Index

• Abend, Hallett, proposed expulsion from China, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 562, 564, 565
• Abyssinia. See Ethiopia.
• Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• American International Corporation, claim against China, 600
• American Museum of Natural History, difficulties with Chinese Government in connection with Central Asiatic Expedition in Mongolia under Roy Chapman Andrews, 578–580
• American Red Cross. See under Dominican Republic: Hurricane disaster.
• Andersen, Meyer and Co., Ltd., 600
• Andrews, Roy Chapman, difficulties with Chinese Government in connection with Central Asiatic Expedition in Mongolia, 578–580
• Arbitration:
  • Arbitration of civil or commercial controversies, proposed provisions of draft agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 367, 376, 380, 397, 399, 414, 422, 431, 476–477, 487, 493
  • Treaty between the United States and China: Negotiations, 309–313; text signed June 27, 313–315
• Arms and munitions. See under China and Ethiopia.
• Arms traffic convention, June 17, 1925, cited, 766
• Arrests, imprisonment, etc., proposed provisions of draft agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 369–370, 371–372, 397, 421, 430–431, 439, 445, 446–447, 476, 487–489, 489, 491, 493
• Asylum in U. S. Legation for political refugees during revolution in Dominican Republic, 699, 709, 710
• Aviation. See under China.
• Bandit and communist activity. See under China.
• Barlow, Joseph E., claim to certain property in Cuba, and U. S. attitude, 682, 697–698
• Bashkiroff & Co., A. G., 552, 556, 614–615
• Blockades, Chinese: Siang river, 130; Tientsin, 225, 227, 234
• Boxer Protocol, 234, 625
• Brazil, attitude toward relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in China, 377
• Brussels, General Act of, July 2, 1890, cited, 764–765
• Cable agreement between China and Commercial Pacific Cable Co., abrogation by China; and U. S. assistance to company in negotiating new agreement, 627–630
• Censorship, Chinese, detention of correspondence from Foochow consular corps to legations, protest of consular corps, 637–639
• Central Asiatic Expedition of American Museum of Natural History, difficulties with Chinese Government, 578–580
• Chase National Bank, loan to Cuba for financing public works, U. S. approval, and partial fulfillment of, 684–691, 691–692
• Chiang Kai-shek. See under China.
• China, 1–640
  • Abend, Hallett, proposed expulsion from China, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 562, 564, 565
  • American International Corporation, claim against China, 600
  • American Museum of Natural History, difficulties with Chinese Government in connection with Central Asiatic Expedition, 578–580
  • Andersen, Meyer and Co., Ltd., 600
  • Andrews, Roy Chapman, difficulties with Chinese Government in connection with Mongolian explorations of Central Asiatic Expedition of American Museum of Natural History, 578–580
  • Arbitration treaty with the United States: Negotiations, 309–313; text signed June 27, 313–315
  • Arms and munitions, 18–19, 23, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 616–625
    • Chinese regulations governing importation and use of firearms and ammunition, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 616–625 [Page 774]
      • Licensing of firearms owned by foreigners, U. S. attitude toward applicability to U. S. citizens, 619–622; assistance of consular officers in facilitating issuance of licenses, 621–622
      • Military supplies for U. S. forces in China, arrangements concerning importation of, 622–625
      • Prevention of importation of arms and munitions unauthorized by National Government: Chinese request for U. S. prohibition of sale of American airplanes and delivery of military materials to American firm in China, and U. S. attitude, 616–618; search by Chinese authorities of shipping at Tientsin during civil war for purpose of confiscating contraband munitions shipments, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122
    • Protest by Yen Hsi-shan to signatories of Versailles treaty against arms purchases in Germany by Chiang Kai-shek, and U. S. attitude, 18–19, 23
    • Smuggling, efforts of National Government to prevent unauthorized shipments to northern faction during civil war, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122
  • Aviation: Airplanes, American, question of sale to Chinese without authorization of National Government, 616–617, 618; bombing, aerial, during civil war, 23–24, 30–31, 35, 100, 109, 113, 114–115, 116, 152–153, 173, 178, 180, 188
  • Bandit and communist activity:
    • Antiforeign activity. See Protection of American and other foreign lives and property, infra.
    • Claims for damages to American property by bandits and Communists, U. S. attitude toward presentation to Chinese Government, 580–581, 588, 595–597, 601–602, 605
    • Military operations against National Government, and efforts of National Government to suppress, 7, 9, 12–13, 13–14, 14–15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 28, 35, 44, 46–49, 51, 56–58, 64, 68–70, 76–78, 82–83, 93–94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104–105, 106, 108, 109, 120, 124, 134–135, 141, 142, 144, 145, 150, 151, 154, 154–155, 158, 159, 160, 162, 162–163, 166–167, 168, 177, 180–183, 185, 186, 187, 193–195, 201, 202, 206, 210, 212, 218, 221, 223
  • Bashkiroff & Co., A. G., 552, 556, 614–615
  • Blockades: Siang River, 130; Tient sin, 225, 227, 234
  • Boxer Protocol, 234, 625
  • Cable agreement with Commercial Pacific Cable Co., abrogation by China, and U. S. assistance to company in negotiating new agreement, 627–630
  • Censorship, detention of correspondence from Foochow consular corps to legations, and protest of consular corps, 637–639
  • Central Asiatic Expedition of American Museum of Natural History, difficulties with Chinese Government in connection with explorations in Mongolia, 578–580
  • Chang Hsueh-liang, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 21, 27, 31–33, 34–35, 36, 37–38, 38–39, 40, 41–43, 45, 53–55, 59–62, 65, 73–76, 78, 299, 304, 308
  • Changsha incident, 14, 20, 25, 28, 35, 49, 57, 127–128, 147, 150–152, 154, 154–157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 186, 187
  • Chiang Kai-shek, 4–5, 6, 7–8, 10, 14, 15, 18, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 39, 41–42, 43, 44, 49–53, 56, 60, 62–64, 68–69, 72, 76–77, 78–79
  • China Realty Co., 549
  • Chinese Eastern Railway, Sino-Soviet negotiations preliminary to formal conference for settlement of questions arising out of controversy, 55, 298–303, 355
  • Chinese Maritime Customs. See under Customs, infra.
  • Civil war (see also Bandit and communist activity, supra), continuation of, and eventual defeat of northern coalition forces under Yen Hsi-shan by National Government forces under Chiang Kai-shek following intervention by Manchurian forces under Chang Hsueh-liang, 1–80, 170–171, 225, 403, 457–458
    • Armed forces, estimated strength, 2, 11–12, 36, 44, 76
    • Financial difficulties owing to military costs, 25–26, 70–71
    • Foreign powers:
      • German violation of Versailles treaty, alleged, through failure to prevent enrollment of German military in National [Page 775] Government forces or to prohibit export of arms and munitions, 18–19, 23
      • Japanese interest in Manchuria, 39
      • Soviet Union and communism, 42, 46–48, 55
      • United States: Attitude toward participation of U. S. citizens in aerial bombing operations of National forces, 23–25; general policy, views of President Hoover, 170–171; refusal of consulate general to transmit Chinese political message, 37
    • Military operations, reports concerning:
      • Northern campaign against Yen Hsi-shan and Feng Yu-hsiang, 1–2, 3, 4–5, 6, 7–9, 10–11, 14, 15, 17, 17–18, 20, 20–21, 23–24, 25, 27, 30–31, 32–33, 34–35, 35, 37–38, 38–45, 50, 53–54, 56, 225, 403
      • Southern campaign (see also Bandit and communist activity: Military operations, supra), 1, 3–4, 5–6, 6–7, 9, 13–14, 14–15, 16–17, 20, 21, 27, 28, 35, 46, 56
    • Political situation:
      • Attempt by Yen Hsi-shan to establish rival National Government in North China, 1–2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 21, 27–28, 29–30, 33, 35–36, 39–40, 40–41
      • Kuomintang conferences:
        • Nanking: Congress, Mar. 1, 6; fourth plenary session, Nov. 12–18, 54, 59, 60, 61, 62–66, 68, 78
        • Peiping, enlarged plenary session of central headquarters under auspices of northern government, July–Sept., 29–30, 35, 35–36, 40
      • Reports concerning, 1–2, 4–5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17–18, 21, 22, 27–28, 29–30, 33, 35, 35–36, 37–38, 38–43, 49–56, 59–67, 73–76, 403, 457–458
  • Claims of U. S. and other foreign citizens and organizations outstanding against China (see also under Protection, infra), efforts for consideration of, 60, 72–73, 215, 217–218, 236, 580–608
    • Chinese efforts to adjust foreign and domestic debts:
      • Chinese commission for consolidation of foreign and domestic debts, establishment, 60, 72–73, 597–598
      • Creditors’ conference at Nanking, Nov. 15, 583, 587, 597, 599–600, 604, 605–606, 607–608; presentation of Chinese tentative plan, 607–608
    • Commission, claims, proposed U. S.-Chinese agreement for, 581–585, 588, 597, 598, 599–600, 601, 603
    • France, claims. See Loans: Hukuang Railway, infra.
    • Great Britain (see also Loans: Hukuang Railway, infra), represententations for practical measures for relief of foreign creditors, 589–590
    • Hukuang Railway loans. See under Loans, infra.
