • its views as to fishery question 407
  • as to immunity of bearer of dispatches. (See PERU.)

V.

• VELASCO, MR:
  • speecch in Mexican Congress relative to extension of limits of Free Zone 500

W.

• WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY:
  • its declaration 134, 197, 269
  • Germans on the Rhine 144
  • Wissembourg battle, situation in Pans 38
  • Germans will turn French army north and south 202
  • French abandon line of the Moselle 202
  • Paris declared in state of siege 90
  • McMahon and Bazaine defeated—Sedan captured, Emperor prisoner 110, 205
  • Emperor surrendered without prejudice to Paris Regency 205
  • military defense of Paris 120, 177
  • communications with Paris cut 121
  • German troops on French soil 211
  • French prisoners in Germany 211
  • French loss by death and wounds 211
  • fall of Strasburg 214
  • operations of Germans before Paris 215
• WASHBURNE, E. B., UNITED STATES MINISTER IN FRANCE:
  • protection of Germans in France.
  • to Duke de Gramont, July 20, 1870 79
  • to Duke de Gramont, July 23, 1870 80
  • to Duke de Gramont, July 25, 1870 82
  • to Duke de Gramont, July 30, 1870 91
  • to Duke de Gramont, August 9, 1870 96
  • to Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne, August 17, 1870 104
  • violations of flags of truce.
  • to Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne, August 23, 1870 105
  • recognition of the republic. 116
  • to Jules Favre, September 7, 1870 116
  • to delegation of Frenchmen 118
  • to Messrs. Hecht & Co., as to protection of United States naturalized citizens, August 31 121
  • protection of South and Central American consulates.
  • to French minister for foreign affairs, September 24, 1870 124
  • to consuls, September 30 125
• WELLESLEY, VICE-ADMIRAL:
  • commanding British vessels of war in Canadian waters.
  • his views as to closing colonial ports against American fishermen.
  • to Mr. Jackson, August 31, 1870 426
  • to Mr. Jackson, September 3, 1870 426
• WOLLEY, Mr.:
  • Instruction as to Canadian Fisheries;
  • to Vice-Admiral Wellesley, April 9, 1870, 415
  • May 5, 1870 416
• WOUNDED:
  • in Belgium 51, 52
  • in Germany 211

Y.

• YOUNG, SIR JOHN:
  • Governor General of Canada: communications relative to fisheries, April 11, 1870, to Mr. Thornton 408
  • May 14, 1870, to Mr. Thornton 413