List of papers, with subjects of correspondence
guatemala and honduras.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 441 | Mr. Brown to Mr. Root | 1906. Aug. 29 | Protection of Chinese in Guatemala. Submits copies of correspondence re arrest of Ramon Chan, whose complaint was transmitted to minister for foreign affairs. | 590 |
| 293 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Brown | Sept. 18 | Same subject. Acknowledges his No. 441, and states Chinese nationality of Ramon Chan had not been positively ascertained. | 592 |
| 512 | Mr. Combs to Mr. Root | 1907. Jan. 16 | Good offices of United States and Mexico for peace in Central America. Transmits copies of telegraphic correspondence with President Bonilla. | 609 |
| 516 | Same to same | Jan. 23 | Protection of Chinese in Guatemala. Reports complaint by Mingmon Sing Sang of ill treatment at hands of native policeman, his taking up the matter with chief of police, and the policeman’s punishment. | 592 |
| 2 | Mr. Root to Mr. Córdova | Feb. 8 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Outlines plan for making effective the provisions of the Marblehead treaty. | 614 |
| Mr. Barrios to Mr. Root (telegram). | Feb. 11 | Same subject. Informs of the readiness of his government to conform to the provisions of the Marblehead treaty | 615 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Bonilla (telegram). | do | Same subject. See telegram of this date to the President of Nicaragua. | 616 | |
| 322 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Combs | Feb. 12 | Protection of Chinese in Guatemala. Acknowledges his No. 516, with approval. | 593 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Barrios (telegram). | do | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Acknowledges telegram of the 12th and informs of action already taken. | 617 | |
| Mr. Bonilla to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Feb. 12–13 | Same subject. Acknowledges Mr. Roosevelt’s telegram and outlines policy of his Government. | 617 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Bonilla (telegram). | Feb. 14 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 11th and states that he shall be glad to render any assistance in his “power toward making out a practical solution of the interesting problem in accordance with the ideas in which we so perfectly agree.” | 620 | |
| Mr. Barrios to Mr. Root (telegram). | do | Same subject. Quotes telegram received from the President of Nicaragua in reply to mediation proposal. | 620 | |
| same to same (telegram) | do | Same subject. Quotes telegrams received in reply to those sent by the Government of Guatemala. | 621 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Feb. 17 | Same subject. Quotes telegrams received from the Presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, and Salvador. | 622 | |
| Mr. Bonilla to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Feb. 19 | Same subject. Reports the invasion of Honduranean territory by Nicaraguan troops, and states that it has been necessary for Honduras to take energetic measures to avoid a repetition of the occurrence. | 624 | |
| 26 | Mr. Root to Mr. Bengoechea. | Feb. 20 | Same subject. Incloses copy of note addressed to the chargé d’affaires of Honduras on the 8th instant, and requests that the views expressed therein be brought to the attention of his Government. | 625 |
| Mr. Combs to Mr. Root (telegram). | Feb. 22 | Same subject. States that the minister for foreign affairs of Honduras telegraphs that Nicaragua, by its invasion of Honduras, has terminated pending negotiations for pacific settlement. | 626 | |
| 327 | Mr. Root to Mr. Brown | Feb. 28 | Protection of Chinese in Guatemala. Incloses copy of Chinese minister’s note expressing thanks for Mr. Combs’s action in behalf of Chinese in Guatemala. | 593 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Bengoechea. | 1907. Mar. 5 | The Second Peace Conference. See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco. | 1113 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Cordova | do | Same subject. See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco. | 1113 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Brown (telegram). | Mar. 15 | Good offices of United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. See telegram of this date to Minister Merry. | 626 | |
| Mr. Brown to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 27 | Same subject. Reports that Tegucigalpa was abandoned early yesterday, precipitately, and occupied last night by the Nicaraguari and revolutionary forces. Adds that he assumed charge in the interval with aid of consuls to preserve order. | 627 | |
| Mr. Lee to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 29 | Same subject. Reports that Tegucigalpa was abandoned early yesterday and occupied last night by forces of Nicaragua and revolutionists. Also reports that Chargé Brown advises that he assumed charge with consuls to preserve order. Adds that official announcement has been received here that forces of Nicaragua were bombarding Amapala to-day at noon and that general complication is to be feared. | 628 | |
| Mr. Brown to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 4 | Same subject. Reports that the President of Guatemala, through the President of Salvador, sends him a special message expressing an earnest desire for the successful mediation for peace in Central America, and that Salvador and Nicaragua have avoided any declaration of war or formal admission of same, but a peace conference is absolutely necessary to clear the situation. | 628 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Apr. 11 | Same subject. Reports negotiations between the Presidents of Salvador and Nicaragua for a peace conference at Amapala, and states that an American warship is desired in order that facilities may be afforded for the conference. | 628 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Brown (telegram). | Apr. 13 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 11th and states that a war ship will be placed at the disposal of the two presidents. | 629 | |
| Mr. Brown to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 16 | Same subject. Reports that the President of Nicaragua will be unable to attend conference on account of health. That both countries will be represented by ministers for foreign affairs. Says that advices from Tegucigalpa indicate disquieting situation because of absence of recognized responsible government. | 630 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Apr. 19 | Same subject. Reports that the Salvadorean minister for foreign affairs states that the condition of anarchy in Honduras justifies Salvador in maintaining forces on the frontier as measure of self-defense. States also that peace negotiations not yet concluded. | 631 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Apr. 23 | Same subject. Reports peace terms agreed upon in principle, and that treaty should be signed to-day. | 631 | |
| President Davila to President Roosevelt (telegram). | do | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. Advises taking possession of provisional presidency, guarantees peace, and thanks United States and Mexico for good will evidenced. | 601 | |
| Mr. Brown to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 24 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Reports that treaty of peace and amity which has been signed is similar to Marblehead treaty. Includes provision for a Central American Peace Congress in Nicaragua and a special commercial treaty between the two republics. Says mediation of the United States gratefully acknowledged by both countries. | 631 | |
| Mr. Lee to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 29 | Attempt on the life of the President of Guatemala. Reports that President Estrada narrowly escaped injury and death by dynamite basely exploded under his carriage. | 598 | |
| Mr. Brown to Mr. Root | Apr. 30 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Transmits copy of the treaty of peace signed at Amapala Apr. 23. Refers to certain details in connection with the opening of the conference, and says that the just attitude of the United States Government is greatly appreciated. Comments upon the anticipated effects of the treaty. | 632 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Lee (telegram). | May 1 | Attempt on the life of the President of Guatemala. “Congratulate President Estrada in name of President and Government on his escape.” | 598 | |
| 10 | Mr. Brown to Mr. Root | 1907. May 12 | Same subject. Transmits copy and translation of President Cabrera’s reply to his message of congratulation on escape of latter from death by bomb exploded under carriage. | 599 |
| 43 | Same to same | June 11 | Impressment of aliens into the military service of Guatemala. Submits copies of correspondence re protection of Americans from military exactions in consular district of Livingston. | 589 |
| Mr. Ugarte to Mr. A dee | July 4 | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. States his call at department having accomplished nothing, he submits in writing that: 1, Davila government is recognized in Honduras and neighboring countries; 2, no internal disturbances exist; 3, Government will maintain strict neutrality in Central American difficulties; and 4, desires aid of United States to maintain stable conditions of business and commerce. Gives his address in New York City. | 601 | |
| July 9 | Convention between the United States and Guatemala for the reciprocal protection of patents. Text of. | 599 | ||
| Mr. Ugarte to Mr. Adee | Aug. 8 | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. Quotes telegram from foreign office, stating constitution effective Sept. 15, elections called for October; and from letter from Puerto Cortes, stating prominent citizens agreed on Davila and Gutierrez; and hopes American Government will see no objection to recognizing provisional government. | 603 | |
| 140 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Lee | Aug. 13 | Impressment of aliens into the military service of Guatemala. Acknowledges No. 43, and states that his instruction to Consular Agent Reed was a little too broad, inasmuch as foreign governments are allowed to traverse evidence of a passport, although this Government has on several occasions emphasized its right to decide who are entitled to the protection of its passport. | 590 |
| Mr. Ugarte to Mr. Root | Aug. 18 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. States that he has been instructed by his Government to solicit of the American Government the support necessary for the maintenance of the neutrality of Honduras in the possible war that is now expected to take place between Salvador and Nicaragua. | 636 | |
| 1 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Ugarte | Aug. 23 | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. Refers to foreign minister’s note of June 1, and Mr. Ugarte’s of the 8th instant, states President’s determination to recognize Davila government, to receive Mr. Ugarte as minister, and notes Honduranean intention to remain neutral on Central American pending Questions. | 605 |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Fiallas | do | Same subject. Acknowledges note of June 1, states President has directed recognition of Dávila government, which government will be notified through Minister Lee. Adds that the department meanwhile will treat with Mr. Ugarte. | 605 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Lee (telegram). | do | Same subject. States President has directed recognition of Dávila government, will receive Mr. Ugarte as minister, and that Mr. Lee will ad interim represent United States to Honduras. | 606 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Cabrera (telegram). | Aug. 28 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Expresses regret that information received indicates the imminence of disturbance of peace in Central America. Says that he is ready earnestly to cooperate with the President of Mexico in the cause of peace, and asks that His Excellency aid in the realization of this friendly purpose by refraining from any action tending to increase the dangers of the situation pending the peaceful methods of diplomacy. | 638 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Davila. | do | Same subject. See telegram of Aug. 28 to President of Guatemala. | 638 | |
| Mr. Davila to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Aug. 30 | Same subject. In response to the President’s telegram of yesterday’s date, says that his Government very gladly accepts the offer of the friendly offices of the United States to attain the important result of establishing lasting peace in Central America. Says that he has replied in a like sense to the President of Mexico. | 640 | |
| Mr. Cabrera to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | 1907. Aug. 30 | Same subject. Acknowledges the President’s telegram, which conforms with his opinion, and says that he is to-day addressing himself to all the Presidents of the Central American States, expressing the hope that they will accept the conference and thus reward Mr. Roosevelt for the generous initiative he has taken for peace in Central America. | 641 | |
| 30 | Mr. Herrarte to Mr. Adee | Sept. 6 | Same subject. States that he is in receipt of a cablegram from the minister of foreign relations of Guatemala in which he expresses the desire of his Government that the Central American Peace Conference be held in Washington, and as soon as possible. | 642 |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Lee (telegram). | Sept. 8 | Same subject. Informs him that the good feeling of the President of Guatemala is highly appreciated. Says there is a disposition among Central American ministers in Washington for a preliminary protocol looking to a conference toward the end of October, and engaging in meantime to maintain pacific attitude. Adds the hope that Minister of Guatemala will be authorized thereto, if not already authorized. Says the protocol may conveniently name place of meeting. | 642 | |
| Mr. Ugarte to Mr. Adee | Sept. 16 | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. Announces constitutional régime reestablished in Honduras on Sept. 15, 1907. | 606 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Lee (telegram). | Sept. 17 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Informs him that Central American peace protocol signed by five ministers provides for full conference at Washington early in November, and stipulates peaceable attitude in meantime. Adds that Presidents of United States and Mexico will extend formal invitation to each Central American State in few days. | 646 | |
| Mr. Ugarte to Mr. Adee | Sept. 19 | Same subject. Transmits resolution adopted at second session of Preliminary Central American Conference held in Washington and requests that President Roosevelt be acquainted with resolution. | 646 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Cabrera (telegram). | Sept. 21 | Same subject. Refers with gratification to his response to telegram of Aug. 28, expresses satisfaction that the friendly proposal of himself and President of Mexico has his unqualified acceptance and that of his Central American colleagues. Concurrently with the President of Mexico invites him to name representative to meet representatives of other Central American Republics in a formal conference in the city of Washington in November to discuss the steps to be taken for the adjustment of any differences existing among said Republics. | 648 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Dávila (telegram). | do | Same subject. See telegram of Sept. 21, 1907, from President Roosevelt to President Cabrera. | 648 | |
| Mr. Dávila to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Sept. 22 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of 21st, and accepts with pleasure invitation to participate in conference to be held in Washington, and says representatives of Honduras will be appointed immediately. | 649 | |
| Mr. Fiallos to Mr. Root (telegram). | Sept. 25 | Same subject. Requests that the United States Government be represented in the Central American Peace Conference to be held in Washington in November. | 651 | |
| Mr. Cabrera to Mr. Roosevelt. | Sept. 26 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of 21st, and says Guatemala will be glad to take part in the Washington conference in November next, and will, in good time, appoint its delegates to the conference. | 650 | |
| Mr. Dávila to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | do | Same subject. Requests that the United States Government be represented in the Central American peace conference to be held in Washington in November. | 652 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Ugarte | Sept. 28 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 19th, and informs him that copy of his letter has been sent to the President. | 652 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Fiallos (telegram). | Oct. 2 | Same subject. Says message of Sept. 25 highly appreciated. Informs him that the attendance of a representative of the President of the United States concurrently with one named by President of Mexico will be most agreeable to this Government. | 652 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Ugarte | 1907. Oct. 2 | Same subject. See note of Oct. 2, 1907, from the acting Secretary of State to the Costa Rican minister. | 653 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Herrarte | do | Same subject. See note of Oct. 2, 1907, from the acting Secretary of State to the Costa Rican minister. | 653 | |