    • Japanese interest in Nishihara loans, 72, 587, 606
    • Loans, questions concerning:
      • Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co., Chinese default in loan payments, and U. S. efforts to secure consideration of, 593–595, 599–600, 602–603, 604
      • Hukuang Railway loan: Default in service of, joint protest to China by British, French, and U. S. diplomatic representatives, 586; salt revenues, 236; termination of service by likin revenues, contemplated, and question of transfer to customs revenues, 586, 589, 592, 594, 598–599, 600
      • Nishihara (Japanese) loans, 72, 587, 606
    • Losses and damage to property by reason of looting by military, or by bandit and communist activity, U. S. attitude toward claims against Chinese Government for indemnification, 580–581, 588, 595–597, 601–602, 605
    • U. S. claims (see also Losses and damage, supra; also Continental Illinois and Hukuang Railway under Loans, supra):
      • Agreement with China for establishment of claims commission, proposed, 581–585, 588, 597, 598, 599–600, 601, 603; text, draft, 583–585
      • Miscellaneous claims brought to attention of Foreign Office, 600–601
      • Nanking claims of 1927, arrears in payment, 215, 217–218
      • Representations to China for practical measures for relief of American creditors, 589–592
  • Claude Neon Lights, Inc., 613
  • Commercial Pacific Cable Co., U. S. assistance in negotiating new cable agreement following abrogation by China of previous agreement, 627–630
  • Commercial relations treaty with United States, Oct. 8, 1903, 496, 541, 544, 545, 563, 573–574, 575, 576, 577, 598, 611, 613, 635
  • Commissions: Chinese commission for consolidation of foreign and domestic debts, 60, 72–73, 597–598; claims commission, U. S.-China, proposed establishment of, 581–585, 588, 597, 598, 599–600, 601, 603; Kemmerer financial commission, 9–10, 71
  • Communications (see also Cable agreement, supra; Radio communication and Railways, infra): Protest of Foochow consular body against detention by Chinese censorship of telegrams to legations, 637–639; refusal of U. S. consulate general to transmit Chinese political message, 37
  • Communism (see also Bandit and communist activity, supra), Russian communist activity, alleged, 13, 42, 46–48, 55
  • Concessions, foreign, and international settlements (see also Shanghai International Settlement, infra), exceptions under proposed agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 354–355, 366, 405, 409, 409–410, 410–411, 422, 424–425, 431, 439, 444, 445, 448–449, 462, 463–464, 466, 470, 477, 490
  • Conferences:
    • Creditors’ conference at Nanking, Nov. 15, concerning adjustment of foreign claims against China, 583, 587, 597, 599–600, 604, 605–606, 607–608
    • Extraterritorial rights, proposed conference regarding relinquishment of, 379, 393, 402
    • Kuomintang conferences. See under Civil war: Political situation, supra.
    • Silver situation, attitude of Department of State toward proposed conference concerning, 639–640
    • Washington Conference of 1922, 247, 252, 259, 261
  • Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co., Chinese default in loan payments, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 593–595, 599–600, 602–603, 604
  • Contracts. See Cable agreement, supra; Radio communication contracts, infra.
  • Corporations, foreign, desiring to sue in Chinese courts, U. S. opposition to Chinese attempt to require registration of, 546–559
  • Courts. See Extraterritorial rights; Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens; Registration of foreign corporations; and Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra.
  • Customs:
    • Chinese Maritime Customs (see also Collection of customs and salt revenues, infra), U. S. insistence that boarding and search of American merchant vessels be restricted to customs officers, 92–93, 113, 114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 529, 537
    • Collection of customs and salt revenues, interference by opposition government in North China, and attitude of the United States and other powers, 37, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 223–274
      • Chefoo customs, proposed seizure, 271
      • Chinwangtao customs, transfer by National Government to prevent seizure, 263
      • Salt revenues, detention by opposition government and ultimate release for service of foreign loans, 226, 234–235, 235–236, 248, 269, 273–274; maintenance of Salt Administration, 248
      • Tientsin Customs Administration and customs revenues, seizure, recognition by foreign powers of de facto functioning of customs, and ultimate restoration to control of Chinese Maritime Customs: [Page 777]
        • Discussions, general, 37, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 224–225, 226, 226–227, 227–234, 235, 237–248, 249–263, 263–268, 270, 271–273, 274
        • Efforts of British and Japanese to arrange compromise between opposing governments, 260–261, 267–268
        • National Government, attitude and measures: Blockade and closure of Tientsin customs, 225, 227, 234; request to Great Britain for deportation of British citizen appointed commissioner of customs by opposition government, 241, 273; statements by Finance Minister, 229, 239–240
        • Representations and protests of the powers:
          • Consideration, preliminary, 227–228, 232, 247–248
          • Desire of Hukuang Railway loan group for protest, 229–230
          • Joint protest to both governments against double assessment of duties: Discussions and draft texts, 249–252, 253–254, 256–258, 259–263, 263–264; question of acceptance and reply by National Government, 271–273; reply of opposition government, 270
        • Restoration of customs to Chinese Maritime Customs following military defeat of opposition forces, 37, 274
        • Shipping and cargo, entry and clearance arrangements, 242–247, 252, 265–267
        • Transfer of revenues to Shanghai for credit to foreign loan account, 268
    • Duties, increase in, 71–72, 73, 79
    • Free-importation privilege for consular officers and their families, reciprocal arrangement between the United States and China, 636–637
    • Gold exports and silver imports, Chinese restrictions, 15–16, 22
    • Revenues (see also Collection, supra), 71–72, 73, 79
    • Tientsin Customs Administration, seizure by opposition government in North China. See Collection of Customs: Tientsin Customs Administration, supra.
    • Treaty between China and Japan regarding customs relations, May 6, cited, 72, 587
  • Debts, Chinese. See Claims, supra; Loans, infra.
  • Deeds, title. See under Property, infra.
  • Deportation (see also Expulsion, infra), Chinese request to Great Britain for deportation of British citizen appointed commissioner of customs at Tientsin by opposition government in North China, 241, 273
  • Diplomatic and consular relations: Assistance of U. S. consular officers in securing arms licenses for U. S. citizens, 621–622; attitude of Canton consular corps toward recognition of assumption by local government of administration of local foreign affairs, 355, 360, 361; desire of Foreign Minister for discontinuance of practice of senior diplomatic representative speaking for entire diplomatic corps, 271–272, 273; detention by Chinese censorship of correspondence from Foochow consular body to legations, protest of consular corps, 637–639; exequaturs for foreign consular officers, attitude of the United States and other powers toward issuance by China, 631–635; free-importation privilege for consular officers and their families, reciprocal arrangement between the United States and China, 636–637; intervention of foreign consular officers on behalf of their nationals, question of maintenance of right of, 346; refusal of U. S. consulate general to transmit Chinese political message, 37; resumption of Sino-Soviet diplomatic relations, question of, 299, 301–302, 302; U. S. Minister, presentation of credentials, 354
  • Dual nationality of U. S. citizens of Chinese descent, 522–526
    • Agreement between the United States and China, proposed negotiation of, 522
    • U. S. efforts to secure release of Wong Bock Yue from custody of northern military authorities, 522–526
  • Evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from places of danger. See under Protection, infra.
  • Exequaturs for foreign consular officers, attitude of the United States and other powers toward issuance by China, 631–635
  • Expulsion (see also Deportation, supra), proposed expulsion by China of Hallett Abend and G. Edward Lyon, and U. S. assistance in preventing, 561–562, 564, 565.
  • Extraterritorial rights (see also Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens and under Missionaries: Chinese jurisdiction; Press restrictions; Quarantine regulations; and Registration of foreign corporations, infra), Chinese insistence on relinquishment by the United States and other powers, 227, 353–505, 514, 517
    • Administration of local foreign affairs by local governments, question of attitude of consular body at Canton toward recognition of new procedure, 355, 360, 361
    • Negotiations with the United States, Great Britain, and other powers for agreements covering relinquishment of extraterritorial rights:
      • Brazil, exchange of views with the United States, 377
      • Chinese official statements concerning, 353–354, 481
      • Conference, question of, 379, 393, 402
      • Denmark, exchange of views with the United States, 356
      • France, exchange of views and information with the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, 356, 357–358, 359–360, 404–406, 410–412, 418, 426, 462, 464, 495–496, 498, 499
      • Great Britain: Exchange of views and information with the United States and Japan, and collaboration with the United States in preparation of proposals, 227, 372, 373, 380, 382–385, 394–401, 403–404, 406–410, 412–415, 417, 418–426, 434–441, 443–451, 453–456, 457–466, 480, 498, 500, 503, 504–505; negotiations of British Minister at Nanking, reports concerning, 356, 362, 372, 383, 384–385, 392, 394–401, 403, 437, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 462, 463, 466, 467, 468, 469–470, 492–494, 494–495, 505
      • Italy, exchange of views and information with the United States and Great Britain, 356, 416n, 418, 454
      • Japan, exchange of views and information with the United States, Great Britain, and France, 360, 375–376, 380–382, 404–406, 410–412, 412–413, 426, 440–441, 453–454, 454, 455, 456, 457, 462, 463, 464, 465–466, 467, 468, 480, 482
      • Netherlands: Exchange of views and information with the United States and Great Britain, 385–386, 416–417, 417–418, 426, 454, 455, 457, 462, 464, 499
      • Norway: Exchange of views and information with the United States and Great Britain, 426, 454; negotiations with China, 363
      • Provisions of proposed agreement, discussions and draft texts:
        • Arbitration of civil or commercial controversies, 367, 376, 380, 397, 399, 414, 422, 431, 476–477, 487, 493
        • Arrests, imprisonment, etc., 369–370, 371–372, 397, 421, 430–431, 439, 445, 446–447, 476, 487–489, 489, 491, 493
        • Companies, 423, 432–433, 439, 445, 478–479
        • Criminal jurisdiction, 369, 373, 374, 376, 380, 384, 389, 390, 396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 405, 406, 408, 411–412, 413–414, 415, 416–417, 418, 424, 426–427, 434, 436, 438, 438–439, 444, 445, 447, 449–451, 473
        • Definition of Chinese and foreign nationals, 470, 479, 480
        • Duration of agreement, 375, 388–389, 397, 423, 433–434, 447, 479–480, 487
        • Evocation, 365–366, 373, 375, 388, 389, 399, 414, 420–421, 424, 429–430, 438–439, 444, 449–451, 476, 490, 504
        • Excluded areas (international settlements and foreign concessions), 354–355, 366, 405, 409, 409–410, 410–411, 422, 424–425, 431, 439, 444, [Page 779] 445, 448–449, 462, 463–464, 466, 470, 477, 490
        • Lawyers and interpreters, 370, 376, 380, 399, 414, 427, 489, 491
        • Legal counselors or foreign co-judges, 364–365, 372, 373, 374–375, 375, 376, 380, 384, 388, 390, 391, 394, 395–396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 405, 408–409, 411–412, 413–414, 414–415, 416–417, 418, 419–420, 424, 428–429, 434, 436, 438, 444, 449–451, 474–475, 485–486, 490, 492
        • Military service, forced loans, etc., 422, 477–478, 493
        • Nondiscriminatory or most-favored-nation treatment, 367, 377–379, 393, 402, 423, 424, 433, 479, 487, 491
        • Pending cases, 368, 423, 433, 479, 488, 491
        • Personal status matters, 370, 399, 400, 414, 421–422, 431, 476, 489, 491
        • Preamble, 418–419, 426, 438, 444, 447, 469, 472
        • Property, immovable, rights in, 367, 376, 422, 431, 477, 486, 490–491, 493
        • Ratification of agreement, 423, 433–434, 447, 479–480, 487, 491
        • Residence and trade, rights of, 376, 380, 405–406, 411, 423, 433, 479, 484–485
        • Search of premises, 367, 399, 414, 422, 432, 477–478, 486
        • Shipping, 367, 399, 414, 423, 432, 439, 445, 459–462, 463, 478
        • Special courts, 364, 374, 375, 388, 390, 395, 396–397, 413–414, 419–420, 427–429, 445, 446, 473–475, 486–487, 490, 494
        • Taxation, 366, 398, 399, 401, 414, 415, 420, 429, 438, 445, 475, 493
        • Transfer of jurisdiction, 354–355, 363–364, 388, 389–390, 396, 398, 399, 400, 405, 410–411, 414, 419, 426–427, 438, 445, 446, 447, 449, 473, 485, 490, 492
        • Treaties, existing, 367, 423, 433, 479, 487
        • Unilateral action by China regarding extraterritorial rights:
          • Mandate of Dec. 28, 1929: Attitude of the United States and other powers, 356–359, 359–360, 360, 381, 514, 517; Chinese attitude, 353–354
          • Possibility of further unilateral action in event of breakdown of negotiations, 386, 417, 458, 459, 494, 496–497, 498, 499, 504
        • United States:
          • Attitude toward Chinese mandate of Dec. 28, 1929, 357, 358–359, 359–360, 514, 517
          • Conversations with Chinese Minister at Washington:
            • Chinese attitude and proposals, 354–355, 373–375, 481, 482–483, 485–491; memorandum of Dec. 19 and U. S. reply, 494, 495–496, 497–503
            • Discussions, general, 354–355, 357, 359, 361, 362, 362–363, 377–379, 387–393, 403–404, 417, 434, 435, 441–443, 451–453, 456–457, 457–458, 462, 463, 464, 465–466, 467, 471–480, 481, 482–483, 484, 494–495, 496–497, 498, 501–502, 504–505
            • Transfer of negotiations to Nanking, question of, 385, 403–404
          • Exchange of views and information with other powers. See Brazil, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, and Norway, supra.
