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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

China


Contents

    • Fostering of American interests in China (Documents 60-63)
      • Prevention of antiforeign riots (Documents 64-70)
        • Right of Americans to reside and engage in business in the restricted parts of Soochow and Hangchow (Documents 71-75)
          • Consular jurisdiction in China (Documents 76-77)
            • Closing of Government examinations to converts to Christianity (Documents 78-79)
              • Kutien riots—punishment of officials and indemnity to Miss Hartford1 (Documents 80-81)
                • Adoption of rules for the prevention of collisions at sea. (Documents 82-84)
                  • Taxation of foreign trade in China (Documents 85-87)
                    • Protection of Chinese in Salvador and Nicaragua (Documents 88-93)
                      • Traveling in China (Documents 94-95)
                        • Kiang-yin riots—dismissal of Magistrate Liu Yao Kuang (Documents 96-100)
                          • Exhibition of passports by travelers in China (Documents 101-102)
                            • Right of missionaries to engage in secular work in the interior (Documents 103-104)
                              • Importation into China of machinery used for making counterfeit money (Documents 105-108)
                                • Superstition in regard to the eclipse of the sun (Document 109)
                                1. See Foreign Relations, 1896, page 64.↩

                                • Message of the President
                                • Correspondence
                                  Argentine Republic
                                  (Documents 1-4)
                                  • Austria-Hungary (Documents 5-28)
                                    • Belgium (Documents 29-45)
                                      • Brazil (Documents 46-54)
                                        • Chile (Documents 55-59)
                                          • China (Documents 60-109)
                                            • Costa Rica (Documents 110-113)
                                              • Denmark (Documents 114-122)
                                                • Dominion Republic (Documents 123-124)
                                                  • Ecuador (Document 125)
                                                    • France (Documents 126-161)
                                                      • Germany (Documents 162-220)
                                                        • Great Britain (Documents 221-316)
                                                          • Greater Republic of Central America (Documents 317-320)
                                                            • Guatemala (Documents 321-329)
                                                              • Haiti (Documents 330-333)
                                                                • Hawaii (Documents 334-338)
                                                                  • Honduras (Documents 339-340)
                                                                    • Italy (Documents 341-359)
                                                                      • Japan (Documents 360-361)
                                                                        • Mexico (Documents 362-401)
                                                                          • Nicaragua (Documents 402-414)
                                                                            • Persia (Documents 415-421)
                                                                              • Portugal (Documents 422-425)
                                                                                • Russia (Documents 426-437)
                                                                                  • Samoa (Documents 438-453)
                                                                                    • Siam (Documents 454-476)
                                                                                      • Spain (Documents 477-582)
                                                                                        • Switzerland (Documents 583-592)
                                                                                          • Turkey (Documents 593-619)
                                                                                            • Uruguay (Documents 620-621)
                                                                                              • Index

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