| Mr. Cabrera to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Oct. 9 | Same subject. Invites the President to name his representatives to the conference to meet in Washington in November in order that they may extend their impartial good offices toward achieving the purposes of the said conference. | 654 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Cabrera (telegram). | Oct. 10 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 5th instant, and expresses hope for beneficial results from approaching conference, at which a representative of the United States will attend conformably with protocol and request of five republics. | 654 | |
| 5 | Mr. Root to Mr. Ugarte | Nov. 9 | Same subject. See note No. 72, of Nov. 9, 1907, from Mr. Root to the Costa. Rican minister. | 658 |
| 12 | Mr. Root to Mr. Herrarte | do | Same subject. See note No. 72 of Nov. 9, 1907, from Mr. Root to the Costa Rican minister. | 658 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Jaurequi, Mr. Ocana, and Mr. Herrarte. | Nov. 11 | Same subject. See note of Nov. 11, 1907, from Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy. | 659 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Ugarte, Mr. Bonilla and Mr. Fiallos. | do. | Same subject. See note of Nov. 11, 1907, from Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy. | 659 | |
| Mr. Dávila to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Nov. 12 | Same subject. States that at the initiative of the Presidents of Salvador and Nicaragua there was held at Amapala on the 6th instant a conference with the President of Honduras, and that it was agreed to consider all differences among the Governments represented at an end. Says he believes this will contribute to success of forthcoming conference in Washington, and to the holding of a peace conference with Guatemala and Costa Rica at the close of the Washington conference. | 660 | |
| Mr. Herrarte to Mr. Root (telegram). | Nov. 14 | Same subject. Telegram from the minister for foreign affairs of Guatemala containing his answer to Nicaragua and Honduras regarding the Amapala conference, which was handed by Mr. Herrarte to the Secretary of State for his information. | 661 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Dávila (telegram). | Nov. 16 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 13th instant, reporting the friendly conference at Amapala, and assures him of the cordial appreciation of the Government and people of the United States of anything tending to develop mutually beneficial conditions in the Central American States. | ||
| 42 | Mr. Sands to Mr. Root | Dec. 6 | Protection of Chinese in Guatemala. Transmits copy of petition from Chinese in Guatemala to Sir Chentung re Guatemalan exclusion laws, which action was taken by them upon his advice. | 593 |
| 45 | Same to same. | Dec. 13 | Same subject. Refers to No. 42, incloses copies of presidential decrees since 1896, and calls attention to last decree which excludes Chinese once leaving country. States delegation of Chinese merchants requested his assistance, and was advised by him to forward their petition to Chinese minister in Washington, after consultation with Guatemalan foreign office, which was followed. | 594 |
| 51 | Same to same. | Dec. 21 | Same subject. Refers to Nos. 42 and 45, and states that request having been made for the entry of a Chinese properly provided with documents, he made representations to the foreign office in his behalf, but was informed the recent decree must be considered as retroactive; Chinese colony so informed. | 597 |
| Mr. Barrios to Mr. Root (telegram). | do | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Expresses the thanks of the people and Government of Guatamala to the Government of the United States for the effective service it has lent to the cause of peace in Central America. | 663 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Barrios (telegram). | Dec. 23 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 21st, expresses gratification, and reciprocates congratulation to him and the people and Government of Guatemala upon the highminded and patriotic course followed by his Government and its worthy representatives in the recent peace conference of the Central American Republics. | 664 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Sands | Dec. 26 | Protection of Chinese in Guatemala. Acknowledges No. 42, and states that petition inclosed has been forwarded to Chinese legation. | 594 | |
| 78 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Sands | 1908. Feb. 3 | Same subject. Acknowledges his No. 51, re Guatemalan Government’s refusal to allow a Chinese merchant to land, and approves his action. | 598 |
haiti.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page |
| 132 | Mr. Furniss to Mr. Root | 1907. Jan. 15 | Ill treatment of David A. Backer by Haitian soldiers. Incloses copy of letter from Mr. Backer, an American citizen, who alleges that he was beaten and otherwise maltreated by certain Haitian officers. Recites facts. | 742 |
| 55 | Mr. Root to Mr. Furniss | Feb. 1 | Same subject. Approves action reported and states that while the department does not call in question the duty of persons residing in Haiti to comply with the provisions of the laws concerning corvee, it must insist that American citizens residing in Haiti shall be subjected to the legal punishment for violation of a provision of law and that the violation of such law shall be established in an appropriate proceeding. Adds that flogging by Haitian soldiers under command of a Haitian officer can not be considered due process of law or due punishment for violation of law, and directs him to inform the minister for foreign affairs that such conduct on the part of Haitian officials will not be tolerated. | 744 |
| Mr. Furniss to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 2 | Enforcement of the Haitian tax law of 1876. Reports that the Haitian authorities have announced that they will at once enforce the law of 1876, which will have the effect of driving all foreign merchants from Haiti. Outlines action contemplated by foreign ministers in Haiti. | 728 | |
| 165 | Same to same | do | Same subject. Outlines at length the provisions and effects of the law of 1876. | 728 |
| Same to same (telegram) | Mar. 5 | Same subject. States that numerous foreign firms—4 of them American—have been cited for prosecution on the 7th instant, and that prompt action is absolutely necessary. Adds that unless otherwise instructed he will enter protest tomorrow. | 731 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Furniss (telegram). | do | Same subject. Instructs him as to the course he should adopt if the law of 1876 is enforced. | 731 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leger | do | The Second Peace Conference. (See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco.) | 1113 | |
| Mr. Furniss to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 6 | Enforcement of the Haitian tax law of 1876. Briefly recited provisions of the law. | 731 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Furniss (telegram). | Mar. 7 | Same subject. Directs him to take no action beyond the protest authorized in the department’s cable of Mar. 5 until further instructed. | 732 | |
| 171 | Mr. Furniss to Mr. Root | Mar. 8 | Same subject. Reports in regard to action taken and incloses correspondence had with the minister for foreign affairs. | 732 |
| Same to same (telegram) | Mar. 9 | Same subject. Reports that from present appearances the law of 1876 will not be enforced. | 737 | |
| 174 | Same to same | Mar. 13 | Same subject. Incloses further correspondence had with the minister for foreign affairs. | 737 |
| 176 | Same to same | Mar. 14 | Same subject. Incloses copy of answer of minister of foreign affairs to protest of foreign representatives in Haiti, and copy of their reply wherein they accent the incident as closed. | 739 |
| 65 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Furniss | Mar. 30 | Same subject. States that it is not seen that any right which this Government has, in the absence of treaty, would be prejudiced if Americans individually had taken out retail licenses on the same footing as other foreigners, provided that no formal engagement in that regard between the legation and the Haitian Government shall appear. | 740 |
| 67 | Same to same | Apr. 1 | Same subject. Acknowledges No. 171, and calls attention to the minister’s No. 148 to the Haitian foreign office in which he stated that he protested against a measure “so unfriendly to foreigners in general and American firms in particular.” States that it was the department’s purpose in drawing up its telegram of the 5th ultimo to exclude any protest from him in behalf of foreigners, and that to prevent entangling alliances American interests were separated from foreign interests. Directs him to bear this in mind in future cases. | 740 |
| 243 | Mr. Furniss to Mr. Root | Sept. 23 | Same subject. Incloses copy of a law regulating the collection of license fees, etc., for the fiscal year Oct., 1907, to Sept., 1908. | 741 |
italy.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 429 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Mayor | 1907. Jan. 5 | Destruction of tobacco belonging to the Italian Government. Quotes letter of the 13th ultimo received from the governor of Tennessee stating that every precaution was being taken to prevent violations of the laws of that State. | 745 |
| 433 | Same to same | Jan. 10 | Same subject. Informs him of the receipt of a letter from the governor of Kentucky stating that the courts and officers of that State were doing all in their power to prevent any recurrence of such acts and to punish those who may have been guilty of any violations of the law. | 746 |
| Mr. White to Mr. Root (telegram). | Jan, 12 | The Second Peace Conference Reports conversation with minister for foreign affairs as to feeling in Rome respecting discussion of disarmament question at The Hague. | 1100 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. White (telegram). | Jan. 15 | Same subject. See telegram of Jan. 15, 1907, to Mr. Tower. | 1099 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. White | Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collision at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| Mr. White to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 1 | The Second Peace Conference. Reports conversation with Professor Martens relative to the attitude of Russia as to the discussion of the question of disarmament at The Hague Conference, and says he urges that the United States, or whatever nation intends introducing that subject or the Drago doctrine, send draft of proposal to the Russian Government at an early date in order that the delegates to the conference may be prepared for its serious consideration. | 1102 | |
| 863 | Mr. Mayor to Mr. Root | Mar. 26 | Same subject. Gives the views of the Italian Government on the question of the reduction of armaments to be brought before the forthcoming conference at The Hague, and sets forth certain proposals of the Italian minister for foreign affairs in case the English proposals should encounter difficulties in the conference. | 1104 |
| Mr. Griscom to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 6 | Same subject. Says that the Italian minister for foreign affairs has told him informally that the Italian delegates to The Hague Conference would neither take part in the discussion nor vote on the question of limitation of armaments. | 1106 | |
| 460 | Mr. Root to Mr. Mayor | Apr. 11 | Same subject. Acknowledges his note of the 5th instant, comments on the proposals of the Italian minister for foreign affairs, and says if difficulties should arise in the conference that these proposals could with entire appropriateness be brought forward and that the Government of the United States would offer no objections to such a course, but would feel at liberty to bring forward counter proposals to a like end if occasion offered. | 1106 |
| 53 | Mr. Griscom to Mr. Root | Apr. 29 | Consular jurisdiction over estates. Incloses copy of a decision rendered by the supreme court of cassation of Rome in a case which arose between Mr. de Castro, consul-general of the United States, and a Mrs. Rebecca Dawes Rose. Recites circumstances of the case. | 750 |
| 91 | Same to same | June 18 | Denunciation of treaties between Brazil and certain other powers. States that he is informed that Brazil has denounced the agreement entered into with Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy in regard to the powers of foreign consuls in Brazil, thus leaving the property of deceased foreigners in Brazil entirely at the mercy of the local authorities. | 117 |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Montagne | Aug. 23 | Renunciation of extraterritorial rights in Zanzibar. Replies to note of 19th and incloses copies of correspondence with British embassy, also copy of treaty between United States and Zanzibar. | 575 | |
| 167 | Mr. Griscom to Mr. Root | Sept. 12 | Declaration made between Italy and Denmark for the protection of designs and industrial models. Reports the signing of at Rome on Mar. 3, last. | 745 |
| Mr. Montagne to Mr. Root | Oct. 4 | Application to other countries of the administrative provisions of the commercial agreement between the United States and Germany. Requests that the certificates issued by the Italian chambers of commerce relative to the value of merchandise for export be accepted by the competent American authorities as valid evidence and on the terms granted to the German chambers of commerce under the German-American commercial agreement. | 501 | |
| 88 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Griscom | 1907. Oct. 7 | Denunciation of treaties between Brazil and certain other powers. Acknowledges No. 91 and says that there is no consular convention in force between the United States and Brazil, as this Government declined to make an arrangement such as that referred to. States that as a matter of fact our consuls have not been able to exercise any jurisdiction in connection with the settlement of such estates. | 118 |
| 453 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Montagne | Oct. 17 | Application to other countries of the administrative provisions of the commercial agreement between the United States and Germany. Acknowledges note of Oct. 4, and informs him that the question of the acceptance by the appraising officers of the United States of certificates of value issued by Italian chambers of commerce has been referred to the Treasury Department. | 502 |
| 552 | Mr. Root to Mr. Montagne | Nov. 2 | Same subject. Refers to his note of Oct. 4 and informs him that the appraising officers of the United States have been instructed that the provisions of the diplomatic note annexed to the German-American commercial agreement have been extended to the Italian chambers of commerce. | 502 |
| 218 | Mr. Hitt to Mr. Root | Nov. 20 | Commercial and navigation treaty between Italy and Russia. Reports in regard to the provisions of the treaty. | 748 |
| Memorandum from the Italian embassy. | Dec. 9 | Destruction of tobacco belonging to the Italian Government. Reports the destruction at Hopkins-ville, Ky., of tobacco belonging to the Italian Government, and invokes protection for the factories holding tobacco purchased by the Italian Government, a list of which is given. | 746 | |
| Memorandum to the Italian embassy. | Dec. 20 | Same subject. Acknowledges memorandum, which has been communicated to the governor of Kentucky, and expresses hope that the measures taken may be entirely effective. | 747 | |
| Same to same. | Dec. 23 | Same subject. Communicates substance of letter received from the governor of Kentucky, in which it is stated that it is believed that there is now no danger of a recurrence of the disturbances referred to. Adds that a careful investigation has been ordered. | 748 | |
| 252 | Mr. Griscom to Mr. Root | 1908. Jan. 3 | Commercial and navigation treaty between Italy and Russia. Transmits copies of the Official Gazette containing text of the treaty. | 750 |
japan.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 131 | Mr. Wright to Mr. Root | 1906. Dec. 26 | Affairs in Korea. Incloses copy of convention between Japan and Korea with reference to the joint exploiting by these Governments of the forests and valleys of the Yalu and the Tumen. | 770 |
| Memorandum from the Japanese embassy. | 1907. Jan. 21 | Transit through United States territory of criminals and fugitives from justice in course of extradition from one foreign country to another. States that the department of justice of the Japanese Government has requested the embassy to ascertain what is the practice of the United States in reference to the transit through its territory of criminals and fugitives from justice on their way of extradition from one country to another. | 759 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Wright | Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907. to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| 65 | Same to same. | Jan. 31 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Instructs him to inquire which of the two courses suggested would be more convenient and acceptable to the Japanese Government. | 145 |