          • Texts, draft, of proposed agreement: Jan. 2, Chinese informal proposal, 354–355; Jan. 23, U. S. material for study, 363–372; Feb. 26, U. S. material for study, 389–391; Mar. 28, U. S.-British (Johnson-Lampson) draft, 418–423; Apr. 9, revised U. S. draft, 426–434; Oct. 28, revised U. S. draft, 472–480; Dec. 7, Chinese counterproposal, 485–489
          • Treaty of Oct. 8, 1903, expiration in 1934, 496
  • Federal Telegraph Co., U. S. efforts to secure execution of contract by China, and Chinese termination of contract, 626–627
  • Feng Yu-hsiang, 2, 5, 6, 7–8, 20, 21, 27, 34, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44–45, 50, 53, 55–56, 60–61, 74
  • Financial and monetary questions (see also Claims and Customs: Collection, supra; Loans and Taxation, infra):
    • Gold: Proposed adoption of gold standard of currency, 9–10, 16; restrictions on export of, 15–16, 22
    • Kemmerer financial commission, 9–10, 71
    • Military costs due to civil war, effect on financial situation, 25–26, 70–71
    • Silver: Conference, proposed, to consider silver situation, and attitude of Department of State, 639–640; depreciation of, 3, 13, 15–16, 22–23; import restrictions, 15–16, 22
  • Foreign powers:
    • Brazil. See Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra, and under Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations, supra.
    • Civil war, attitude and situation of foreign powers and nationals. See Civil war: Foreign powers, supra, and Protection, infra.
    • Claims. See Claims, supra.
    • Concessions and international settlements. See Concessions, supra.
    • Courts in Shanghai International Settlement, agreement between China and foreign powers. See Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra.
    • Customs matters. See Customs, supra.
    • Denmark, attitude toward relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 356
    • Diplomatic and consular relations. See Diplomatic and consular relations, supra.
    • Extraterritorial rights. See Extraterritorial rights, supra.
    • France (see also Customs: Collection, supra, and Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra; also, under Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations, supra): Arms and munitions imports into China for use of foreign forces, French attitude toward Chinese regulations, 624; Chinese quarantine regulations affecting shipping, French attitude, 531, 533; default in service of Hukuang Railway loan, joint protest to China by British, French, and U. S. diplomatic representatives, 586; dispatch of gunboats to Hankow, and intention of defending concession against communist attacks, 160–161, 168; exequaturs for foreign consular officers, French attitude toward issuance by China, 632; troops at Shanghai, 172
    • Germany:
      • Arms and munitions sales to National Government by German manufacturers, and employment of German military in National forces, protest by Yen Hsi-shan to Versailles treaty signatories, and U. S. attitude, 18–19, 23
      • Protection of German nationals: German appreciation of assistance by U. S. naval vessel, 178, 197; representations to National Government for protection of foreigners at Tsinanfu, 128, 173
    • Great Britain (see also Customs: Collection, supra, and Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra; also under Claims and Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations, supra):
      • Arms and munitions imports into China for use of foreign forces, British attitude toward Chinese regulations concerning, 624
      • Chinese quarantine regulations affecting shipping, British attitude, 530–531, 532, 533
      • Default in service of Hukuang Railway loan, joint protest to China by British, French, and U. S. diplomatic representatives, 586
      • Exequaturs for foreign consular officers, British attitude toward issuance by China, 631, 632
      • Protection of nationals, and other matters arising out of civil war and bandit and communist disturbances:
        • Assistance to Americans, 147, 150, 152, 187, 196–197, 211
        • Dispatch of naval vessels to Amoy, 130, 138; Hoihow, 221, 222
        • Firing upon British vessels by bandits and communists, 124, 178, 187, 194, 214
        • Protective measures at Hankow and question of international cooperation, 160, 163, 164–165, 168
        • Representations for protection of nationals at Tsinanfu, 128
        • Strength of forces at Shanghai, 172
      • Representations to China against dismissal of British engineer of Canton-Hankow Railway, 609
      • Title deeds at Shanghai, British acquiescence in Chinese procedure for issuance of, 574
    • Italy: Chinese quarantine regulations affecting shipping, Italian attitude, 533; dispatch of gunboat for protection of nationals, 161; relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, Italian attitude, 356, 416n, 418, 454
    • Japan. See Japan, infra.
    • Loans. See Loans, infra.
    • Netherlands. See Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra; and under Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations, supra.
    • Norway. See Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, infra; and under Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations, supra.
    • Protection of American and other foreign lives and property. See Protection, infra.
    • Quarantine regulations for foreign shipping, Chinese. See Quarantine, infra.
    • Radio communication. See Radio communication contracts, infra.
    • Railway interests. See Railways, infra.
    • Registration of foreign corporations desiring to sue in Chinese courts, 546–559
    • Russia: Chinese Eastern Railway, Sino-Soviet negotiations preliminary to formal conference for settlement of outstanding questions, 55, 298–303, 355; diplomatic relations with China, question of resumption, 299, 301–302, 302: Russian communist activity in China, alleged, 13, 42, 46–48, 55
    • Shanghai International Settlement. See Shanghai International Settlement, infra.
    • Treaties, agreements, etc., with China. See Treaties, infra.
    • United States. See U. S. citizens; U. S. commercial firms; U. S. military and naval forces; U. S. Minister; and U. S. policy, infra.
    • Versailles Treaty signatories, protest by Yen Hsi-shan regarding arms and munitions sales to National Government by German manufacturers, and U. S. attitude, 18–19, 23
  • Foster-McClellan Co., taxation difficulties, 274–278
  • Free-importation privilege for consular officers and their families, reciprocal arrangement with United States, 636–637
  • Gold: Proposed adoption as standard of currency, 9–10, 16; restrictions on export of, 15–16, 22
  • Hall, Bert, 24–25, 125
  • Hukuang Railway. See under Railways, infra.
  • Hu Shih, Dr., 22
  • Installment-plan sales of American property in China, U. S. protection of American seller until transfer of title to purchaser, 614–616
  • Japan (see also Foreign powers, supra), relations with China:
    • Arms and munitions imports for use of foreign forces, Japanese attitude toward Chinese regulations concerning, 624
    • Customs matters. See Collection and Treaty under Customs, supra.
    • Exequaturs for foreign consular officers, Japanese attitude toward issuance by China, 631, 632
    • Extraterritorial rights (see also Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations: Japan, supra), 546–547, 551
    • Loans (Nishihara), 72, 587, 606
    • Manchurian interests. See Manchuria: Japanese interests, infra.
    • Mitsui wireless contract with China, cancelation by China, 627
    • Protection of nationals during civil war and bandit and communist disturbances: Assistance to Americans, 142–143, 186; claims for damages to property, 184–185; dispatch of naval vessels, 130, 131, 150, 152; firing upon Japanese vessels by bandits and communists, 178, 187; protective measures at Hankow, and question of cooperation with National and [Page 782] foreign forces, 157–158, 159, 160, 161, 164, 168; representations for protection of nationals, 126, 160, 173; strength of forces at Shanghai, 172
    • Quarantine regulations, Chinese, affecting shipping, Japanese attitude, 531, 533
    • Railway interests: Loans (Nishihara) by Japan, 72, 587, 606; Japanese apprehension, reported, over injury to Japanese interests in Manchuria arising from alleged Chinese railway-building activity directed against South Manchuria Railway, 303–308
    • Registration of foreign corporations desiring to sue in Chinese courts, case of Japanese corporation, and Japanese attitude, 546–547, 551–552
    • Treaties with China: Feb. 4, 1922, Shantung treaty, 573; May 6, 1930, customs relations, 72, 587
    • Tsingtao property restrictions, Chinese, Japanese attitude, 573
  • Johnson, Nelson T., presentation of letters of credence as U. S. Minister, 354
  • Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens in China (see also Extraterritorial rights, supra; Missionaries and mission property: Chinese jurisdiction, infra), attempted assumption by Chinese authorities, and U. S. insistence on observance of extraterritorial rights, 505–521
    • Arrest of Albert H. Smit and imposition of judgment by Chinese court, U. S. efforts in securing satisfactory disposition of, 507–514, 515–516, 518, 520–521
    • Charges against Dr. Walter Libby in Chinese court, U. S. representations, and satisfactory disposition of case, 505–507, 515
    • Seizure by Chinese police of motor car license of Admiral Charles B. McVay, Jr., and restoration following U. S. protest, 518–519
    • U. S. attitude: Communications to Chinese authorities, 505–506, 511, 513–514, 519; statement to missionaries concerning unaltered legal status of U. S. citizens despite Chinese mandate of Dec. 28, 1929, 514, 517
  • Kemmerer financial commission, 9–10, 71
  • Kidnapping of American missionaries. See under Protection: Missionaries, infra.
  • Kuominchun, 1, 5–6, 8, 11, 27, 34, 39, 44, 54, 56, 60, 71, 74–75
  • Kuomintang. See under Civil war: Political situation, supra.
  • Libby, Dr. Walter, U. S. representations in behalf of, and satisfactory disposition of charges pending in Chinese court, 505–507, 515
  • Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co. See under U. S. commercial firms, infra.
  • Likin. See under Taxation, infra.
  • Loans:
    • Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co., Chinese default in loan payments, and U. S. efforts to secure consideration of, 593–595, 599–600, 602–603, 604
    • Domestic loans, 71, 79–80
    • Funding of, proposed, 60, 72–73
    • International reconstruction loan to National Government, suggestion of President Hoover, 171
    • Railway loans. See Railways: Loans, infra.
    • Service of, by—
      • Customs revenues, 71–72, 73, 79, 226, 229–230
      • Salt revenues, 72, 80, 235–236, 248, 607
    • Tobacco tax bonds, 231
  • Lyon, G. Edward, proposed expulsion from China, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 561–562.
  • Manchuria (see also Civil war, supra, and Railways: Manchurian, infra):
    • Bandit and communistic activity, 58, 70
    • Japanese interests (see also Loans: American and South Manchuria Railway under Railways, infra), 39
    • Military fodder tax in Mukden area, U. S. attitude toward attempt to collect from mission school, 543–544
  • Maritime Customs Administration. See Customs: Chinese Maritime Customs, supra.
  • McVay, Admiral Charles B., Jr., seizure by Chinese police of motor car license and restoration following U. S. protest, 518–519
  • Missionaries and mission property (see also Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens and under Protection, infra):
    • Chinese jurisdiction, application to American missionary, educational, and medical enterprises and personnel, 538–545
      • Extraterritorial rights, question of, 541, 542
      • Medical and hospital regulations, U. S. attitude toward application to U. S. citizens and institutions, 541–542
      • Registration of mission schools. U. S. attitude toward compliance with regulations concerning, 538–540
      • Taxation measures: House tax at Soochow, U. S. attitude toward payment by American missionaries or churches, 542–543; military fodder tax in Mukden area, U. S. attitude toward Chinese attempt to collect from mission school, 543–544
      • Treaty provisions regarding establishment and conduct of American schools, information concerning, 544–545
    • Chinese regulations affecting permission for missionaries to lease land in perpetuity, U. S. reservation of rights, 575–578
  • Mitsui (Japanese) wireless contract with China, cancelation by China, 627
  • Monopoly on sale of tobacco in Shansi Province, proposed, U. S. representations to Yen Hsi-shan concerning, 295–298; question of representations to National Government, 296–297
  • Nanking claims of 1927, arrears in payment by China, 215, 217–218
  • National City Bank of New York, 552, 567
  • Nishihara loans, 72, 587, 606
  • Northern opposition government. See Civil war; Customs: Collection; Monopoly; supra.
  • Opium smuggling, withdrawal of U. S. protection from American vessels engaged in, 201–202
  • Patent rights, American, U. S. representations to China for protection in view of new Chinese patent law, 610–613
  • Political situation. See under Civil war, supra.
  • Press restrictions affecting American correspondents and newspapers, 67, 559–566
    • Censorship at Peiping, U. S. instructions to Legation to refuse transmission of press telegrams to evade, 566
    • Expulsion from China, proposed, and U. S. efforts on behalf of Hallett Abend, 562, 564, 565; G. Edward Lyon, 561–562
    • Extraterritorial rights, question of, 563, 564
    • Regulations issued by Chinese Government, reports concerning, 67, 564–565, 566
    • Shanghai Evening Post, U. S. efforts on behalf of, and ultimate restoration of postal privileges, 559–561, 563
  • Property, American:
    • Damages to property during civil war, bandit activity, and communist uprisings, claims for. See Protection: Claims, infra.
    • Extraterritorial rights, proposed agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of, discussions and draft texts of provisions concerning property, 367, 376, 422, 431, 477, 486, 490–491, 493
    • Installment-plan sales of American property, U. S. protection of American seller until transfer of title to purchaser, 614–616
    • Mission property. See Missionaries and mission property, supra.
    • Patent rights, U. S. representations to China for protection in view of new Chinese patent law, 610–613
    • Protection during civil war, etc. See Protection, infra.
    • Restrictions on transfer of real property at Tsingtao, U. S. insistence on nondiscriminatory treatment of American citizens, 572–574
    • Title deeds to real property, U. S. protection of, 345–346, 350–351, 567–575
      • Reexamination of title deeds by Chinese authorities, U. S. reservation of right to make representations in event of prejudice to American rights, 567–570
      • Regulations, Chinese, governing issuance of title deeds at Shanghai, U. S. acquiescence, 570–572, 574–575
      • Stamping of deeds for Shanghai Power Co., U. S. efforts to secure, 345–346, 350–351
  • Protection of American and other foreign lives and property during civil war, bandit activity, and communist uprisings, 6, 9, 13, 14, 16–17, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30–31, 35, 46, 48, 49, 56, 57–58, 69–70, 77, 80–223, 457–458, 580–581, 588, 595–597, 601–602, 605
    • American merchant vessels:
      • Chinese armed guards, alleged use of, 210, 212
      • Commandeering of vessels and cargo by Chinese military, and U. S. representations and Chinese reply, 173, 179–180, 184, 185, 188–189
      • Detention and search by Chinese authorities, and U. S. attitude and representations, 91–93, 111–112, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 209–210, 214
      • Firing upon vessels on Yangtze River by bandits and communists, 49, 57, 77, 88, 94, 97, 102–103, 123, 124, 148–149, 187, 191, 198, 201, 206–207, 212–213, 213–214, 214, 219–220, 223; U. S. representations, 88, 123, 148–149, 198, 206–207
      • Restrictions and regulations by Chinese: Blockade of Siang River, 130; detention and search, 91–93, 111–112, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 209–210, 214
      • Transport of Chinese military personnel, U. S. attitude, 85, 89–91
      • U. S. naval protection: Escort by gunboat, 94, 152, 187, 220; naval armed guards, 89–90, 90, 94, 97, 102–103, 191, 212, 212–213, 223
      • Withdrawal of U. S. protection from vessels engaged in opium smuggling, 201–202
    • Claims for damages to property: Assumption by National Government of responsibility in event of damage arising from proposed bombardment of Chengchow, 114–115, 116; bandit and communist depredations and looting by military, U. S. attitude toward demanding indemnity from Chinese Government for, 580–581, 588, 595–597, 601–602, 605; Changsha claims, 172, 174, 183–184, 184–185, 215, 217, 220; missionary claims, question of submission, 81–82, 88–89; Nanking claims arising out of 1927 incident, arrears in payment, 215, 217–218; U. S. reservation of rights in event of possible claims arising from Chinese unauthorized search of American merchant vessels, 117, 121
    • Evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from places of danger: Advice of Department of State and U. S. diplomatic and consular officers in China, and assistance to evacuees, 83, 84, 110, 111, 120, 123, 124, 126, 127, 131, 134–135, 135–136, 140, 141, 142, 143–144, 145, 148–149, 153–154, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167–168, 168, 169, 169–170, 174–175, 175–176, 183, 188, 202, 207–209, 220–221, 222; communication of advice to missionary organizations, 13, 94, 95, 98, 101–102, 107, 109–110, 122–123, 191–192, 200, 207–208
      • British assistance to Americans, 147, 187, 196–197, 211
      • Japanese assistance to Americans, 142–143, 186
      • Missionaries at Kanchow, Kiangsi, circumstances concerning, and question of evacuation in accordance with U. S. advice and arrangements, 13, 81–82, 82–83, 84, 93–94, 95, 96–97, 98, 101, 103–108, 100–110, 122–123, 134–135, 136, 139, 161, 162, 166, 168, 169, 172–173, 174–175, 191–192, 203, 211, 213, 215
      • Missionaries at Kwangchow, Honan, 212, 213, 217
      • Recommendations and advice of Chinese National and local authorities regarding evacuation, 58, 97, 109, 110, 111, 114–115, 116, 161, 161–162, 174, 202, 215
      • Reports of evacuation by Americans, 46, 57, 113, 115, 116, 138, 148, 149–150, 150, 151, 152, 156, 185, 196–197
      • Travel of Americans to areas where evacuation could not be readily accomplished, refusal of U. S. consular officer to authorize, 84, 145
      • U. S. naval vessels, assistance, 28, 150, 178, 197
    • Extraterritoriality, negotiations of foreign powers with Chinese for relinquishment of, relation to protection of foreigners, 457–458
    • Missionaries and mission property:
      • Evacuation from places of danger. See Evacuation, supra.