| Memorandum to the Japanese embassy. | Mar. 2 | Transit through United States territory of criminals and fugitives from justice in course of extradition from one foreign country to another. Acknowledges at length memorandum of Jan. 21 from the Japanese embassy, and sets forth position of the United States in the matter. | 759 | |
| 204 | Mr. Wright to Mr. Root | Mar. 22 | Marriage of foreigners in Japan. Makes full report and incloses copies of correspondence. | 761 |
| 205 | Mr. Wright to Mr. Root | 1907. Mar. 29 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Refers to his dispatch No. 195 and incloses note from the minister for foreign affairs. | 154 |
| 222 | Same to same | Apr. 12 | Affairs in Korea. Incloses translation of law recently promulgated relating to the forestry enterprise in Korea. | 771 |
| 237 | Same to same | Apr. 25 | Same subject. Reports substance of speech delivered by Marquis Ito at a meeting of the Economic Society held at the Japanese Club in Seoul on the 17th instant. | 772 |
| 258 | Same to same | May 15 | Railroads in Manchuria. Incloses copy of agreement recently signed between Japan and China relating to the Simmintun-Mukden and Kirin-Changchun railways. | 776 |
| 315 | Same to same | June 27 | Same subject. Reviews certain questions relating to Manchuria which are now awaiting solution. | 779 |
| 318 | Same to same. | June 28 | Treaty between Japan and France relating to the Far East. Reviews provisions of treaty and incloses copies of speeches made by Viscount Hayashi and M. Pichon. | 755 |
| 51 | Viscount Aoki to Mr. Root | July 26 | Affairs in Korea. Incloses copy of an agreement between Japan and Korea signed at Seoul July 24, 1907. | 773 |
| 364 | Mr. Wright to Mr. Root | Aug. 7 | Railroads in Manchuria. Incloses copy of convention relating to Japanese and Russian railway connections in Manchuria. | 780 |
| Memorandum from the Japanese embassy. | Aug. 14 | Treaty between Japan and Russia guaranteeing the present territory of each the integrity of China and the principle of the “open door” in that Empire. Transmits text of the stipulations. | 765 | |
| Memorandum to the Japanese embassy. | Aug. 16 | Same subject. Acknowledges memorandum of the 14th instant, and states that the Government of the United States has taken due note of this important communication. | 766 | |
| 406 | Mr. Dodge to Mr. Root | Sept. 12 | Exclusion of foreign laborers from Japan. Reports such facts as he has been able to learn with regard to the employment of Chinese coolies in Japan. Incloses copy of law “concerning mixed residence.” | 766 |
| 416 | Same to same. | Sept. 18 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth and use of opium. Refers to dispatch No. 195, of Mar. 19, and incloses copy of a note from the minister for foreign affairs. | 167 |
| 417 | Same to same. | Sept. 20 | Affairs in Korea. Incloses summary of a speech delivered by Marquis Ito at a banquet given to him by the House of Peers. | 774 |
| 126 | Same to same. | Sept. 30 | Same subject, incloses text of ordinances Nos. 296 to 302, dated the 19th instant, relating to the reorganization of the imperial residency-general in Korea, consequent upon the new Japanese-Korean agreement. | 775 |
| 447 | Same to same. | Oct. 12 | Exclusion of foreign laborers from Japan. Incloses clipping from the Kobe Chronicle reporting a further case of expulsion of Chinese workmen. The American consul at Kobe states that the facts as reported in the Chronicle are correct. | 769 |
| 16 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. O’Brien | Oct. 14 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. See instruction No. 134, of Oct. 14, 1907. from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Hill. | 169 |
| 17 | Same to same. | Oct. 16 | Same subject. Refers to dispatch No. 416, and instructs him to inform the Japanese Government that the United States has already requested of the various powers interested in the opium conference an expression of their views as to the time and place of meeting of the conference, and that the views of the Japanese Government in this connection are awaited with interest. | 169 |
kongo.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 7 | Mr. Slocum to Mr. Root | 1906. Dec. 1 | Investigation of affairs in the Kongo. Transmits a confidential report, based upon personal observation, personal reading of public documents, and conversations with officials, traders, and other trustworthy men of affairs. | 791 |
| Senate resolution | 1907. Feb. 15 | Same subject. Text | 806 | |
| Mr. Smith to Mr. Root | Nov. 20 | Same subject. Incloses his report upon existing conditions in the Kongo. | 813 | |
| Same to Same | Nov. 23 | Same subject. Incloses report of Vice-Consul-General Memminger on conditions in the Kongo. | 823 |
liberia.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 198 | Mr. Lyon to Mr. Root | 1907. May 20 | Presidential election in Liberia. Reports that the biennial elections for president and vice-president of the Republic of Liberia and for the representatives of the national legislature occurred on the 7th instant. Gives the results of elections. | 831 |
mexico.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 349 | Mr. Thompson to Mr. Root | 1906. Dec. 7 | Passports issued under assumed names. Refers to application of one Rafael J. del Rio y Rico for renewal of passport, and asks instructions as to whether the passport should be renewed under that name, regardless of Mr. Rico’s own declaration that his real name is José de la Cruz Catalino Rico, and that his application for American citizenship shows the name of Rafael Rico. | 835 |
| 179 | Mr. Root to Mr. Thompson | 1907. Jan. 15 | Same subject. Acknowledges embassy’s No. 349, of 7th ultimo, and informs him if Mr. Rafael J. del Rio y Rico is entitled to receive a passport it would seem expedient to follow the preceding passport issued to him, provided it does not appear that his desire to have it in same name is with intent to use it improperly, and provided also that he is generally known under that name. | 836 |
| 182 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Thompson. | Jan. 17 | Recognition of United States meat-inspection labels. Refers to embassy’s dispatch No. 313, of Nov. 15, 1906, incloses letter of the Secretary of Agriculture of the 8th instant relative to the requirement by the Mexican Government that American meat certificates be viséed by Mexican consular officer, and instructs him to use his good offices to induce the Mexican Government to accept certificates without the requirement in question. | 833 |
| 412 | Mr. Thompson to Mr. Root. | Jan. 29 | Same subject. Acknowledges department’s No. 182, of the 17th instant, and incloses copy of his note to the minister for foreign affairs relative to waiving the requirement of the Mexican Government in regard to vise of American meat certificates. | 833 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Thompson. | Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| Mr. McCreery to Mr. Root (telegram). | Feb. 12 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Acknowledges telegram of the 11th and states that the President of Mexico has taken similar action | 617 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Feb. 13 | Same subject. Outlines answers sent by several governments to the telegram of the President of Mexico, and makes suggestion for the action of the United States and Mexico. | 619 | |
| 433 | Same to same | Feb. 14 | Recognition of United States meat-inspection labels. Referring to embassy’s No. 412, of the 29th ultimo, and department’s No. 182, of Jan. 17, incloses copy of reply of the minister for foreign affairs to the request that requirement of consular vise of American meat certificates be waived, together with communication from the department of government on the subject. | 834 |
| Mr. Diaz to Messrs. Bonilla and Zelaya (telegram). | Feb. 19 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Addresses a message expressing hope that preparations may be made for a more perfect understanding among the several countries of Central America. | 623 | |
| 202 | Mr. Root to Mr. McCreery | Feb. 20 | Same subject. Incloses copy of note of the 8th instant addressed to the chargé d’affaires of Honduras, gives the views of this Government as to the selection of arbitrators, and directs that the views be communicated to the Mexican Government for the information of President Diaz. | 624 |
| 16 | Mr. Creel to Mr. Root | 1907. Mar. 13 | Depredtaions of Yaqui Indians. Refers to department’s No. 142, of Nov. 30, 1906, relative to suspension of surveillance to prevent the smuggling of arms and ammunition for Yaqui Indians and their agents, and incloses copies of communications from the department of war and the Mexican consul at Tucson, showing that the smuggling has been resumed. Says he brings the facts to knowledge of the department to the end that it may take such action as is deemed expedient. | 846 |
| 15 | Mr. Root to Mr. Creel | Mar. 20 | Same subject. Acknowledges embassy’s No. 16, of Mar. 13, and informs him that copies of his note and its inclosures have been sent to the governor of Arizona and the Secretaries of War, Treasury, and Commerce and Labor, with the request that they again put into operation the necessary measures to prevent arms and ammunition from reaching the rebellious Indians. | 847 |
| Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Creel | Mar. 25 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. “Both Salvador and Honduras wish that President Diaz should propose an armistice. In view of this favorable opportunity, please ask what is the opinion of the American Government as to what should be done to promptly secure peace in Central America. President Diaz wishes to act in full accord with President Roosevelt in everything concerning the use of friendly influence for such purpose.” | 627 | |
| 26 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Creel | Apr. 6 | Depredations of Yaqui Indians. Referring to department’s No. 15, of the 20th ultimo, informs him that the department has been advised by the Secretary of the Interior that the governor of Arizona has been requested to put into operation the measures formerly employed by the authorities of Arizona to prevent the smuggling of arms and ammunition into Mexico for use of the Yaqui Indians, and that the Secretary of the Treasury says that the collector of customs at Nogales, Ariz., has been instructed to take precautionary measures. | 848 |
| Same to same | Apr. 10 | Same subject. Referring to department’s note No. 26, of the 6th instant, informs him that the Secretary of the Interior has sent to the department a copy of a letter from the governor of Arizona which states that he has notified the Arizona Rangers and the sheriffs of border counties to exercise the utmost diligence to detect and prevent the smuggling of firearms and ammunition to Mexico for use of the Yaqui Indians. | 848 | |
| 35 | Mr. Root to Mr. Creel. | May 7 | Same subject. Referring to department’s No. 26, of the 6th ultimo, incloses copy of a report made by the governor of Arizona to the Secretary of the Interior relative to the measures taken for the prevention of the smuggling of arms and ammunition into Mexico. | 848 |
| 36 | Same to same | May 8 | Same subject. Refers to department’s No. 35, of the 7th instant, and incloses copy of an extract from a letter of the 26th ultimo from the Acting Attorney-General, with copy of its inclosures, relative to investigation of the alleged smuggling of firearms and ammunition into Mexico from Arizona for the use of Yaqui Indians. Also incloses extract from a letter of an American citizen long resident in Mexico expressing his opinion regarding the agencies employed in Mexico to prevent firearms and ammunition from reaching the Yaquis | 850 |
| June 5 | Convention between the United States and Mexico for the elimination of the bancos in the Rio Grande from the effects of Article II of the treaty of Nov. 12, 1884. Text of. | 837 | ||
| 73 | Mr. Creel to Mr. Root. | June 24 | Notice of decisions in extradition cases between the United States and Mexico. Refers to department’s 542, of Dec. 5, 1904, and again requests that copies of decisions in all cases of extradition between the United States and Mexico be sent to him for the information of his Government. Says it is the constant practice of the department of foreign relations of Mexico to send copies of such decisions to the United States ambassador at Mexico City, and expresses the hope that the Government of the United States will accede to the wishes of the Mexican Government in this regard. | 843 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Creel | 1907. Aug. 8 | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. Refers to telegram of July 23 and incloses copy of note from Señor Ugarte, states his willingness to advise the President to recognize Dávila government, and suggests common date for American and Mexican action. | 602 | |
| 20 | Mr. Godoy to Mr. Adee | Aug. 12 | Same subject. States Mexico has recognized Dávila government, and urges influence of United States to withdrawal of troops on Guatemalan frontier. | 603 |
| 23 | Same to same. | Aug. 17 | Same subject. Refers to note No. 20, states that Mexican foreign office, in view of urgency, telegraphed Mexican charge in Salvador to declare through Mexican consul-general in Honduras recognition of Dávila government, and that war seems inevitable between Nicaragua and Guatemala. | 604 |
| 25 | Mr. Godoy to Mr. Root | Aug. 21 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. States that his Government is in receipt of positive information that hostilities are about to break out in Central America through the invasion of Nicaragua by Guatemalan and Salvadorean forces, and says that the President of Mexico will lend his influence in the cause of peace. Says if the Government of the United States is disposed to mediate in the same sense, both governments might take simultaneous action. | 637 |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Diaz | Aug. 25 | Same subject. Informs him that, having also recognized the provisional government of Honduras, he is now in a position to address to each of the five Central American executives an earnest appeal for peace and a tender of friendly offices coincidently with him. Incloses copy of telegram which he is prepared to send if President Diaz deems it appropriate and is disposed to take similar action. | 637 | |
| Mr. Diaz to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Aug. 27 | Same subject. Acknowledges draft of telegram which it is proposed to send to the five Central American Republics, and informs him that draft seems to be incapable of improvement. Says he will telegraph, day after to-morrow, to the five Central American Presidents substantially in terms identical with those employed by Mr. Roosevelt. | 637 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Diaz (telegram). | Aug. 28 | Same subject. Refers to gratifying reply to his inquiry, and informs him that he has to-day addressed identic telegrams to the five Central American Presidents. Expresses hope that concurrent appeal for peace may have good results. | 638 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Thompson (telegram). | do | Same subject. Transmits text of telegram sent by President Roosevelt to the five Central American President. | 639 | |
| Mr. Diaz to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Aug. 31 | Same subject. Acknowledges President’s telegram concerning mediation. Says President of Nicaragua has conveyed to him the desire of his Government that conference take place in Mexico in September; that he has no objection if other Governments interested freely accept, and asks President if he thinks it appropriate for them to simultaneously communicate desire of Nicaragua to other interested Governments. | 641 | |
| 302 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Thompson. | do | Cruise of the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific coast. See instruction No. 133, of Auer. 31, 1907, to Argentine. | 15 |
| 38 | Mr. Godoy to Mr. Adee | Sept. 9 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Informs department that President Diaz has received message from President of Honduras which says that peace in Central America mainly depends on Honduras succeeding in maintaining absolute neutrality, and that he entertains no hope in present situation if President Diaz and President Roosevelt do not succeed, without waiting until peace conference meets, in obtaining assurance that neighboring governments will not covertly support invasion of Honduras, and in securing effective guaranty of neutrality of Honduras. Also confirms report that ex-President Bonilla is in Guatemala at disposition of President Estrada Cabrera. | 643 |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Diaz (telegram). | 1907. Sept. 17 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of Aug. 31. Says his preference has been, and still is, for holding conference in Mexico, but has adopted his intimation that views of other Central American States be elicited, and has caused respective ministers in Washington to be informally sounded. Says inquiry develops a movement among them toward a meeting of the five ministers in Washington to conclude a provisional protocol providing for a formal conference to assemble upon the concurrent invitation of the President of Mexico and the United States. Adds that the proposal was carried out by signature of projected protocol on 17th, and that now it seems clear for them to address concurrently to the respective Central American executives the invitation they have had in view. Incloses draft of message which he is ready to send if President Diaz will do likewise. | 643 | |
| Mr. Thompson to Mr. Root. | Sept. 18 | Message of the President of Mexico to the Mexican Congress. Incloses copy of message delivered by President Diaz to Mexican Congress, and editorial comment thereon from the Mexican Herald of 17th instant. Calls especial attention to parts of the message entitled “Relations with the United States,” “Labor troubles” and “Law in railway accidents.” | 842 | |
| Mr. Diaz to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Sept. 20 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Acknowledges telegram of 14th, and expresses satisfaction that conference is to be held in Washington. Says draft of telegrams submitted by President Roosevelt seem to him to meet the case entirely, and that he will send one substantially like it to-morrow to five presidents of Central America. | 646 | |
| 96 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Godoy | do | Same subject. Acknowledges note of 9th instant, and informs him that under the terms of the protocol signed on the 17th it would seem that the contingency apprehended in his note may be appropriately dealt with should it arise. | 647 |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Diaz (telegram). | Sept. 23 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 20th, and says message was sent on the 21st to each of the five Central American presidents. Shares satisfaction of President Diaz that situation has assumed so hopeful an attitude, and expresses hope that efforts may conduce to lasting peace. | 648 | |
| Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Adee (telegram). | Oct. 14 | Third International Sanitary Convention. In the name of the Mexican Government, invites the Government of the United States to send a delegate to the Third International Sanitary Convention which is to meet in the City of Mexico in December. | 841 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Mariscal (telegram). | Oct. 17 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 14th instant, and informs him that invitation so courteously extended will have consideration in a few days. | 841 | |
| 752 | Mr. Thompson to Mr. Root. | Oct. 22 | Visit of the Secretary of State to Mexico. Incloses clippings of everything that was printed in the Mexican Herald with reference to the visit of Mr. Root to Mexico. | 852 |
| 112 | Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy | do | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. States that all of the Central American Republics with the exception of Nicaragua have assented to the Bureau of American Republics as the place of meeting of the Central American Republics Peace Conference, and that as soon as the department is informed of the desire of Nicaragua he will be advised. | 657 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Mariscal (telegram). | Oct. 25 | Third International Sanitary Convention. Refers to telegram of the 14th, and informs him that representatives of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States will attend the Third International Sanitary Convention at Mexico City in Dec. next. | 842 | |
| 66 | Mr. Godoy to Mr. Root | Nov. 5 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. States that the President of Mexico has decided that there shall be no one especially designated to represent the Government of Mexico either in the conference or the preliminaries thereto, but that this character will be assumed by the person in charge of the embassy. | 657 |
| 125 | Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy | 1907. Nov. 9 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 5th instant stating that the person in charge of the embassy will represent the Government of Mexico in the conference, and informs him that Mr. William I. Buchanan will represent the President of the United States at the conference. | 658 |
| Same to same | Nov. 11 | Same subject. Requests that the plenipotentiaries of the five Central American Republics, appointed by their respective Governments in pursuance of protocal signed in Washington, Sept. 17, 1907, together with the representatives of the United States and Mexico, convene in the building of the Bureau of American Republics in the city of Washington. Nov. 14, at half past 2 o’clock. | 659 | |
| 795 | Mr. Coolidge to Mr. Root | Nov. 19 | Reciprocal agreement relative to the stationing of coaling vessels in the waters of Mexico and the United States. Refers to his No. 781 of Nov. 12, confirms his telegram of the 18th instant, and incloses copy of a note from the foreign office relative to the stationing of coaling vessels at Magdalena Bay. | 845 |
| 141 | Mr. Root to Mr. Creel. | Dec. 3 | Notice of decisions in extradition cases between the United States and Mexico. Acknowledges his No. 73, of June 24. Informs him that the department has been advised by the Acting Attorney-General that the United States attorneys for the judicial districts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California have been instructed to forward promptly copies of decisions in cases of extradition, and says they will be sent to the embassy as soon as received from the Department of Justice, together with copies of decisions in cases of extradition between the United States and Mexico arising in other States than those mentioned. | 844 |
| 843 | Mr. Thompson to Mr. Root | Dec. 18 | Reciprocal agreement relative to the stationing of coaling vessels in the waters of Mexico and the United States. Refers to his dispatch No. 837, of the 15th instant, acknowledges department’s telegram of the 17th, and incloses copy of his note to the foreign office relative to the stationing of coaling barges in Magdalena Bay. | 845 |
morocco.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 113 | Mr. Philip to Mr. Root | 1906. Aug. 11 | Acquisition of property for American missionaries in Morocco and rental of a house in the Moorish quarter of Mequinez. Acknowledges receipt of instruction No. 46, of July 26, concerning the action to be taken by the American minister on the occasion of his mission to Fez for the purpose of facilitating the renting of houses by missionaries. Describes conditions at Mequinez and sets forth reasons for objections to the acquirement of a residence by the American missionaries in the Moorish quarter of Mequinez. | 881 |
| 152 | Mr Gummeré to Mr. Root. | Dec. 12 | Same subject. Referring to his No. 4, of Oct. 15, reports that orders have been issued to the governor of Mequinez to extend every facility to the missionaries to procure a house, and says the claims of Isaac L. Cohen, Solomon Benatuil, and Sid Thamy Slawe have been settled. | 882 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Gummeré. | 1907 Jan. 5 | Same subject. Acknowledges his No. 152, of the 12th ultimo, and says the department is gratified to learn of the results he has accomplished relative to matters at issue between the Government of Morocco and this Government. | 885 | |
| 168 | Mr. Gummeré to Mr. Root | Feb. 16 | Protection of patents in Morocco. Reports that he has received a letter from the British minister at Tangier suggesting the utility of the extension by the respective consular authorities at Morocco to patents of invention the same protection now accorded to trade-marks. Incloses copy of his reply thereto, and requests instructions. | 871 |
| Mr. Gummeré to Mr. Root | 1907. Mar. 15 | Acquisition of property for American missionaries in Morocco and rental of a house in the Moorish quarter of Mequinez. Acknowledges instruction No. 84, of Feb. 26, with inclosures. Incloses copy of a letter from Mr. Reed, missionary, concerning his failure to secure a house at Mequinez notwithstanding the Sultan’s order. Also incloses copy of letter to the grand vizier asking for an explanation of his failure to keep his engagement, and requesting: its immediate fulfillment. | 885 | |
| 185 | Same to same | Mar. 25 | Rights of foreigners in Morocco. Incloses copies of two notes from the Sultan’s representative at Tangier concerning measures proposed by the Moorish Government for the creating of a guard to preserve peace in and about the city, and giving the substance of a collective letter from the diplomatic corps containing its objection to the plan. | 879 |
| 92 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Gummeré. | Apr. 9 | Protection of patents in Morocco. Referring to legation’s dispatch No. 168, of Feb. 16, incloses copies of letters from the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents expressing approval of the agreement suggested. Instructs him to make the exchange of notes necessary to effect the proposed arrangement. | 871 |
| 93 | Same to same | Apr. 10 | Rights of foreigners in Morocco. Acknowledges his No. 185, and informs him that the action of the diplomatic corps appears to have been entirely proper and within international law and conventional right. | 881 |
| Mr. Gummeré to Mr. Root | May 10 | Acquisition of property for American missionaries in Morocco and rental of a house in the Moorish quarter of Mequinez. Acknowledges instruction No. 95, of Apr. 16, inclosing letter from the Gospel Missionary Union making inquiry as to the possible purchase of real estate in Morocco by American missionaries, and reports on the right of foreigners to acquire property throughout the Shereefian Empire. | 888 | |
| Same to same | June 24 | Protection of patents in Morocco. Acknowledges instruction No. 92, of Apr. 9, and incloses copies of notes exchanged with the British minister relating to the mutual protection of British and American patents in Morocco. | 874 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | July 3 | Kaid Maclean, a British officer held prisoner by Raisuli. Reports that the British minister confirms that Kaid Maclean, British officer in employ of the Sultan, who has been negotiating with Raisuli, has been seized by the latter and is being held prisoner. | 876 | |
| Same to same | July 5 | Same subject. Confirms his telegram of July 3, gives details of the capture of Kaid Maclean, and Raisuli’s demands for the liberation of the prisoner. | 876 | |
| Same to same | July 19 | Acquisition of property for American missionaries in Morocco and rental of a house in the Moorish quarter of Mequinez. Makes report called for in instruction No. 101, of June 24. | 889 | |
| 246 | Same to same | Aug. 7 | Kaid Maclean, a British officer held prisoner by Raisuli. Reports further upon the capture of Kaid Maclean, says Raisuli’s demands for the release of the prisoner have been much moderated, and that the British minister has communicated them to his Government with a recommendation that they be granted. | 878 |
| Same to same | Aug. 9 | Political affairs in Morocco. Confirms telegram of 9th, and make further report as to conditions at Casablanca. | 892 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | do | Same subject. Reports on conditions at Casablanca. | 892 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Aug. 22 | Same subject. States that it is currently reported that the uncle of the Sultan has been proclaimed Sultan at Morocco City, and that all Christians have left Fez for the coast. Says it is quiet at Tangier. | 893 | |
| Same to same | Aug. 23 | Same subject. Confirms his telegram of this date and states situation serious and Raisuli becoming distinct menace to our security. | 893 | |
| Same to same | do | Same subject. States that troops of Sultan have been routed with heavy loss by tribes under Raisuli, and that the situation at Alcazar is serious. | 894 | |
| Mr. Gummeré to Mr. Root | 1907. Aug. 24 | Same subject. Confirms telegram, and reports further relative to new Government. | 894 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | do | Same subject. States proclamation of Mouley Hafid as Sultan and acceptance thereof officially confirmed; new Sultan constituted government and been accepted by all southern Morocco, including coast towns. | 894 | |
| 259 | Same to same. | Sept. 4 | Same subject. Recounts French chargé’s plan for police protection in Tangier, and its acceptance by the diplomatic corps. | 895 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Gummere (telegram). | Sept. 12 | Same subject. States that Mr. Reid has been informed by British foreign office British consuls have been instructed to protect American citizens and interests in Morocco at places named. Adds there is no representative at Fez, all having gone to Tangier. | 896 | |
| 267 | Mr. Gummere to Mr. Root | Sept. 14 | Same subject. Moroccan minister of war’s acceptance of French plan of police protection. | 896 |
| 268 | Same to same. | Sept. 18 | Same subject. Incloses copy of letter circulated by Portuguese minister at Tangier, as having been received from the pretender, Mouley Hafid. | 898 |
| 294 | Mr. Philip to Mr. Root | Dec. 7 | Kaid Maclean, a British officer, held prisoner by Raisuli. Reports that arrangements for release of Kaid Maclean are considered as satisfactorily concluded by the British legation in Tangier. Says Raisuli has accepted conditions, and gives terms of the release. | 878 |
| Mr. Gummere to Mr. Root | 1908. Feb. 7 | Same subject. Confirms telegram of Feb. 7, and reports the release of Kaid Maclean and his arrival at Tangier. | 879 |
netherlands.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. van Swinderen to Mr. Hay. | 1904. Oct. 13 | International convention for the exemption of hospital ships from the payment of all usual port dues and taxes. Invites United States Government to be represented at the proposed convention. Incloses draft of convention. | 900 | |
| 19 | Mr. Hay to Mr. van Swinderen. | Oct. 22 | Same subject. Acknowledges receipt of note of Oct. 13, and states matter is receiving this Government’s consideration. | 901 |
| 27 | Same to same. | Nov. 19 | Same subject. Designates American chargé at The Hague to sign convention on behalf of the United States Government. | 901 |
| 31 | Same to same. | 1905. Feb. 24 | Same subject. Convention ratified by Senate Feb. 21, 1905, the President to ratify when the instrument of ratification is completed. | 902 |
| 48 | Mr. van Swinderen to Mr. Hay. | 1906. Jan. 23 | Same subject. Transmits copies of convention for ratification, and states that his Government is of opinion that it would be desirable not to effect the deposit of said instruments until the majority of the States signatories to the convention is in position to join in this first deposit. | 902 |
| 67 | Mr. Hay to Mr. van Swinderen. | Feb. 7 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of Jan. 23, and states that the President’s ratification of convention will be deferred till the Netherlands Government is ready to receive it. | 902 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Hill | 1907. Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| 65 | Same to same | Jan. 31 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Incloses copy of instruction sent to the embassies at London and Tokio. Also incloses copy of regulations for the suppression of opium growing and smoking in China and states that, the views of Japan and Great Britain being favorable and the cooperation of China seeming assured, it is desirable, on bringing this matter to the attention of the Government of the Netherlands, to inquire whether it will be willing to join with the other powers mentioned in a conference on the opium question or whether, if another course were deemed more practical, it would be prepared to name a commissioner who, in concert with the other commissioners, would investigate the subject, or, in case of a divergence of views, a statement thereof to the several governments for their consideration. | 145 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Hill | 1907. Mar. 27 | The Second Peace Conference. States that department has not been informed that Turkey, although signatory, has signed Hague Convention, and learns that Turkey is not represented in permanent court. Directs him to ascertain Netherlands’ view as to treating Turkey on same footing as powers who have consummated Hague conventions, and also when formal announcement as to date of forthcoming conference may be expected. | 1116 | |
| 200 | Mr. Hill to Mr. Root. | Mar. 28 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Incloses correspondence with the minister of foreign affairs, relating to the proposition of the United States inviting the cooperation of the Government of the Netherlands in measures to be taken for the suppression of the opium trade in the Far East. | 153 |