      • Kidnapping of American missionaries, and other outrages by bandits and communists:
        • Cases (U. S. citizens): Miss B. Evenson, 57, 204–206, 209, 216; Nina E. Gemmell, 98–99, 100; Mr. and Mrs. Glazier, 99; Mrs. E. D. Hayward, 70; Rev. Clifford J. King, 128, 129, 135; Rev. Thomas J. Lee, 139, 143–144, 145–147, 199–200; Rev. Bert N. Nelson, 57, 77, 197–198, 199, 200–201, 202, 203–204, 206, 209, 210, 210–211, 213, 216, 218, 218–219, 220, 222; Deaconess Thone Sandland, 139, 143–144, 145–147, 199–200
        • U. S. representations to National Government and local authorities for rescue of missionaries and punishment of guilty parties, 98, 128, 129, 140, 143–144, 145, 146, 198, 199–200, 200–201, 202, 203–204, 204, 206, 216, 218
      • Mission property: Claims for damage, question of submission, 81–82, 88–89; destruction, 165; occupation by Chinese military, and U. S. representations, 132–133, 177
    • Reports concerning military operations, bandit activity, and fate of Americans and other foreigners in—
      • Fukien Province: Amoy and Kulangsu International Settlement, 21, 130–131, 138, 140; Foochow and upper Min River, 21, 58, 131, 137–138, 140, 141, 148, 149–150, 196–197, 211; general, 48, 58
      • Honan Province: Chengchow, 17, 114–115, 116, 193; general, 28, 111, 124, 128, 132, 143–144, 148, 149, 153–154, 197–198, 200, 209; Kwangchow, 212, 213, 217; Loshan, 204–205, 210–211; Suiping, 139, 140, 143–144, 145–147, 190–200; Tsingshih, 223
      • Hopeh Province: Peiping, 30–31, 35, 179, 180, 188; Tientsin, 118, 122
      • Hunan Province: Changsha, 14, 20, 25, 28, 35, 49, 57, 127–128, 147, 150–152, 154, 154–157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 172, 174, 178, 180–184, 184–185, 185, 186, 187; general, 16–17, 28, 48, 49, 70, 124, 125–126, 142, 143, 145, 153–154, 198, 206, 210; Yochow, 21, 141–142, 144, 145, 148
      • Hupeh Province: General, 13, 17, 28, 48, 49, 58, 110, 124, 132–133, 133–134, 143–144, 149, 153–154, 198, 210; Hankow, 6, 13, 20, 28, 49, 56, 154, 157–161, 161–162, 162–163, 164–165, 166–168, 169–170, 175–176, 177–178, 185, 186–187, 193, 198, 201; Hwangshihkang, 21, 142–143, 144; Shasi, 21, 186
      • Kiangsi Province: Anjenki, 177; general, 9, 13, 17, 21, 28, 48, 58, 69, 77, 95, 101, 104, 124, 149, 153–154, 198, 210; Kanchow, 58, 81–82, 82–83, 84, 93–94, 95, 96–97, 98, 103–108, 109, 122–123, 134–135, 136, 139, 161, 162, 166, 168–169, 172–173, 174–175, 203, 211, 213, 215; Kian, 57, 70, 201, 202, 203, 205, 206; Kuling, 123, 124, 126, 154, 159, 161–162; Yuanchow, 98–100
      • Kiangsu Province: Shanghai, 83, 85–87, 125; Soochow, 148–149
      • Kwangsi Province: General, 46, 48–49, 116–117; Kweihsien, 109, 113, 115, 116; Kweilin, 46, 173; Nanning, 27, 46, 113, 173, 179–180, 184, 185
      • Kwangtung Province: General, 17, 48, 100, 120; Hainan Island, 220–221, 222
      • Manchuria, 58, 70
      • Shantung Province: Taian, 20, 135, 152–153; Tsinan, 14, 17, 20–21, 34, 39, 41–42, 126–127, 128, 129, 135–136, 136–137, 171–172, 173
      • Szechuan Province, 82, 84, 147
    • U. S. military and naval forces:
      • Armed guards aboard American merchant vessels on Yangtze, 89–90, 90, 94, 97, 102–103, 191, 212, 213, 223
      • Assistance to German nationals at Changsha by U. S. naval vessel, German appreciation of, 178, 197
      • Cooperation in protective measures at Hankow, 160, 163, 164–165, 160–170, 175–176; with other foreign forces at Shanghai, 86
      • Dispatch of naval vessels to danger points, 127–128, 130, 136, 138, 140, 141–142, 150–151, 154, 150, 163, 164, 165, 185, 221, 222
      • Escort of American merchant vessels on Yangtze, 94, 152, 187, 220
      • Firing upon naval vessels by bandits and communists, 141–142, 157, 159, 162, 165, 187, 189, 189–191, 193–196, 206, 206–207, 210, 213–214, 214, 215, 221
      • General policy and instructions, 80–81, 83, 85–87, 190
      • Noninterference with search by National authorities of American vessels entering or leaving rebel-held Tientsin, 117–119
      • Stationing of gunboat for protection of American-owned Shanghai Power Co., question of, 81, 83
      • Strength of forces at Shanghai, 172
      • Visits of naval vessels to Tsingtao and Tientsin, U. S. acquiescence in Chinese request for notification of, 149
    • U. S. policy, general statements of, 85–87, 188, 190–191, 191–198, 201–202
    • U. S. representations concerning—
      • Bombing of Pieping, request of opposition government in North China for representations to National Government concerning, and U. S. attitude, 180, 188
      • Commandeering of Standard Oil Co. vessels and cargo by Yunnanese troops, 173, 179–180, 184, 188–189
      • Firing upon merchant and naval vessels by bandits and communists, 88, 123, 148–149, 190–191, 195–196, 198, 206–207
      • Kidnapping and other outrages to Americans by bandits and communists, 98, 128, 129, 140, 143–144, 145, 146, 198, 199–200, 200–201, 202, 203–204, 206, 216, 218
      • Necessity for assisting Americans to evacuate Foochow area, 141; Kanchow, 82–83, 84, 94, 96, 97, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 136, 169, 174; Kwangchow, 212, 213, 217
      • Occupation of American property by Chinese military, 132–133, 177
      • Protection of Americans and property endangered by military operations and bandit and communist activity, 28, 116, 126–127, 128, 129, 133–134, 136–137, 141, 143, 144, 152–153, 156, 150–160, 171–172, 173, 179–180, 184, 188–189
      • Search of American merchant vessels by Chinese military, 91–93, 111–112, 113–114, 117–118, 121, 214
  • Quarantine regulations for foreign shipping, attitude of the United States and other powers toward issuance and enforcement by China, 527–537
    • Attitude of France, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan, 530–531, 532, 533
    • Extraterritorial rights, question of, 530
    • U. S. attitude: Tacit acceptance of enforcement of regulations, and nonrecognition of official character of Chinese quarantine administration, 527–530, 531–532, 533–537; U. S. Public Health Service, 527, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537
  • Radio communication contracts with foreign interests, cancelation by China, 626–627
    • Federal Telegraph Co., continued U. S. negotiations in behalf of, and Chinese termination of contract, 626–627
    • Mitsui (Japanese) wireless contract, 627
  • Railways:
    • Chinese Eastern Railway, Sino-Soviet negotiations preliminary to formal conference for settlement of outstanding questions, 298–303, 355
    • Goods tax on shipments via Tchengtai Railway, U. S. protest against imposition on American products covered by transit pass, 283–284, 287
    • Hukuang Railway, 229–230, 236, 269, 273–274, 586, 589, 592, 594, 598–599, 600, 607, 609–610
      • Dismissal of British engineer, and representations to China by the United States and other interested powers against violation of 1911 loan agreement, 609–610
      • Loan, service of: Default, joint protest to China by British, French, and U. S. diplomatic representatives, 586; detention by opposition government in North China of customs revenues necessary for loan service in event of abolition of likin, request of loan group to diplomatic representatives for representations, 229–230; salt revenues, use of, 236, 269, 273–274, 607; termination of likin revenues, contemplated, and question of transfer of service to customs revenues, 586, 589, 592, 594, 598–599, 600
    • Loans, railway (see also Hukuang Railway: Loan, supra): American loans for financing Chinese railway construction in Manchuria, Japanese interest in possibility of, 305–306, 307–308; Japanese (Nishihara) loans, 72, 587, 606; proposed flotation by Yen Hsi-shan of loan from foreign firms secured by certain railway property and revenues, announcement by National Government of refusal to recognize, 223–224
    • Manchurian railways. See Chinese Eastern Railway and Loans: American, supra; also, South Manchuria Railway, infra.
    • South Manchuria Railway: Reported Japanese apprehension concerning alleged Chinese railway-building activity inimical to Japanese railway interests in Manchuria, 303–308; territories of Railway, Japanese desire for exclusion from proposed relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 405
  • Registration of foreign corporations desiring to sue in Chinese courts, U. S. opposition to Chinese attempt to require, 546–559; extraterritorial rights; question of, 546–547, 551, 558–559, 559
  • Religious questions. See Missionaries, supra.
  • Salt revenues: Application to service of foreign loans, 72, 80, 235–236, 248, 607; detention by opposition government in North China, and ultimate release for payment of foreign loans, 226, 234–235, 235–236, 248, 269, 273–274; maintenance of Salt Administration, 248
  • Shanghai Evening Post, U. S. efforts in behalf of, and ultimate restoration of postal privileges, 559–561, 563
  • Shanghai International Settlement:
    • Courts, Chinese, agreement between China and Brazil, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United States relating to, 315–345
      • Committee of Chinese and foreign representatives to implement agreement: Appointment, 342–344; work of, 344–345
      • Inauguration of new courts, Apr. 1, 344
      • Negotiations at Nanking, reports and instructions concerning, 315–331, 332
      • Signature, questions concerning, 325, 329, 331, 332–333
      • Texts of agreement and accompanying instruments, signed Feb. 17: Agreement, 333–337; notes exchanged between foreign signatories and Chinese Foreign Minister, 337–341; unilateral declaration by foreign signatories to Foreign Minister, 341
    • Extraterritorial rights agreement, proposed, special provisions relating to Shanghai, 409–410, 422, 424–425, 431, 444, 448–449, 462, 477
    • Municipal problems, U. S. interest in: Cigarette tax, 290–292; extra-Settlement roads, 346–347, 351–353; increase in number of Chinese members of Municipal Council, 347–350
    • Precautionary measures on anniversary of May 30, 1925, incident, 125
    • Protection of Americans and property by U. S. military and naval forces, U. S. attitude and policy, 81, 83, 85–87
    • Strength of foreign forces at Shanghai, 172
    • Title deeds: Chinese regulations for issuance, comments of U. S. Minister, and U. S. acquiescence in regulations, 570–572, 574–575; stamping of deeds for Shanghai Power Co., U. S. efforts to secure, 345–346, 350–351
  • Shanghai Power Co. See under U. S. commercial firms, infra.
  • Shanghai Provisional Court, reorganization. See Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, supra.
  • Shansi faction. See Northern opposition government, supra.
  • Shipping (see also Customs; Protection: American merchant vessels; Quarantine, supra): Provisions of proposed agreements for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 367, 399, 414, 423, 432, 439, 445, 459–462, 463, 478; search by National authorities of shipping at Tientsin for contraband munitions shipments to northern faction, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122
  • Silver. See under Financial and monetary questions, supra.
  • Singer Sewing Machine Co., court case, 548, 550, 552–553, 555
  • Smit, Albert H., arrest and imposition of judgment by Chinese court, U. S. efforts in securing satisfactory settlement of, 507–514, 515–516, 518, 520–521
  • Smuggling: Arms and munitions shipments to northern faction during civil war, measures by National Government to prevent, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122; opium smuggling, withdrawal of U. S. protection from American shipping engaged in, 201–202
  • South Manchuria Railway. See under Railways, supra.
  • Soviet relations with China. See Foreign powers: Russia, supra.
  • Stamp tax at Shanghai, question of U. S. protest against imposition on American products, and Chinese seizure of goods following failure to pay tax, 274–278
  • Standard Oil Co. See under U. S. commercial firms, infra.
  • Suits by foreign corporations in Chinese courts, U. S. opposition to Chinese attempt to require registration of corporations, 546–559
  • Sun Yat-sen, 18, 30, 36, 40, 52, 64, 66, 67
  • Tariff relations treaty between the United States and China, July 25, 1928, cited, 256, 275, 276, 278, 279, 281, 284, 288, 289, 292, 293, 294, 310, 311, 540
  • Taxation:
    • Discrimination against American trade. See Motion-picture censorship fees and Public advertising tax under Imposition of taxes, infra.
    • Extraterritorial rights, draft agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of, proposed provisions regarding taxation, 366, 398, 399, 401, 414, 415, 420, 429, 438, 445, 475, 493
    • Imposition of taxes considered unfair to American trade, 274–294
      • Discrimination against American trade. See Motion-picture censorship fees and Public advertising tax, infra.
      • Goods tax on Tchengtai Railway, U. S. protest against imposition on American products covered by transit pass, 283–284, 287
      • Kerosene and gasoline taxes in Honan Province, U. S. protest to opposition government in North China against imposition on American products covered by transit pass, 279, 280, 281–283, 285–286, 288–289, 290
      • Likin and other inland taxes, U. S. protests against imposition on American products covered by transit pass, 275–278, 279, 280, 281–282, 283, 289–290
      • Motion-picture censorship fees, question of U. S. protest against discrimination to American products arising from higher fees for American than Chinese products, 294
      • Public advertising tax at—
        • Shanghai, exemption of Chinese products, and question of U. S. protest against resulting discrimination to American products, 278
        • Tsingtao, higher tax rate for foreign than Chinese products, U. S. protest against resulting discrimination to American products, 279–280, 280–281, 284–285, 288, 292–293
      • Stamp tax at Shanghai, question of U. S. protest against imposition on American products, and Chinese seizure of goods following failure to pay tax, 274–278
      • Tobacco taxes: Cigar and cigarette tax, proposed facilitation by consular body of Chinese enforcement of tax in Shanghai International Settlement, 290–292; cigarette tax at [Page 789] Tientsin, arbitrary increase in, and U. S. protest to opposition government in North China, 286–287, 293; treaty between the United States and China regarding tariff (July 25, 1928), application, 278, 279, 281, 284, 288, 289, 292, 293, 294
    • Inauguration by National Government of new tax program, 64, 73, 75, 78–80
    • Likin (see also under Imposition of taxes, supra), proposed abolition of, 64, 73, 75, 78–79, 586, 589, 592, 593, 594, 598, 599, 600, 602–603
    • Missionary property, proposed taxation: House tax at Soochow, U. S. attitude toward payment by American missionaries or churches, 542–543; military fodder tax in Mukden area, U. S. attitude toward Chinese attempt to collect from mission school, 543–544
  • Texas Oil Co. See under U. S. commercial firms, infra.
  • Title deeds. See under Property, supra.
  • Tobacco (see also Taxation: Imposition of taxes: Tobacco, supra), U. S. representations against proposed monopoly, and restrictions imposed on American firm in Shansi Province, 295–298
  • Transit passes. See Goods tax, Kerosene and gasoline taxes, and Likin under Taxation, supra.
  • Travel certificates for journeys into remote regions, refusal of U. S. consular officer to issue, 84, 145
  • Treaties, agreements, etc.:
    • Arbitration treaty with the United States: Negotiations, 309–313; text signed June 27, 313–315
    • Boxer Protocol, 234, 625
    • Chinese courts in Shanghai International Settlement, agreement between China and certain foreign powers. See Shanghai International Settlement: Courts, supra.
    • Claims commission, proposed agreement between the United States and China for establishment of, 581–585, 588, 597, 598, 599–600, 601, 603
    • Commercial relations treaty with the United States, Oct. 8, 1903, 496, 541, 544, 545, 563, 573, 573–574, 575, 576, 577, 596, 611, 613, 635
    • Dual nationality, proposed negotiation of an agreement concerning, 522
    • Extraterritorial rights, proposed agreements concerning relinquishment. See Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations, supra.
    • Free importation privilege for consular officers and their families, reciprocal arrangement between the United States and China, 636–637
    • International sanitary convention of June 21, 1926, nonratification by China, 533, 535
    • Japan-China: Customs relations treaty, May 6, 1930, 72, 587; Shantung treaty, Feb. 4, 1922, 573
    • Peace, amity, and commerce, treaties between United States and China:
      • July 3, 1844, 192, 252, 296, 520, 541, 596
      • June 18, 1858, 117, 119, 149, 245, 252, 253, 256, 265, 548, 554, 573, 596; additional articles of July 26, 1868, 544–545
    • Tariff relations, treaty between United States and China, July 25, 1928, 256, 275, 276, 278, 279, 281, 284, 288, 289, 292, 293, 294, 310, 311, 540
    • U. S-China. See Arbitration; Claims commission; Commercial relations; Dual nationality; Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations: United States; Free importation privilege; Peace, amity, and commerce; and Tariff relations, supra.
  • United Press, request for U. S. assistance in securing restoration of postal privileges to Shanghai Evening Post, 559–560
  • U. S. citizens (see also Missionaries, supra):
    • American professors of Peiyang University, claim against China for salary payments in arrears, 601
    • Dual nationality. See Dual nationality, supra.
    • Expulsion by China of Hallett Abend and G. Edward Lyon, proposed, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 561–562, 564, 565
    • Extraterritorial rights. See Extraterritorial rights and Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens in China, supra.
    • Intervention by consular officers in behalf of U. S. citizens, question of maintenance of right of, 346
    • Licenses for firearms owned by foreigners, question of applicability to U. S. citizens of Chinese regulations concerning, 610–622; assistance of consular officers in facilitating issuance of licenses, 621–622
    • Participation in Chinese military operations, and U. S. attitude, 23–25, 125
    • Patent rights in China, U. S. representations to China for protection of, in view of new Chinese patent law, 610–613
    • Press restrictions. See Press restrictions, supra.
    • Protection during civil war, etc. See Protection, supra.
  • U. S. commercial firms (see also Arms and munitions: Chinese regulations: Prevention of importation; Cable agreement; Claims; Extraterritorial rights: Negotiations: Provisions: Companies; Installment-plan sales; Loans; Monopoly; Protection: American merchant vessels; Quarantine; Radio communication; Registration of foreign corporations; Taxation: Imposition of taxes considered unfair to American trade; supra):
    • American International Corporation, claim against China, 600
    • Andersen, Meyer and Co., Ltd., 600
    • Bashkiroff & Co., A. G. 552, 556, 614–615
    • China Realty Co., 549
    • Claude Neon Lights, Inc., 613
    • Commercial Pacific Cable Co., U. S. assistance in negotiating new cable agreement following abrogation by China of previous agreement, 627–630
    • Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co., Chinese default in loan payments, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 593–595, 599–600, 602–603, 604
    • Federal Telegraph Co., U. S. efforts to secure execution by China of contract, and Chinese termination of contract, 626–627
    • Foster-McClellan Co., taxation difficulties, 274–278
    • Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co.:
      • Restrictions on tobacco sales imposed by Shansi authorities, U. S. representations against, 297–298
      • Taxation difficulties: Advertising tax at Shanghai, question of U. S. protest against alleged discrimination in favor of Chinese products, 278; cigarette tax at Tientsin, U. S. protest against arbitrary increase in, 280–287, 293
    • National City Bank of New York, 552, 567
    • Shanghai Evening Post, U. S. efforts to secure restoration of postal privileges, and ultimate restoration, 559–561, 563
    • Shanghai Power Co.: Protection by U. S. gunboat, question of, 81, 83; U. S. assistance in securing stamping of deeds by Chinese authorities, 345–346, 350–351
    • Singer Sewing Machine Co., court case, 548, 550, 552–553, 555
    • Standard Oil Co.:
      • Property losses and damage:
        • Claim for damages resulting from looting by Yunnanese military, 588, 595–597
        • Commandeering of vessels and cargo by Yunnanese, 173, 179–180, 184, 185, 188–189
        • Looting of launch at Soochow, U. S. protest, 148–149
        • Loss of oil stocks at Changsha, 156; at Tsingshih, 223
        • Protection of oil stocks at Wuchangsien, question of U. S. representations to Chinese authorities for, 133–134, 191–193
      • Shipping; Assistance in evacuating Americans from danger areas, 148; commandeering of vessels and cargo by Yunnanese military, 173, 179–180, 184, 185, 188–189; detention and search by Chinese military, 91–93, 111–112; firing upon vessels by bandits, 88, 213–214, 214, 219–220; looting of launch at Soochow, 148–149; U. S. naval armed guards for protection, 103
    • Texas Oil Co.: Court case, 559; property losses at Changsha, 156; taxation difficulties in Honan, U. S. protest to northern authorities, 279, 280, 281–283, 285–286
    • United Press, request for U. S. assistance in securing restoration of postal privileges to Shanghai Evening Post, 559–560
    • Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co.: Firing upon vessels by bandits, and U. S. attitude, 88, 94, 97, 103, 123, 124, 191, 198, 201, 212–213, 213–214, 214, 219–220, 223; transport of Chinese military, U. S. attitude, 85, 89–91; U. S. naval protection, armed guards and escort by gunboat, 89–90, 90, 94, 97, 103, 187, 191, 212, 212–213, 223
  • U. S. military and naval forces (see also under Protection, supra): Arms and munitions imports into China for use of U. S. forces, arrangements in view of new Chinese import regulations, 622–625; exemption of naval vessels from National Government restrictions imposed at rebel-held Tientsin, 225
  • U. S. Minister in China, presentation of credentials, 354
  • U. S. policy, general statements concerning—
    • Political situation in China, 171, 257
    • Protection of American lives and property, 85–87, 188, 190–191, 191–193, 201–202, 540
  • Wang Ching-wei, 5, 8, 11, 21, 27, 30, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 61, 66–67, 403
  • Washington Conference of 1922, 247, 252, 259, 261
  • Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co. See under U. S. commercial firms, supra.
  • Yen Hsi-shan, 1–2, 4–5, 6, 7–9, 10, 12, 15, 18–19, 19, 20, 21, 32–33, 35, 36, 39, 39–41, 43, 44, 50, 53, 54, 55–56, 60–61, 73–74
• China Realty Co., 549
• Chinese Eastern Railway, Sino-Soviet negotiations preliminary to formal conference for settlement of outstanding questions, 298–308
• Civil war. See under China.
• Claims. See under China and Cuba.