| Same to same (telegram) | do | The Second Peace Conference. Reports that Turkey has signed, but not ratified, all three Hague conventions and is not represented in permanent court or administrative council, and that she has been notified by the Netherlands that until she has ratified she can not participate in the revision of the treaties or discussion. Says difference between Turkey and nonsignatories is that Turkey has only to ratify, while others can accomplish adherence only under article 60, convention of arbitration. Says Netherlands is waiting for Russia to name date of conference. | 1116 | |
| 205 | Same to same | Apr. 2 | Same subject. Refers to legation’s No. 101, and incloses copies of the law of Mar. 15, 1907, relating to the admission of nonsignatories of The Hague Convention to the Second Peace Conference. | 1118 |
| 206 | Same to same | Apr. 4 | Same subject. Acknowledging department’s No. 72, and telegram of Mar. 29, sets forth views of the Government of the Netherlands relative to the status of Turkey. Says the Netherlands minister is of the opinion that no embarrassment is likely to arise concerning the admission of nonsignatory powers to the second conference, provided delegates are given full powers authorizing adhesion to the conventions of 1899 by their respective governments. Says signatures to the protocol of assenting governments and notification of adherence by nonsignatories, as preliminaries of the second conference, should be promptly produced in order to avoid embarrassing questions. | 1119 |
| Mr. Van Swinderen to Mr. Root. | Apr. 10 | Same subject. States that the meeting of the peace conference at The Hague has been fixed for the 15th of June, and says that he has been instructed by his Government to invite the Government of the United States to send delegates thereto. | 1109 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Hill (telegram). | Apr. 17 | Same subject. Acknowledges legation’s No. 206, refers to article 60 of The Hague arbitration treaty, and says it is plainly unnecessary for the South American powers to enter into any new treaty with the Netherlands or with anyone else, except by a mere notice of adhesion. Adds that notice must, of course, come either from the minister for foreign affairs direct or from some representative who has power to give the notice. | 1121 | |
| 130 | Mr. Root to Mr. Van Swinderen. | Apr. 18 | Same subject. Acknowledges his note of the 10th instant, and informs him that the Government of the United States accepts the invitation to be officially represented by delegates at the Second Peace Conference, and that the names of the delegates will be communicated at an early date. | 1109 |
| Mr. Hill to Mr. Root (telegram). | do | Same subject. Reports that Government of the Netherlands substantially accepts views in department’s telegram of Apr. 17. | 1122 | |
| 218 | same to same. | do | same subject. Acknowledges department’s telegram of Apr. 17, confirms his reply thereto, reports his conversation with the minister for foreign affairs of the Netherlands, and says there appears to be no material difference between the position taken in department’s telegram and the understanding of the Netherlands Government, so far as adhesion of the South American states is concerned. | 1122 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Hill. | 1907. Apr. 26 | Same subject. Gives him the names of the delegates of the Argentine Republic to the Second Hague Conference. | 1126 | |
| 83 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Hill | Apr. 30 | Same subject. Says the Government of Cuba has accepted the invitation of Russia, and will send delegates to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague. | 1127 |
| 259 | Mr. Van Swinderen to Mr. Root. | May 7 | Same subject. Incloses text of a protocol concerning the mode of adhesion to the convention for the peaceful settlement of international disputes on the part of powers which did not take part in the first conference, but have been invited to the second conference, and asks that American delegates be supplied with full powers to sign it at The Hague on June 14. | 1123 |
| 134 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Van Swinderen. | May 11 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 7th instant, and informs him in reply that the President has issued his full power authorizing the American delegates to the Second Peace Conference to sign the protocol for and in the name of the United States. | 1124 |
| 234 | Mr. Hill to Mr. Root. | May 14 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Incloses copy of note from the foreign office in which it is stated that Her Majesty’s Government is of the opinion that the nomination of an international commission would be preferable to the calling of a conference to study the opium question in the Far East. | 157 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Van Swinderen. | do | The Second Peace Conference. Refers to his note of Apr. 10, and the department’s of Apr. 18, and gives the names of the American delegates to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague, June 15, 1907. | 1110 | |
| May 21 | Convention between the United States and certain other powers for the exemption of hospital ships, in time of war, from the payment of all dues and taxes imposed for the benefit of the state. Text. | 903 | ||
| 308 | Mr. Hill to Mr. Root | Sept. 19 | Speech from the throne at the opening of the session of the States-General. Transmits the text. | 909 |
| 134 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Hill. | Oct. 14 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Calls attention to instruction No. 65, of Jan. 31, 1907, incloses copies of the acceptances of the several governments of the proposal of the United States to conduct a joint and impartial investigation of the scientific and material conditions of the opium trade, and instructs him to inquire whether or not the Dutch Government finds it convenient to suggest a place and time of meeting of the conference. | 168 |
| 340 | Mr. White to Mr. Root | Nov. 26 | Restrictions upon the importation, growth, and use of opium. Refers to instruction No. 134, of Oct. 14, and incloses copies of notes exchanged between the legation and the foreign office relative to the opium conference. | 170 |
nicaragua, costa rica, and salvador.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| A–4 | Mr. Bailey to Mr. Root | 1907. Jan. 9 | Good offices of United States and Mexico for peace in Central America. Confirms telegram, concerning call of foreign minister with telegram from Nicaragua declining to be bound by treaty on Marblehead, July 20, 1906; also with telegram from Honduras re militia proceeding to Nicaraguan frontier against revolutionists of Zelaya. Transmits copy and translation of correspondence from Costa Rica re attitude of Nicaragua toward recent treaties. | 606 |
| 6 | Same to same. | Jan. 17 | Same subject. Reports interview with minister for foreign affairs in regard to the violation of certain Nicaraguan territorial right by Honduranean troops. | 613 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Bailey | Feb. 1 | Same subject. States that the department is endeavoring to elucidate the facts of the present differences and open the way to a better understanding. | 614 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya (telegram). | Feb. 11 | Same subject. Expresses regret on the occasion of the dissolution of the tribunal of arbitration between Nicaragua and Honduras, and hopes that the tribunal may reconvene and continue its work, thus preserving the peace of the several states. | 616 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Delgardos (telegram). | 1907. Feb. 12 | Same subject. Communicates copy of telegram of this date sent to the President of Nicaragua. | 616 | |
| Mr. Delgardos to Mr. Root (telegram). | do | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 11th and states that the President of Salvador has addressed Presidents Bonilla and Zelaya again tendering his friendlv mediation. | 616 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Feb. 13 | Same subject. States that his Government has exhausted every means to bring about the pacific settlement of the questions pending between Honduras and Nicaragua, and quotes a telegram from the President of Nicaragua. | 618 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | do | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram, states position assumed by his Government and says that it is ready to accent the offer of good offices. | 619 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya (telegram). | Feb. 14 | Same subject. Thanks him for his telegram and states he will be glad to render any assistance in his power toward working out a practical solution of the interesting problem in accordance with the ideas agreed on. | 620 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Feb. 16 | Same subject. Expresses thanks for second telegram and prays that Honduras may not show reluctance to the philanthropic offices. | 622 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Delgardos | Feb. 20 | Same subject. Incloses copy of note of the 8th instant addressed to the chargé d’affaires of Honduras. | 625 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Calvo | Mar. 5 | The Second Peace Conference. See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco. | 1113 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Cotea | do | Same subject. See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco. | 1113 | |
| 1252 | Mr. Merry to Mr. Root | Mar. 10 | Election of General Fernando Figueroa as President of Salvador. States that he transmitted President Roosevelt’s congratulations to Figueroa, and that ex-President Escalon deserves well of his people. | 918 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Merry (telegram). | Mar. 15 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Refers to the telegrams sent by President Roosevelt on Feb. 11 and 14, and states that the President has expressed no opinion as to the merits of the unfortunate controversy, and could not do so consistently with his attitude as the unbiased friend of both and his solicitude to do everything possible to restore peace. | 626 | |
| 735 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Merry | Mar. 22 | Same subject. Acknowledges No. 1244, confirms telegram of the 15th instant, and informs him that a copy of the telegram was sent on the same date to the American chargé at Tegucigalpa. | 626 |
| Mr. Merry to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 26 | Same subject. Reports that the Honduras army is being defeated by the Nicaraguan army and that the Government of Costa Rica, for the sake of Central American peace, requests that this Government, jointly with that of Mexico, will intervene in favor of peace. Adds that the Salvadorian Government is joining in the solicitation. | 627 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Apr. 8 | Same subject. “Very sincere thanks for considerate complaisance respecting continuation peace negotiations by Chargé Brown. Whatever good result is achieved will be due to the good offices of your Government and you will have the thanks of Central America.” | 628 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Figueroa (telegram). | Apr. 13 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 8th and informs him that the U. S. S. Chicago will be placed at the disposal of himself and the President of Nicaragua for the conference at Amapala. | 629 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Apr. 14 | Same subject. Expresses thanks for the facilities offered for the holding of the conference at Amapala, and for the action taken by the United States and Mexico in regard to demonstrations by Nicaraguan troops. | 630 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Apr. 15 | Same subject. Expresses thanks for the congratulation of President Roosevelt on the termination of the war with Honduras; also, for the offer of United States ships to assist in making peace with Salvador, and for joint assistance with President Diaz toward compelling Salvador and Guatemala to withdraw all disturbing elements from the frontiers. | 630 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Apr. 24 | Same subject. Refers to the signing of the treaty of peace, and tenders testimonials in the name of the people and his own for good offices in cause of peace. | 631 | |
| 1277 | Mr. Merry to Mr. Root | 1907. Apr. 25 | Citizenship of persons born of foreign parents in Nicaragua. Incloses circular from Nicaraguan Government stating that all persons born on Nicaraguan soil are citizens of Nicaragua, and mentions the case of Henry Cole, born in Nicaragua of American parents. | 918 |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | do | Same subject. Refers to the signing of the treaty of peace, and expresses thanks for great work toward achieving the happy result. | 632 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya (telegram). | Apr. 26 | Same subject. Expresses thanks for expressions of appreciation for the services of the Government of the United States in the interest of peace. | 632 | |
| Mr. Calvo to Mr. Root. | May 4 | The Second Peace Conference. Acknowledges department’s note of March 5, and says the Government of Costa Rica, much to its regret, finds itself constrained to forego its purpose of sending representatives to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague. | 1127 | |
| Mr. Corea to Mr. Root. | May 6 | Same subject. Says the Nicaraguan minister at Paris will be the delegate of the Government of Nicaragua to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague. | 1127 | |
| 1 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Merry | May 11 | Citizenship of Nicaraguans born of foreign parents. Acknowledges his No. 1277, and states that Mr. Cole is entitled to receive an American passport upon conforming to the rules of the department. | 920 |
| Mr. Mejia to Mr. Root. | June 10 | Good offices of the United States for the conservation of peace in Central America. Incloses copy of a note from minister of foreign relations of Salvador, transmitting official reprint of the treaty of Amapala, and requesting the President of the United States to act as arbitrator as indicated in Article 3 of the treaty. | 634 | |
| June 15 | Treaty between the United States and Nicaragua for the extradition of criminals. Text. | 912 | ||
| 2 | Mr. Root to Mr. Mejia. | June 20 | Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Acknowledges note of the 10th and informs him that the President of the United States will gladly give his services toward the faithful observance of the provisions of the treaty of Amapala provided he is invited to do so by both parties to the treaty in coincident or identic communications addressed to him through diplomatic channels. States that no such communication has been received from Nicaragua. | 635 |
| Mr. Calvo to Mr. Adee | Aug. 14 | Recognition of provisional government of Honduras by United States and Mexico. States that Costa Rica has recognized the Davila government. | 604 | |
| 4 | Mr. Merry to Mr. Root | Aug. 24 | Citizenship of Nicaraguans born of foreign parents. Incloses copy of instructions from British minister to British subjects born in Nicaragua, which practically abandons them if they remain there. | 921 |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Figueroa. | Aug. 28 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. See telegram of Aug. 28 to President of Guatemala. | 638 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Viquez. | do | Same subject. See telegram of Aug. 28 to the President of Guatemala. | 638 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya. | do | Same subject. See telegram of Aug. 28 to President of Guatemala. | 638 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Aug. 29 | Same subject. Expresses appreciation for sentiments contained in his telegram of yesterday, and esteem for the honor done him by President Roosevelt and President Diaz in lending their good offices for the friendly adjustment of the difficulties existing between the several Central American Republics. Says that Salvador will not only abstain from any step which might enhance the gravity of the situation, but will cooperate in all possible ways to the attainment of the end all so ardently desire. | 639 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | do | Same subject. Acknowledges receipt of the President’s telegram of the 28th instant, and says he gladly accepts the invitation, since any plan that aims at such elevated ends will be most favorably received and most earnestly and frankly supported by him. | 639 | |
| Mr. Viquez to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | do | Same subject. Acknowledges the President’s telegram and says that the traditional policy of Costa Rica, which is firmly upheld by the Government, has been to maintain the most friendly relations with the sister Republics of Central America, and that, as entertaining these views, nothing can be more satisfactory to him than to defer with pleasure to the desires of President Roosevelt and President Diaz in their efforts for peace. | 640 | |