• Claude Neon Lights, Inc., 613
• Clearance and entry of shipping and cargo during control of Tientsin customs by opposition government in North China, 242–247, 252, 265–267
• Codification of International Law, Conference at The Hague (1930), 385, 387, 441, 461
• Colombia, 641–648
  • Kemmerer financial commission, 648
  • U. S. good offices in behalf of W. R. Grace & Co. in securing suspension of special lighterage taxes on privately owned lighters in port of Buenaventura, 641–648
• Commercial agreements. See under China and Egypt.
• Commissions (see also under China), work of Kemmerer financial commission in Colombia, 648
• Communications. See under China.
• Communism. See under China.
• Concessions. See under China.
• Conferences (see also under China), Codification of International Law, Conference at The Hague (1930), 385, 387, 441, 461
• Consular officers (see also China: Diplomatic and consular relations), status of jurisdiction in Ethiopia, 768–769
• Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co., Chinese default in loan payments, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 593–595, 599–600, 602–603, 604
• Contracts. See Cuba: Financial matters: Arrangements and under China.
• Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Corporations, foreign, desiring to sue in Chinese courts, U. S. opposition to Chinese attempt to require registration of, 546–559
• Courts (see also under China), jurisdiction over U. S. citizens in Ethiopia, 768–769
• Criminal jurisdiction, proposed provisions of draft agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 369, 373, 374, 376, 380, 384, 389, 390, 396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 405, 406, 408, 411–412, 413–414, 415, 416–417, 418, 424, 426–427, 434, 436, 438, 438–439, 444, 445, 447, 449–451, 473
• Cuba, 649–698
  • Claim of Joseph E. Barlow to certain property in Cuba, U. S. attitude, 682, 697–698
  • Financial matters:
    • Arrangements for financing public works, U. S. approval, 684–696
      • Loan by Chase National Bank, negotiations with U. S. approval, and partial fulfillment of contract, 684–691, 691–692
      • Subsequent financing arrangements with highway contractors (Warren Brothers Co.), negotiations and U. S. approval, 691–696
    • Financial difficulties, relation to political unrest, 667, 669, 674, 678
  • Intervention by the United States, question of. See United States, infra.
  • Machado, President. See Political unrest: Negotiations, infra.
  • Platt Amendment, U. S. consideration in connection with Cuban financing arrangements, 674, 686, 687, 688–689, 691; with Cuban political situation, 655, 662–663, 664–665, 668
  • Political unrest, 649–684
    • Congressional elections, 650, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658–659, 661, 662, 668, 669, 675, 681
    • Financial difficulties, relation to, 667, 669, 674, 678
    • Negotiations between President Machado and the opposition, and other measures for solution of political difficulties (see also Repressive measures, infra): Reports concerning, 649–654, 656–659; resignation of President Machado, question of, 677–678, 678, 679, 680, 681; U. S. Ambassador, informal good offices, and attitude of Department of State, 649, 650, 653–654, 663–664, 668, 670, 671–672, 675
    • Repressive measures to curb anti-Government activity: Arrest of alleged conspirators, 683–684; press restrictions, 658, 661, 666, 670, 671, 672, 675, 683; suspension of constitutional guarantees, 662, 665, 665–666, 666–667, 670, 671, 673, 675, 676, 678, 679–680
    • Riots and disorders, 660–661, 669–670, 672–673, 675, 676–677, 678, 678–679, 680, 683
    • Sugar situation, effect of, 657–658, 667, 673, 679
    • United States (see also Negotiations: U. S. Ambassador, supra, and U. S. lives and property, infra), question of intervention: Cuban propaganda and misrepresentations in the press, 655–656, 659–660, 676, 679–680, 680–683; desire of opposition for U. S. intervention, 656, 657, 667, 668, 672, 675–676; statements of U. S. policy, 662–665, 666
    • U. S. lives and property: Death of U. S. citizen from injuries received during riot, 671, 673; threatened attacks on, 672, 676
  • Treaty with the United States, May 22, 1903 (see also Platt Amendment, supra), 688–689
• Customs (see also under China and Egypt), special lighterage tax on privately owned lighters at port of Buenaventura, Colombia, U. S. good offices in behalf of W. R. Grace & Co. in securing suspension of, 641–648
• Deeds. See China: Property: Title deeds.
• Denmark, attitude toward relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in China, 356
• Deportation (see also Expulsion), Chinese request to Great Britain for deportation of British citizen appointed commissioner of customs at Tientsin by opposition government in North China, 241, 273
• Diplomatic and consular relations (see also under China), status of U. S. consular jurisdiction in Ethiopia, 768–769
• Discrimination against American trade. See Motion-picture censorship fees and Public advertising tax under China: Taxation: Imposition of taxes.
• Dominican Republic, 699–739
  • Hurricane disaster, furnishing of relief and other assistance by the United States and Haiti, 727–739
    • American Red Cross: Expression of sympathy to President Trujillo and Dominican Red Cross, 729; work of, 728, 730, 731–732, 735, 739
    • Dominican request for assistance, 727–728
    • Haiti: Dispatch of relief supplies, 729–730, 730, 732; nonintention of dispatching Garde detachment to assist in rescue work, 733
    • Messages exchanged between President Hoover and President Trujillo, texts: Expression of sympathy by President Hoover, and reply, 729, 738; letter of thanks from President Trujillo for U. S. and Red Cross assistance, and reply, 735, 738–739; message of appreciation from President Trujillo for services of U. S. naval medical officer, and reply, 736, 738
    • U. S. military and naval forces, assistance: Appointment of marine officer as food administrator, 734, 735; dispatch of marine detachment and furnishing of ammunition, question of compliance with request of President Trujillo, 732, 733, 734–735; work of naval medical officer, message of appreciation from President Trujillo to President Hoover, and reply, 736, 738
    • Wadsworth, Eliot, mission to Dominican Republic to assist in reconstruction plans, 736–737
  • Revolution, 699–727
    • Overthrow of Vásquez government and assumption of presidency by General Estrella:
      • Asylum for political refugees in U. S. Legation, 699, 709, 710
      • Negotiations between Government and revolutionists, assistance of U. S. Legation, 699, 700–701, 701–702, 702, 703–704, 706, 707, 708, 709–717; U. S. instructions regarding good offices of Legation, 701–702, 703–704, 717
      • Protection of foreign lives and property: British naval vessel, dispatch of, and U. S. attitude, 702, 706–707, 707; U. S. naval vessel, question of dispatch, 700, 701, 702, 706–707, 707
      • Recognition of Estrella government, U. S., 708
      • Reports concerning, 699–701, 702–703, 704–705, 705–706, 707, 708, 709–717
      • Trujillo, Rafael L., attitude and activities of, 700, 703, 704–705, 709, 709–710, 711, 714–715, 716, 717
  • Trujillo, Rafael L. (see also under Overthrow of Vásquez government, supra), election to presidency, and U. S. recognition:
    • Election arrangements and results, reports concerning, 717–718, 720–721, 723
    • Failure of attempted revolution against government, 723–725
    • U. S. attitude: Candidacy of Trujillo, question of, 717–720, 721–722; recognition, 719, 725–727
  • Trujillo, Rafael L. See Hurricane disaster: Messages and under Revolution, supra.
  • U. S. military and naval forces (see also under Hurricane disaster, supra), question of dispatch of naval vessel to protect American lives and property during revolution, 700, 701, 702, 706–707, 707
  • Wadsworth, Eliot, mission to Dominican Republic to assist in reconstruction plans after hurricane disaster, 736–737
• Dual nationality. See under China.
• Egypt, 740–763
  • Commercial agreements with the United States, 740–758
    • Customs convention of Nov. 16, 1884., cited, 741, 742
    • Permanent commercial convention, question of entrance into negotiations for, 745, 756–758
    • Provisional commercial agreement according unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters: Negotiations, 740–754; reservation of U. S. rights enjoyed under treaty, custom, and usage, draft text of U. S. note of Feb. 16, 743–744; texts of exchange of notes, May 24, 754–756
  • Customs:
    • Convention with the United States, Nov. 16, 1884, cited, 741, 742
    • U. S. consent to new Egyptian customs regime. See Commercial agreements: Provisional commercial agreement, supra.
  • Religious questions, 758–763
    • Missionaries, American, difficulties of, and U. S. attitude, 761, 762–763
    • Safeguarding of religious liberties, U. S. inquiry of Great Britain concerning possible discussion in Anglo-Egyptian treaty negotiations, 758–761, 761, 762–763
• Elections: Congressional elections in Cuba, 650, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658–659, 661, 662, 668, 669, 675, 681; election of Rafael L. Trujillo to presidency of Dominican Republic, 717–718, 720–721, 723
• Estrella, General. See Dominican Republic: Revolution: Overthrow of Vásquez government.
• Ethiopia, 764–769
  • Application of Ethiopian law and decrees to U. S. citizens in Ethiopia, U. S. attitude, 767–769
  • Arms and munitions exports to Ethiopia from the United States, U. S. reaffirmation of attitude with respect to, 764–767
• Evocation, proposed provision of draft agreements between China and foreign powers for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 365–366, 373, 375, 388, 389, 399, 414, 420–421, 424, 429–430, 438–439, 444, 449–451, 476, 490, 504
• Exequaturs for foreign consular officers in China, attitude of the United States and other powers toward issuance by China, 631–635
• Expulsion (see also Deportation), Chinese proposed expulsion of Hallett Abend and G. Edward Lyon, and U. S. assistance in preventing, 561–562, 564, 565
• Extraterritorial rights. See under China.
• Federal Telegraph Co., U. S. efforts to secure execution of contract by China, and Chinese termination of contract, 626–627
• Films, American, question of U. S. protest to China against discrimination arising out of higher censorship fees for foreign than for Chinese films, 294
• Foster-McClellan Co., taxation difficulties in China, 274–278
• France (see also under China: Foreign powers), protest against application to foreigners of Ethiopian decree authorizing imposition of fines for violation of mining regulations, 767–768
• Free-importation privilege for consular officers and their families, reciprocal arrangement between the United States and China, 636–637
• Germany. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Gold. See under China.