| 5 | Mr. Merry to Mr. Root | 1907. Aug. 29 | Searching of Pacific Mail S. S. San Juan by Nicaraguan authorities. States steamer San Juan was searched at Corinto by Nicaraguan authorities for contraband of war, although Nicaragua claims to be at peace. Incloses marine note of protest. | 922 |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Sept. 1 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. Proposes that the conference be held in Washington. Asks the President to use his good offices to have the conference carried out as early as possible. | 642 | |
| 5 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Merry | Sept. 11 | Citizenship of Nicaraguans born of foreign parents. Acknowledges his No. 4, and states that Americans in Nicaragua must overcome presumption of expatriation, if they wish to remain American citizens. | 922 |
| 6 | Same to same. | Sept. 20 | Searching of S. S. San Juan by Nicaraguan authorities. Acknowledges his No. 5, and incloses copy of instruction to consul at Managua, No. 28, on the subject. | 923 |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Figueroa (telegram). | Sept. 21 | Further good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America. See telegram of Sept. 21, 1907, from President Roosevelt to President Cabrera. | 648 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya (telegram). | do | Same subject. See telegram of Sept. 21, 1907, from President Roosevelt to President Cabrera. | 648 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Viquez (telegram). | do | Same subject. See telegram of Sept. 21, 1907, from President Roosevelt to President Cabrera. | 648 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Sept. 22 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram, and says representatives who are to take part in the conference to be held in Washington will be appointed in good time. | 649 | |
| Mr. Viquez to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Sept. 23 | Same subject. Refers to telegram of 21st, accepts invitation to conference to be held in Washington during the first fifteen days of November, and will at the proper time accredit delegation of Costa Rica to said conference. | 649 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Sept. 24 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 21st, and accepts with pleasure invitation to participate in conference to be held in Washington in November. | 650 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Sept. 26 | Same subject. Requests that the united states Government be represented in the Central American peace conference to be held in Washington in November. | 651 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Calvo | Oct. 2 | Same subject. Informs him that as the recent concurrent invitation of the Presidents of Mexico and the United States to the Presidents of the five Central American Republics to participate in a conference to be held in the city of Washington in November has been accepted by the respective executives, it is now proposed that the conference be held in the Bureau of American Republics. | 653 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Mejia | do | Same subject. See note of Oct. 2, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Calvo. | 653 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Corea | do | Same subject. See note of Oct. 2, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Calvo. | 653 | |
| Mr. Mejia to Mr. Bacon | Oct. 4 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of 2d instant, and says that in name of his Government as well as his own, he wishes to express thanks for hospitality and courtesy extended. | 653 | |
| Mr. Corea to Mr. Bacon | Oct. 5 | Same subject. States that Dr. Don José Madriz and himself have been appointed delegates for Nicaragua to the forthcoming Central American peace conference to meet in Washington. | 654 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Oct. 11–12 | Same subject. Invites President to be represented in coming conference. Says he is addressing President Diaz in same sense. | 655 | |
| Mr. Visquez to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Oct. 12 | Same subject. Invites President to be represented in the forthcoming conference. Says he is addressing President Diaz in same sense. | 655 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya (telegram). | Oct. 14 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of 11th instant, expresses hope for beneficial results from approaching conference, and says representative of United States will attend conformably with protocol and wishes of five Republics. | 655 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Davila. | Oct. 15 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of 12th instant, expresses hope for beneficial results from approaching conference, and says a representative of the United States will attend conformably with protocol and wishes of five Republics. | 656 | |
| Mr. Calvo to Mr. Root | 1907. Oct. 15 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 2d instant, says that the Bureau of American Republics as the place of meeting is agreeable to the legation, and states that Costa Rica will be represented in the conference by Señor Don Luis Anderson and himself. | 656 | |
| 71 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Calvo | Oct. 19 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 15th instant. | 656 |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Nov. 8 | Same subject. Informs him that at a conference on the 6th instant, at the port of Amapala, with the Presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua, a most cordial understanding was reached, that all pending questions were settled, and most frank and true friendship restored. | ||
| 72 | Mr. Root to Mr. Calvo | Nov. 9 | Same subject. Informs him that Mr. William I. Buchanan will represent the President of the United States at the forthcoming conference. | 658 |
| 5 | Mr. Root to Mr. Mejia. | do | Same subject. See note No. 72, of Nov. 9, 1907, from Mr. Root to the Costa Rican minister. | 658 |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Figueroa (telegram). | Nov. 11 | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of the 8th instant and expresses gratification at the happy outcome of the conference held by him with the Presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua. | 658 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Mejia, Mr. Gallegos and Mr. Rodriguez. | do | Same subject. See note of Nov. 11, 1907, from Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy. | 659 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Madriz and Mr. Corea. | do | Same subject. See note of Nov. 11, 1907, from Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy. | 659 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Anderson and Mr. Calvo. | do | Same subject. See note of Nov. 11, 1907, from Mr. Root to Mr. Godoy. | 659 | |
| Mr. Madriz and Mr. Corea to Mr. Root. | Nov. 12 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 11th instant, and state that they will proceed according to suggestion. | 659 | |
| Mr. Mejia, Mr. Gallegoa, and Mr. Rodriguez to Mr. Root. | do | Same subject. Acknowedges note of the 11th instant, and state that they will attend the meeting in accordance with instructions therein contained. | 660 | |
| Mr. Corea to Mr. Root | Nov. 13 | Same subject. Informs him of the conference held at the port of Amapala on the 6th instant between the Presidents of Nicaragua, Salvador, and Honduras, and of the agreement reached for the adjustment of ail differences between the countries governed by them, and for the calling of a Central American congress following the Washington conference. | 660 | |
| Mr. Figueroa to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Nov. 19 | Same subject. States that peace and tranquillity having been restored, the constitutional path was entered this day, the state of siege raised, and absolute and unconditional amnesty granted to cover all political offenses. | 662 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Figueroa (telegram). | Nov. 23 | Same subject. Acknowledges with much pleasure his telegram of the 19th instant. | 662 | |
| Mr. Calvo to Mr. Root | Nov. 25 | Same subject. Incloses copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Presidents of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador at the port of Amapala on the 6th instant. | 662 | |
| Mr. Zelaya to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Dec. 22 | Same subject. Thanks the President for his participation in the pacific settlement of Central American differences happily brought to an end. | 664 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Zelaya (telegram). | Dec. 23 | Same subject. Expresses thanks for telegram of the 22d. Says the Governments of Central America are to be congratulated upon the earnest labors of their delegations for peace, and that the Government of the United States was glad to extend exoneration. | 664 | |
| Mr. Calvo to Mr. Root | Dec. 27 | Same subject. Refers to the department’s note No. 72, of Nov. 9, expresses the appreciation of the Costa Rican delegates for the services of Mr. Buchanan, and extends the thanks of the Government of Costa Rica to the President and Government of the United States and the Secretary of State, for the interest shown in the welfare of the States of Central America. | 664 |
norway.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Peirce | 1907. Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| 85 | Mr. Peirce to Mr. Root. | Nov. 6 | Treaty between Great Britain, France, Germany, Norway, and Russia respecting independence and territorial integrity of Norway. Transmits note from minister for foreign affairs relative to abrogation of treaty of Nov. 21, 1855, and new treaty to be ratified by Storting. | 926 |
| Mr. Skybak to Mr. Root | Dec. 19 | Death of minister of Norway to the United States. Announces death of Minister Hauge. | 925 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Skybak. | Dec. 20 | Same subject. Acknowledges the receipt of his note of the 19th instant, announcing Minister Hauge’s death, and conveys sincere condolences. | 925 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Peirce (telegram). | do | Same subject. Directs him to convey expression of sincere sympathy and regret to Mrs. Hauge over death of her husband. | 925 | |
| Mr. Skybak to Mr. Root | Dec. 21 | Same subject. Acknowledges condolences transmitted. | 926 | |
| 98 | Mr. Peirce to Mr. Root | 1908. Feb. 12 | Treaty guaranteeing integrity and independence of Norway between Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. Incloses text. | 927 |
panama.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Obaldia. | 1907. Mar. 5 | The Second Peace Conference. See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco. | 1113 | |
| 66 | Mr. Squiers to Mr. Root | Mar. 8 | Consular jurisdiction over estates of American citizens dying in Panama. Recommends extension of consular jurisdictions to cover all of Panama territory outside of Canal Zone. Cites cases of employees of Panama Railroad. | 937 |
| 35 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Squiers. | Apr. 12 | Same subject. Acknowledges receipt of his No. 66, and incloses copy of department’s instruction to consul-general at Panama. | 939 |
| 12 | Mr. Obaldia to Mr. Root | Apr. 14 | The Second Peace Conference. Informs the department that the Government of Panama has accepted Russia’s invitation and will send a delegate to the Peace Conference at The Hague. | 1126 |
| 98 | Mr. Squiers to Mr. Root | May 10 | Protection of Chinese interests in Panama. Transmits correspondence relative to the case of the estate of Wan Fok, a Chinese, said to have been administered by D. R. Hand, United States consular agent at Bocas del Toro. | 929 |
| 43 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Squiers. | May 27 | Same subject. Acknowledges his No. 98, and states that good offices of American diplomatic and consular officers are made use of by Chinese only by permission of the Government of Panama, and not otherwise. | 932 |
| 55 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Squiers | Aug. 31 | Cruise of the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific coast. See instruction No. 133, of Aug. 31, 1907, to Argentine. | 15 |
| 66 | Mr. Root to Mr. Squiers | Dec. 4 | Protection of Chinese interests in Panama. Good offices of American diplomatic and consular officers in Panama to be exercised only in case of request for them and only to the extent of suggesting favorable exercise of administrative discretion. | 933 |
persia.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 28/206 | Gen. Morteza to Mr. Root. | 1906. Oct. 17 | Murder of Rev. Benjamin W. Labaree. States that the murderer and his accomplices could best be punished by infliction of a fine, and that the death penalty for them would be more than Persia dared | 941 |
| 7 | Mr. Root to Gen Morteza | Nov. 7 | Same subject. Acknowledges his note of Oct. 17, and states that, indemnity having been paid to the widow, this Government must now insist upon punishment of the guilty parties, and suggests ways. | 942 |
| 29/208 | Gen. Morteza to Mr. Root. | Nov 14 | Same subject. Acknowledges department’s note of 7th, and states he hopes for more consonant settlement of the fine. | 944 |
| Mohammed Ali Shah to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | 1907. Jan. 9 | Death of the Shah of Persia. Announces the death of his father. | 948 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to Mohammed Ali Shah (telegram). | do | Same subject. Tenders condolences upon death of his father. | 949 | |
| Gen. Morteza to Mr. Root. | do | Same subject. Communicates news of death of Shah. | 949 | |
| Mr. Root to Gen. Morteza. | do | Same subject. Acknowledging his note; conveys sympathy. | 949 | |
| Mohammed Ah to Mr. Roosevelt (telegram). | Jan. 11 | Same subject. Thanks for condolences expressed | 949 | |
| Gen. Morteza to Mr. Root. | Jan. 15 | Same subject. States official mourning will last six months and that the new Shah will be crowned Jan. 19. | 950 | |
| Same to same. | Jan. 28 | Same subject. Announces succession of Crown Prince, and designation of new Crown Prince, Ahmed Mirza. | 950 | |
| 11 | Mr. Root to Gen. Morteza. | May 23 | Murder of Rev. Benjamin W. Labaree. Acknowledges receipt of his note of Nov. 7, and insists that the amount of the fine be devoted to the erection of some permanent structure which, while of a beneficial character, will serve as an object lesson. | 945 |
| 22/101 | Gen. Morteza to Mr. Root. | July 4 | Same subject. Expresses opinion that the Labaree matter is closed, that the convicted murderer is dead in jail, several of his accomplices killed in skirmishes, and the remainder have fled the country; that, therefore, no additional punishment can be inflicted by the Persian Government. | 947 |
| 15 | Mr. Bacon to Gen. Morteza | July 17 | Same subject. Acknowledges his note of July 4, and states that in abandoning insistence upon pecuniary penalty this Government must not be understood as absolving any accessories from such punishment as the Persian Government may be able to inflict in the future. | 948 |
peru.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Pardo | Mar. 5 | The Second Peace Conference. See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco. | 1113 | |
| Mr. Combs to Mr. Root | Aug. 13 | Message of Peruvian President. Incloses text of | 951 | |
| 19 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Combs | Aug. 31 | Cruise of the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific coast. See instruction No. 133, of Aug. 31, 1907, to Argentine. | 15 |
portugal.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 108 | Mr. Root to Mr. Bryan | 1906. Dec. 18 | Military service case of Frank Freitas. Reports arrest of Freitas, a naturalized American citizen, and compulsion to perform military service in Portugal, his native country. Instructs him to ascertain what may be done. | 958 |
| 277 | Mr. Bryan to Mr. Root | 1907. Jan. 22 | Additional commercial agreement between United States and Portugal. Reports the King of Portugal as having signed decree ratifying agreement extending to Porto Rico provisions of commercial agreement, etc. Transmits copy and translation of decree of ratification. Text of agreement. | 954 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Bryan (telegram). | Jan. 26 | Same subject. Agreement proclaimed by President 24th instant. | 956 | |
| 279 | Mr. Bryan to Mr. Root | Jan. 29 | Same subject. Transmits copy of agreement published on 24th instant. States King ratified agreement on January 8. | 957 |
| 291 | Same to same | Mar. 5 | Military service case of Frank Freitas. Acknowledges department’s instruction of December 18th last. States Freitas was drafted before his naturalization and therefore appears to be liable in Portugal for military service. Awaits further instructions. | 959 |
| 121 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Bryan | Mar. 30 | Same subject. States that as Freitas had left Portugal a minor and resided in America for seven years, it does not appear that Portugal’s contention that its draft of him for military service was binding. Instructs him to press the case, it giving point to need for naturalization convention between United States and Portugal. | 960 |
| 126 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Bryan | 1907. Apr. 13 | Same subject. Instructs him to make careful investigation of Portuguese military service laws and their interpretation for department’s circular. | 961 |
| 306 | Mr. Bryan to Mr. Root | Apr. 22 | Same subject. Incloses copy of his note to foreign office and reports promise to liberate Freitas promptly. | 961 |
| 308 | Same to same | Apr. 23 | Effect of acceptance of titles of nobility on American citizenship. Reports case of A. V. Patterson, an American citizen, resident in Lisbon, upon whom the King is about to confer the title of baron, and questions effect upon his American citizenship. | 957 |
| 131 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Bryan | May 16 | Same subject. Acknowledges his No. 308, and states there is no law against acceptance of titles of nobility by American citizens, but that it is contrary to the spirit of our laws and is a circumstance to be considered in determining expatriation. | 958 |
| 319 | Mr. Bryan to Mr. Root | May 28 | Military service case of Frank Freitas. Resignation of minister for foreign affairs will delay release of Freitas, but successor has promised to liberate the man. | 962 |
| 322 | Same to same. | June 4 | Same subject. States new regulations concerning Portuguese military service will be published in a few days and transmitted to the department. | 963 |
| 135 | Mr. Root to Mr. Bryan | June 13 | Same subject. Acknowledges receipt of his No. 319. Instructs him to bring the case to the attention of the new minister for foreign affairs and to press it. | 962 |
| 330 | Mr. Bryan to Mr. Root | July 16 | Same subject. Reports promise of minister of foreign affairs to have Freitas released in few days. | 963 |
| 333 | Same to same | July 23 | Same subject. Transmits new regulations governing military service in Portugal, with copy of decree of Dec. 24, 1901. | 963 |
| Same to same (telegram) | July 29 | Same subject. Freitas liberated | 971 | |
| 336 | Same to same | do | Same subject. Confirms telegram, idem | 971 |
| 139 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Bryan | Aug. 10 | Same subject. Acknowledges his No. 333, and instructs him to press for naturalization convention, as regulations do not cover the points in which department’s interest lies. | 972 |
| 342 | Mr. Bryan to Mr. Root | Aug. 26 | Same subject. Acknowledges instruction of Aug. 10, and states minister for foreign affairs favors such convention, and minister of justice has treaty of naturalization for consideration now. | 972 |
roumania.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 59 | Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Root | 1907. Mar. 2 | Commercial treaty between Roumania and Belgium. Transmits text. | 974 |
| 22 | Same to same | Mar. 21 | Commercial treaty between Servia and Italy. Transmits text. | 974 |
| 68 | Same to same | Apr. 2 | Commercial treaty between Roumania and Italy. Transmits text. | 973 |
| 72 | Same to same. | Apr. 18 | Treaty of commerce and navigation between Roumania and France. Transmits text. | 973 |
russia.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 717 | Mr. Meyer to Mr. Root | 1906. Dec. 15 | Citizenship of Clemens Belling. Submits case of Belling, a circus performer, born in France of American parents, who, while never having resided in the United States, declares that he intends to come to this country, but the nature of his calling has so far prevented the carrying out of this intention. | 975 |
| 728 | Same to same. | Dec. 24 | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Incloses imperial ukase fixing date for elections for the Douma for Feb. 19. | 982 |
| Same to same (telegram) | 1907. Jan. 3 | Same subject. Launitz, chief police St. Petersburg, assassinated to-day. | 982 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | Jan. 9 | Same subject. General Pavloff, military procureur, assassinated in St. Petersburg this morning. | 983 | |
| 204 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Meyer | 1907. Jan. 11 | Citizenship of C. Belling. States that Belling appears to be an American citizen and is entitled to receive passport as such. | 975 |
| 744 | Mr. Meyer to Mr. Root | do | Sessions of the Douma–Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Reports rulings made by the council of ministers in regard to certain criminal cases. | 983 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Riddle | Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| Mr. Bliss to Mr. Root (telegram). | do | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Guidema, director Vassili Ostroff prison here, assassinated this morning about 11. | 983 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | Feb. 21 | Famine in Russia. Is Russian Red Cross carrying on relief measures for famine sufferers of Russia? | 976 | |
| Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root (telegram). | Feb. 22 | Same subject. States that the Russian Red Cross is doing much, but outside aid would be gratefully received. | 976 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | Feb. 23 | The Second Peace Conference. Referring to Russian circular of Apr. 12, directs him to ascertain what signatory powers have acquisced in the proposed formalities for adhesion of nonsignatories to The Hague conventions. Refers to department’s note of Apr. 19 to the Russian ambassador and the assent therein given, and says department understands that should the other signatories assent to the proposal of Apr. 12, that assent would have the effect of making it certain that the adherence of invited nonsignatories would be accepted, and their participation in conference assured. | 1110 | |
| Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root (telegram). | Mar. 2 | Same subject. Says that he has been informed by minister for foreign affairs that Russian proposition for adherence of nonsignatory powers of First Peace Conference admitting them to participate in the second conference has been accepted by all signatory powers except Belgium, China, and Tnrkey which have not vet replied. | 1111 | |
| 9 | Same to same | do | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram of Feb. 23, confirms his reply thereto of the same date, and incloses copies of notes exchanged between the embassy and the foreign office relative to the participation in the second conference of the powers represented at the First Peace Conference. | 1111 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | Mar. 19 | Same subject, Directs mm to ascertain whether the Russian Government has received the assent of Belgium, China, and Turkey to the proposal for the adhesion of nonsignatories to The Hague Convention. | 1114 | |
| 16 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | Mar. 20 | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Incloses circular issued by the minister of the interior directing the governors of the interior provinces to take stringent measures for the preservation of order in the interior. | 983 |
| 18 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | Mar. 23 | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Reports in regard to the matters considered at the meeting of the Douma on Mar 19. | 984 |
| Mr. Root to Baron Rosen | Mar. 26 | The Second Peace Conference. Refers to Department’s note of June 7, 1906, and asks that he request his Government to include in their letter of invitation to the powers participating in the Second Peace Conference at The Hague a statement of the fact of the right of the Government of the United States to propose the reduction or limitation of armaments and the attainment of an agreement to observe some limitations upon the use of force for the collection of ordinary public debts arising out of contracts. | 1104 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | Mar. 27 | Same subject. Informs him that Belgium offers no objection to proposal for adherence of nonsignatories when assent of all signatories is given. Says department understands that Turkey, although signatory, has not ratified convention of 1899 and is not represented in permanent court, and directs him to inquire if, under these circumstances, Turkey is to be treated as a party to The Hague engagements on same footing as signatories to the convention. Instructs him also to inquire as to when the announcement of the date of second conference may be expected. | 1115 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | 1907. Mar. 30 | Same subject. Communicates note verbale from the Belgian Government, sets forth the views of the department relative thereto, and instructs him to impress these views on the Russian Government. | 1117 | |
| Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 5 | Same subject, reports that Russia is urging Turkey to ratify convention, and says in case of noncompliance Russian minister for foreign affairs agrees with the view that the requirements of article 60 will be fulfilled by the assent of all contracting powers. Says notification to nonsignatory powers will shortly be made by Russian ambassador at Washington to their representatives there, and that invitations to second conference will probably be issued next week by the Government of the Netherlands. | 1118 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | do | Same subject. Acknowledges telegram, and says if Turkish Government ratifies convention before meeting of conference such ratification should be accompanied by assent under Article 60, so that no question thereunder can be revived and operate to delay notification to nonsignatories. | 1118 | |
| Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 4 | Same subject. Reports that Russian ambassador to Turkey has been instructed to inform Turkish Government that if it ratifies the convention it should at the same time assent to Russian circular regarding nonsignatories. | 1119 | |
| Baron Rosen to Mr. Root | do | The Second Peace Conference. Communicates to the Secretary of State, by direction of his Government, the remarks and reservations conveyed to that Government by the several powers invited to the Second Peace Conference, and the information that the programme of Apr., 1906, is maintained as the basis for the deliberations of the conference. | 1107 | |
| Mr. Root to Baron Rosen | Apr. 6 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 4th instant, and informs him that due note has been taken of his important communication. | 1109 | |
| 27 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | do | Same subject. Refers to legation’s telegram of the 4th instant and incloses copy of a notice of Apr. 5, 1907, relative to Turkey’s consent to the mode of adherence to the convention of 1899. | 1120 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | Apr. 10 | Famine in Russia. Directs him to draw for $5,000 received from American Red Cross. | 976 | |
| Same to same. | Apr. 11 | Same subject. Confirms telegram, communicating $5,000. | 976 | |
| 31 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | Apr. 18 | Same subject. Confirms department’s telegram of 10th instant, and incloses receipt for $5,000. | 977 |
| 38 | Same to same | May 3 | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Enumerates laws passed by the Douma, which has adjourned for a two weeks’ Easter recess. | 985 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | May 15 | Famine in Russia. “Draw for $3,000 and pay Russian Red Cross, relief famine sufferers, received from American Red Cross.” | 977 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | May 24 | The open-door policy in Manchuria—Establishment of custom-houses and opening of ports to international trade. Directs him to impress upon the minister for foreign affairs the interest felt by this Government in the reestablishment of normal conditions throughout Manchuria and the fact that the Government of the United States should greatly appreciate such action by the Government of Russia as would lead to the early establishment of Chinese customs-houses on the Russo-Chinese frontier. States that this step would have much effect in hastening the regularizationof commercial conditions in southern Manchuria. | 131 | |
| 40 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | May 25 | Famine in Russia. Confirms department’s telegram of May 15, incloses receipt for $3,000, and transmits two letters from Russian Red Cross, conveying thanks of Empress Dowager for same. | 978 |
| Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root (telegram). | 1907. May 30 | The open-door policy in Manchuria–Establishment of custom-houses and opening ports to international trade. Reports that in compliance with telegraphic instructions he has communicated with the minister for foreign affairs on the subject of the establishment of Chinese custom-houses, and that the minister replied that the negotiations are very nearly completed at Peking, but that the Chinese Government objects to four points, the most important of which is that relating to the 50 versts free zone | 132 | |
| 44 | Same to same. | June 1 | Same subject. Incloses text of telegrams from and to department, and reports details of conversation with the minister of foreign affairs relative to the establishment of customs-houses on the Russo-Chinese frontier in Manchuria. | 132 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Riddle (telegram). | do | Famine in Russia. Draw for $1,000, received from American Red Cross. | 977 | |
| 45 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | June 3 | Same subject. Incloses receipt of Russian Red Cross for $1,000. | 979 |
| Same to same (telegram) | June 16 | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Douma dissolved this morning by imperial proclamation. | 985 | |
| 72 | 1 | July 27 | Same subject. Incloses copy of new election law which will govern the elections to the third Douma. | 985 |
| 78 | Same to same | Aug. 9 | Same subject. Incloses copy of supplement to the election law forwarded with his dispatch of July 27. | 999 |
| Memorandum from the Russian embassy. | Aug. 14 | Treaty between Japan and Russia, guaranteeing the present territory of each, the integrity of China, and the principle of the “open door” in that empire. Transmits text of the stipulation. | 765 | |
| Memorandum to the Russian embassy. | Aug. 16 | Same subject. Acknowledges memorandum of the 14th instant, and states that the Government of the United States has taken due note of this important communication. | 766 | |
| 95 | Mr. Riddle to Mr. Root | Sept. 14 | Fishery convention between Japan and Russia. Transmits copy of convention. | 784 |
| 110 | Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Root | Sept. 28 | Convention between Russia and Great Britain concerning interests of their States on the Continent of Asia. Transmits text. | 980 |
| 72 | Mr. Root to Mr. Schuyler | Nov. 9 | Famine in Russia. Incloses letter from Secretary of American Red Cross asking if further relief funds are needed in Russia, as they are on deposit in United States if wanted. | 979 |
| Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Root (telegram). | Nov. 14 | Sessions of the Douma—Election laws—General affairs in Russia. Third Douma formally opened to-day. | 1002 | |
| 164 | Same to same. | Dec. 10 | Famine in Russia. States famine still exists and relief funds are needed. | 980 |
siam.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Root to Mr. King | 1907. Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. (See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis.) | 1 | |
| 312 | Mr. King to Mr. Root. | Mar. 28 | Treaties between Siam and France. Incloses copies of certain treaties. | 1003 |
spain.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Collier | 1907. Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. (See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis.) | 1 | |
| 107 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Collier | Feb. 18 | Reciprocal protection of trade-marks and copyrights in China. Incloses copies of agreements made by the United States for Morocco and China relative to the reciprocal protection of trade-marks in those countries, together with a copy of a dispatch from the American minister at Peking on the subject, and asks to be informed as to whether the lack of consular jurisdiction in China exists also in Morocco. | 248 |
| 288 | Mr. Collier to Mr. Root | 1907. Apr. 6 | Same subject. Refers to instruction No. 107, and incloses copy of a note from the minister for foreign affairs concerning the jurisdiction of Spanish consular officers in Morocco relative to the protection of trade-marks. | 251 |
| 292 | Same to same | Apr. 11 | Status of child born of foreign parents and adopted by an American citizen. Incloses correspondence had with the consul at Malaga relative to the citizenship of a child born in Spain of British parentage and adopted by an American citizen. Application to have the child registered as an American citizen was refused by the consul upon instructions from the legation. | 1015 |
| 120 | Mr. Root to Mr. Collier | May 1 | Same subject. Approves action reported in No. 292. | 1016 |