• Good offices: Colombia, U. S. good offices in behalf of W. R. Grace & Co. in securing suspension of special lighterage taxes on privately owned lighters in port of Buenaventura, 641–648; Cuba, informal good offices of U. S. Ambassador in facilitating negotiations between President Machado and the opposition, and attitude of the Department of State, 649, 650, 653–654, 663–664, 668, 670, 671–672, 675; Dominican Republic, good offices of U. S. Legation in facilitating negotiations between Government and revolutionists, 699, 700–701, 701–702, 702, 703–704, 706, 707, 708, 709–717
• Grace & Co., W. R., desire for suspension of special lighterage tax on privately owned lighters in port of Buenaventura, Colombia, and U. S. good offices in securing suspension, 641–648
• Great Britain (see also under China: Foreign powers): Dispatch of naval vessel to Dominican Republic during revolution, and U. S. attitude, 702, 706–707, 707; protest against application to foreigners of Ethiopian decree imposing fines for violation of mining regulations, 767–768; treaty negotiations with Egypt, U. S. inquiry concerning possible discussion of safeguarding religious liberties, 758–761, 761, 762–763
• Guggenheim, Harry F. See Cuba: Political unrest: Negotiations: U. S. Ambassador.
• Hague Conference on Codification of International Law (1930), 385, 387, 441, 461
• Haiti: Furnishing of relief and other assistance to Dominican Republic following hurricane disaster, 729–730, 730, 732, 732–733; U. S. inquiry to U. S. Legation regarding possible hurricane damage in Haiti, and negative reply, 729, 730
• Hall, Bert, 24–25, 125
• High seas, question of detention and search of American vessels on, 118–119, 209
• Hoover, Herbert (President) (see also Dominican Republic: Hurricane disaster: Messages), suggestion for international reconstruction loan to National Government of China, 171
• Industrial property, U. S. representations to China for protection of American patent rights, 610–613
• Installment-plan sales of American property in China, U. S. protection of American seller until transfer of title to purchaser, 614–616
• International Law, Hague Conference on Codification of (1930), 385, 387, 441, 461
• Intervention:
  • Diplomatic intervention, question of maintenance of right of, by U. S. consular officers in China, 346
  • Military intervention, question of. See Cuba: Political unrest: United States.
• Italy (see also under China: Foreign powers), protest against application to foreigners of Ethiopian decree imposing fines for violation of mining regulations, 767–768
• Japan. See under China.
• Johnson, Nelson T. (U. S. Minister to China), presentation of credentials, 354
• Jurisdiction (see also under China), U. S. attitude toward application of Ethiopian laws and decrees to U. S. citizens, 767–769
• Kemmerer financial commission, study of Chinese problems, 9–10, 71; of Colombian problems, 648
• Kidnapping. See under China: Protection: Missionaries.
• Libby, Dr. Walter, U. S. representations in behalf of, and satisfactory disposition of charges pending in Chinese court, 505–507, 515
• Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co. See under China: U. S. commercial firms.
• Loans. See under China and Cuba: Financial matters.
• Looting by military, and bandit and communist depredations, U. S. attitude toward demanding indemnity from Chinese Government for, 580–581, 588, 595–597, 601–602, 605
• Lyon, G. Edward, proposed expulsion from China, and U. S. efforts in behalf of, 561–562
• Manchuria. See under China.
• McVay, Admiral Charles B., Jr., Chinese seizure of motor car license and ultimate restoration following U. S. protest, 518–519
• Merchant vessels. See Shipping.
• Missionaries (see also under China), difficulties of American missionaries in Egypt, and U. S. attitude, 761, 762–763
• Mitsui Co., 627
• Monopoly. See under China.
• Morocco, U. S. policy concerning application of Moroccan decrees to U. S. citizens, 768
• Most-favored-nation treatment (see also Egypt: Commercial agreements: Provisional commercial agreement), application to U. S. nationals under proposed agreement with China covering relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 367, 377–379, 393, 402, 423, 424, 433, 479, 487, 491
• Motion-picture censorship fees in China, question of U. S. protest against discrimination to American products arising from higher fees for foreign than for Chinese products, 294
• Munitions. See Arms and munitions under China and Ethiopia.
• Nanking claims of 1927, arrears in payment by China, 215, 217–218
• Narcotic drugs, U. S. withdrawal of protection from American vessels engaged in smuggling of, 201–202
• National City Bank of New York, 552, 567
• Nationality. See China: Dual nationality.
• Netherlands. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Nishihara loans, 72, 587, 606
• Newspapers. See China: Press restrictions.
• Norway. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Opium smuggling, withdrawal of U. S. protection from American vessels engaged in, 201–202
• Patent rights, American, U. S. representations to China for protection in view of New Chinese patent law, 610–613
• Philippine Islands: Cholera epidemic, 528, 530; kidnapping in China of Philippine missionary, and U. S. efforts to secure release of, 57, 77, 201, 202, 205, 206, 210, 218
• Platt Amendment. See under Cuba.
• Press restrictions affecting American correspondents and newspapers. See under China.
• Property (see also under China), claim of Joseph E. Barlow to certain property in Cuba, and U. S. attitude, 682, 697–698
• Protection of foreign lives and property. See China: Protection and under Dominican Republic: Revolution: Overthrow of Vásquez government.
• Quarantine. See under China.
• Radio communication. See under China.
• Railways. See under China.
• Recognition, U. S., of Estrella and Trujillo governments in Dominican Republic, 708, 719, 725–727
• Red Cross, American. See under Dominican Republic: Hurricane disaster.
• Registration of foreign corporations desiring to sue in Chinese courts, U. S. opposition to Chinese attempt to require, 546–549
• Relief. See Dominican Republic: Hurricane disaster.
• Religious questions. See China: Missionaries and under Egypt.
• Revolutions. See Cuba: political unrest and under Dominican Republic.
• Russia. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Sanitary convention, international, June 21, 1926, 533, 535
• Search: Boarding and search of American merchant vessels by Chinese authorities, U. S. attitude and representations, 91–93, 111–112, 113–114, 115, 117–120, 121–122, 209–210, 214; provisions of proposed agreements between China and foreign powers concerning relinquishment of extraterritorial rights, 367, 399, 414, 422, 432, 477–478, 486
• Shanghai Evening Post, U. S. efforts to secure restoration of Chinese postal privileges, and ultimate restoration, 559–561, 563
• Shanghai International Settlement. See under China.
• Shanghai Power Co. See under China: U. S. commercial firms.
• Shipping (see also under China), Colombian lighterage taxes on privately owned lighters in port of Buenaventura, U. S. good offices in behalf of W. R. Grace & Co. in securing suspension of, 641–648
• Shoemaker, Mr., 24–25
• Silver. See under China: Financial and monetary questions.
• Singer Sewing Machine Co., case in Chinese court, 548, 550, 552–553, 555
• Smit, Albert H., arrest by Chinese authorities and imposition of judgment by Chinese court, U. S. efforts in securing satisfactory settlement of, 507–514, 515–516, 518, 520–521
• Smuggling. See under China.
• Soviet Union. See China: Foreign powers: Russia.
• Spain, treaty with the United States, Dec. 10, 1898, cited, 663, 665
• Standard Oil Co. See under China: U. S. commercial firms.
• Suits in Chinese courts by foreign corporations, U. S. opposition to Chinese attempt to require registration of corporations, 546–559
• Sun Yat-sen, 18, 30, 36, 40, 52, 64, 66, 67
• Tariff. See China: Customs and Egypt: Commercial agreements: Provisional commercial agreement.
• Taxation (see also under China), Colombian lighterage tax on privately owned lighters in port of Buenaventura, U. S. good offices in behalf of W. R. Grace & Co. in securing suspension of, 641–648
• Territorial waters, 118–119
• Texas Oil Co. See under China: U. S. commercial firms.
• Three-mile limit, 118–119
• Title deeds. See under China: Property.
• Tobacco. See under China.
• Transit passes. See under China.
• Travel certificates for journeys to remote areas in China, refusal of U. S. consular officer to issue, 84, 145
• Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Arbitration treaty, U. S.–China: Negotiations, 309–313; text signed June 27, 313–315
  • Arms traffic convention, June 17, 1925, 766
  • Brussels, General Act of, July 2, 1890, 764–765
  • China, treaties relating to. See China: Treaties.
  • Commercial treaties. See under China and Egypt.
  • Dual nationality, proposed negotiation of treaty between the United States and China, 522
  • Free-importation privilege for consular officers and their families, reciprocal arrangement between the United States and China, 636–637
  • Japan-China. See under China: Treaties.
  • Sanitary convention, international, June 21, 1926, 533, 535
  • Tariff relations treaty, U. S.–China, July 25, 1928, 256, 275, 276, 278,
  • 279, 281, 284, 288, 289, 292, 293, 294, 310, 311, 540
  • U. S.–China. See under China: Treaties.
  • U. S.–Cuba, May 22, 1903, 688–689
  • U. S.–Egypt. See Egypt: Commercial agreements.
  • U. S.–Germany, treaty for restoration of friendly relations, Aug. 25, 1921, 19
  • U. S.–Spain, treaty of peace, December 10, 1898, cited, 663, 665
  • Versailles Treaty, 18–19, 23
• Trujillo, Rafael L. See Dominican Republic: Trujillo.
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See China: Foreign powers: Russia.
• United Press, request for U. S. assistance in securing restoration by China of postal, privileges of Shanghai Evening Post, 559–560
• U. S. citizens (see also Claim and Political unrest: U. S. lives and property under Cuba; also under China): Application of Ethiopian laws and decrees to U. S. citizens, U. S. attitude, 767–769; employment by Ethiopia as military instructors, U. S. attitude, 766
• U. S. commercial firms (see also under China): Arms and munitions exports to Ethiopia by U. S. citizens or firms, U. S. attitude, 764–767; Chase National Bank, loan to Cuba for financing public works, U. S. approval, and partial fulfillment of contract, 684–691, 691–692; Grace & Co., W. R., desire for suspension of special Colombian lighterage tax on privately owned lighters in port of Buenaventura, and U. S. good offices in securing, 641–648; Vacuum Oil Co., 743; Warren Brothers Co., financing of public works contract in Cuba, 684–685, 691–696
• U. S. consular officers (see also China: Diplomatic and consular relations), status of jurisdiction over U. S. citizens in Ethiopia, 768–769
• U. S. military and naval forces. See under China and Dominican Republic.
• U. S. Public Health Service, attitude and functions in connection with Chinese quarantine regulations applied to American vessels, 527, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537
• U. S. Treasury Department, correspondence with Department of State concerning question of Federal lighterage charges at port of New York, 645, 646–647
• Vacuum Oil Co., 743
• Versailles Treaty, protest by Yen Hsi-shan to signatories of, in connection with arms purchases in Germany by National Government of China, 18–19, 23
• Wadsworth, Eliot, mission to Dominican Republic to assist in reconstruction plans after hurricane disaster, 736–737
• Warren Brothers Co., financing of public works contract in Cuba, 684–685, 691–696
• Washington Conference of 1922, 252, 259, 261
• Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co. See under China: U. S. commercial firms.