| 352 | Mr. Collier to Mr. Root | June 15 | Agreement of Spain with France and Great Britain for the preservation of their territorial status quo in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa. Incloses copies of the agreements. | 1018 |
| 358 | Same to same | June 19 | Payment of Spanish indemnity under treaty of 1834. Incloses copy of law authorizing the minister of the treasury to pay the debt to the United States acknowledged in the convention of February 17, 1834. | 1008 |
| 375 | Same to same | July 31 | Arbitration treaty between Spain and Switzerland. Incloses copy of treaty exchanged between Spain and Switzerland on July 9. | 1014 |
| 143 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Collier | Aug. 2 | Payment of the Spanish indemnity under the treaty of 1834. Incloses copy of a memorandum setting forth the manner, time, and place of payment of the inscriptions of 1834. | 1009 |
| 145 | Same to same | Aug. 3 | Reciprocal protection of trade-marks and copyrights in China. Refers to previous correspondence concerning the protection of United States and Spanish trade-marks in China, incloses copy of a dispatch from the American minister at Peking reporting that the Spanish minister at that place does not regard himself as able to effect the agreement unless he receives specific instructions, and expresses the hope that the instructions will be given. | 257 |
| Mr. Walls to Mr. Root | Aug. 9 | Political affairs in Morocco. Communicates to the department by direction of his Government translation the text of a telegram relative to the recent outrages committed at Casablanca. | 891 | |
| Same to same | Aug. 12 | Payment of the Spanish indemnity under the treaty of 1834. Incloses two checks, one for $28,500 and the other for $570,000, in settlement of the principal and interest due on the debt of 1834. | 1011 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Collier (telegram). | Aug. 13 | Same subject. Informs him of the payments made by the Spanish chargé | 1012 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Walls | Aug. 17 | Political affairs in Morocco. Acknowledges memorandum relative to the action which the Governments of Spain and France found necessary to take in order to suppress the Casablanca disturbances. | 893 | |
| Same to same | Sept. 10 | Payment of the Spanish indemnity under the treaty of 1834. Acknowledges note of Aug. 12, containing two checks, and asks that the department be advised as to the manner in which the tendered $570,000 has been computed as the equivalent of the stipulated treaty debt. | 1012 | |
| 403 | Mr. Collier to Mr. Root | Sept. 24 | Reciprocal protection of trade-marks and copyrights in China. Refers to instruction No. 145 of Aug. 3 and dispatch No. 395 of Aug. 30, and incloses copy of a note from the minister for foreign affairs relative to Spanish consular jurisdiction in Spain and Morocco. | 261 |
| Mr. Pastor to Mr. Adee. | Sept. 25 | Payment of the Spanish indemnity under the treaty of 1834. Acknowledges note of the 10th instant addressed to Mr. Walls and gives information requested. | 1013 | |
| 415 | Mr. Buckler to Mr. Root | Oct. 18 | Decorations conferred upon American citizens prior to their receiving appointment in the diplomatic service. Requests to be informed whether he may wear in Madrid on full-dress occasions the plaque of the order of Carlos III, which decoration was conferred upon him by the Spanish Government when he served as secretary of the American special embassy. | 1016 |
| 58 | Mr. Root to Mr. Pastor | 1907. Nov. 4 | Payment of the Spanish indemnity under the treaty of 1834. Makes formal acknowledgment of note of Aug. 12 and incloses receipts. | 1013 |
| 244 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Buckler Dec. 17 | Dec. 17 | Decorations conferred upon American citizens prior to their receiving appointment in the diplomatic service. Acknowledges his No. 415, of Oct. 18, and states that while, in view of all the circumstances, he is not prohibited by law from receiving and wearing the decoration, the department believes that diplomatic officers of the United States should seek to observe the intendment and spirit of the prohibition rather than merely to be governed by its literal scope. | 1017 |
sweden.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 96 | Mr. Graves to Mr. Root | 1907. Jan. 16 | Political condition. Reports the opening of the Riksdag and certain important matters being considered by it. | 1021 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Graves | Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis. | 1 | |
| 105 | Mr. Graves to Mr. Root | May 25 | Political conditions. Reports generally on the political situation. | 1022 |
| Mr. de Lagercrants to Mr. Root. | Sept. 25 | Increase of taxes in Cairo. Asks views of this Government in regard to the proposed increase of taxes in Cairo with a view to the construction of, a sewer system. | 1083 | |
| 33 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. de Lagercrantz. | Oct. 4 | Same subject. Acknowledges note on the 25th ultimo and informs him that the department is awaiting a report on the subject from the American consul-general at Cairo. | 1084 |
| 36 | Mr. Adee to Mr. de Lagercrantz. | Oct. 12 | Same subject. Refers to previous notes and states that the agent of the United States at Cairo having reported that American interests will be slightly, if at all, affected by the proposed increase of the tax on rental valuation of realty, he has been instructed that he may assent thereto, if the assent of the United States be necessary to insure unanimity. | 1084 |
| Mr. Graves to Mr. Root (telegram). | Dec. 8 | Death of King Oscar II of Sweden and the accession to the throne of King Gustav V. “King Oscar of Sweden died this morning.” | 1019 | |
| Mr. Roosevelt to the King of Sweden (telegram). | do | Same subject. “I deeply sympathize with Your Majesty and with the people of Sweden in the loss of an honored father and a venerated sovereign.” | 1019 | |
| Mr. Adee to Mr. Graves (telegram). | do | Same subject. “The President has cabled a message of sympathy. The legation will show all due respect to the late king’s memory.” | 1019 | |
| Mr. Ekengren to Mr. Root | do | Same subject. Makes official announcement of the death of the king. | 1019 | |
| 42 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Ekengren. | Dec. 9 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 8th instant and quotes telegram sent by the President to the King of Sweden. | 1020 |
| Mr. Graves to Mr. Root (telegram). | Dec. 10 | Same subject. States that the funeral will take place on the 19th instant; that Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and other countries will be represented by a member of the royal family, and that France will probably have special representatives. | 1020 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Graves (telegram). | Dec. 11 | Same subject. Instructs him to represent the President at the funeral of the king. | 1020 | |
| 142 | Mr. Graves to Mr. Root | do | Same subject. Incloses copy of the official announcement of the death of King Oscar II and of the ascension to the throne of Gustav V. | 1020 |
switzerland.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Vogel to Mr. Root | 1907. Mar. 14 | Deportation of persons merely charged with crime. Incloses copy of letter from the Swiss consul in New York requesting that a certain Swiss fugitive from justice be detained at Ellis Island and returned to Switzerland on account of embezzlement of certain moneys. | 1043 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Vogel | 1907. Mar. 16 | Same subject. Acknowledges note of the 14th instant and informs him that the immigration laws of the United States provide for the deportation of fugitives who have been convicted of crime, but not for those who have merely been charged with crime and fled to this country. Outlines appropriate course to follow in order to secure the detention of the fugitive. | 1044 | |
| Aug. 3 | Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded of the armies in the field. Text. | 1024 | ||
| Mr. de Pury to Mr. Root | Sept. 3 | Application to other countries of the administrative provisions of the commercial agreement between the United States and Germany. Refers to the reduction in customs duties on certain articles from Switzerland guaranteed to that country in the President’s proclamation of Jan. 1, 1906, asks that champagne and sparkling wines be added to the list enjoying the reduced rates, and requests that the five chambers of commerce mentioned in his note be placed on the same footing as the German chambers of commerce. | 502 | |
| Mr. Vogel to Mr. Root | Nov. 20 | Same subject. Refers to department’s note of Sept. 27, and to legation’s note of Sept. 3, gives the status of certain chambers of commerce of Switzerland and requests that they be placed on the same footing as the German chambers of commerce. | 504 | |
| 58 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Vogel | Dec. 6 | Same subject. Refers to previous correspondence, relative to the extension to the Swiss chambers of commerce of the modifications of the customs regulations of the United States in connection with its new commercial treaty with Germany, and informs him that his request is having consideration. | 508 |
| 60 | Same to same | Dec. 13 | Same subject. Refers to the legation’s note of Nov. 20, and the department’s note of Dec. 6, and informs him that the Secretary of the Treasury has advised the department that the provisions of Point “F” of the diplomatic note annexed to the agreement with Germany have been extended to the Swiss chambers of commerce mentioned therein. | 508 |
turkey.
(See also Egypt.)
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 1077 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman. | 1906. Apr. 28 | Restrictions on the importation of typewriting machines. Incloses letter from the President of the Remington Typewriter Company protesting against the customs requirements of the Turkish Government as respects the importation of typewriters. Instructs him to bring the matter to the attention of the Turkish Government with a view to securing the desired relief. | 1073 |
| 190 | Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root | 1907. Feb. 22 | Equal treatment for American institutions. Reports taking the matter up with the Sultan. | 1046 |
| 197 | Same to same. | Mar. 4 | Same subject. Reports further delays, and incloses copies of memoranda left at the foreign office. | 1046 |
| Same to same (telegram) | Mar. 5 | Same subject. Explains his course in endeavoring to secure equal treatment. | 1050 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | Mar. 6 | Same subject. Points out that the repeated and apparently chronic delay and evasiveness in fulfilling the promises from time to time made by the Sultan and by the Porte have always tended to excite regret and dissatisfaction on the part of this Government, and that the continued delays can not fail to cause an unfavorable impression on the mind of the President. Directs him to impress this upon His Majesty. | 1050 | |
| 163 | Same to same | Mar. 15 | Same subject. Refers to telegrams exchanged with the embassy, and states that the department will await the result of his request for an audience of His Majesty. | 1050 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | 1907. Mar. 22 | The Second Peace Conference. Refers to Russian circular of April last, and directs him to ascertain whether Turkey will acquiesce in the proposed formalities for the adhesion of nonsignatories to The Hague Convention of 1899 relative to the peaceful settlement of international conflicts. | 1114 | |
| Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 1 | Increase of Turkish customs duties. Reports in regard to the determination of the Turkish Government to increase the Turkish customs duties from 8 to 11 per cent without consulting the United States. | 1051 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | Apr. 3 | Same subject. Informs him that the department has sent a telegram to London to ascertain whether the British Government has formed any opinion as to Turkey’s contention, which appears to subordinate the commercial interests of unconsulted favored-nation powers, including several minor European states, to the accord of the Berlin treaty powers. | 1052 | |
| Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 10 | Same subject. Reports in regard to the compromise proposal adopted by the European concert. | 1052 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | Apr. 13 | Same subject. States that he is authorized to say to the Turkish Government that the consent of the United States to the customs increase will depend upon the satisfactory adjustment of the questions now pending. Reviews the demands. | 1053 | |
| Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root (telegram). | Apr. 14 | The Second Peace Conference. Reports the adhesion of Turkey to the Russian proposition regarding the attendance of the nonsignatory powers to the next Hague conference. | 1121 | |
| Same to same (telegram) | May 3 | Increase of Turkish customs duties. Outlines note received from the foreign office granting certain concessions, and asks whether in view of these concessions the department authorizes him to give our adhesion to the customs increase. States that the representatives of all the great European powers have already signed. | 1053 | |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | May 4 | Same subject. Informs him that he is authorized to give the adhesion of this Government to customs increase. | 1054 | |
| 265 | Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root | May 15 | Same subject. Incloses note from foreign office outlined in his telegram of the 3d instant. Also incloses telegram from the American consul-general at Beirut stating that all American establishments in Syria have been officially recognized; a testimonial of the officers of the Western Turkey Mission; and a note from the foreign office requesting adhesion to the customs increase. | 1054 |
| Same to same (telegram) | May 27 | Same subject. Reports that the agreements of the porte concerning the granting of customs immunities and the removal of building restrictions at Cesarea have been put into practical execution. States that he will try to secure satisfactory adjustment of some other questions before admitting adhesion to customs increase. | 1057 | |
| 277 | Same to same. | May 28 | Same subject. Transmits two notes addressed to the sublime porte with the intention of placing on record a definite statement of the concessions granted to American institutions and cotton-seed interests, and intimating that as soon as the remaining details were disposed of the United States would give consideration to the porte’s request that it acquiesce in the proposed customs increase. | 1057 |
| 215 | Mr. Root to Mr. Leishman | June 7 | Same subject. Acknowledges No. 265, and commends action reported. | 1062 |
| 27 | Same to same | June 10 | Restrictions on the importation of typewriting machines. Incloses copy of letter from the vice-president of the Remington Typewriter Company, complaining of the action of the Turkish customs officials at Trebizond in forcibly detaining certain Remington typewriters. Calls attention to previous protests made by this Government, and directs him to bring the matter to the urgent attention of the porte, requesting the immediate release of the machines, unless adequate cause for their detention shall appear. | 1074 |
| 298 | Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root | June 12 | Protection of American citizens against acts of brigandage. Transmits a petition of American residents of Smyrna requesting that he demand the suppression of brigandage in Turkey. Incloses copy of his note on the subject to the sublime porte. | 1071 |
| Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root (telegram). | 1907. June 15 | Increase of Turkish customs duties. Reports satisfactory settlement of the Manoukian case, which involves the recognition by the sublime porte of the competency of American consular courts alone to decide as to the legal heirs of an American citizen. | 1063 | |
| 301 | Same to same | June 17 | Settlement of the Manoukian estate. Reports the settlement of the long-pending Manoukian estate, which involved the competency of the American consular courts alone to determine legal heirs of an American citizen. | 1063 |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | do | Increase of Turkish customs duties. Acknowledges telegram of the 15th instant and extends congratulations. | 1063 | |
| 308 | Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root | June 22 | Removal of restrictions on American patent medicines imported into Turkey. Reports receipt of note from the foreign office giving notice of the removal of restrictions. | 1069 |
| 225 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Leishman | June 28 | Increase of Turkish customs duties. Acknowledges No. 277; congratulates him upon his wise management of this important and difficult negotiation. | 1063 |
| 227 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman. | July 2 | Protection of American citizens against acts of brigandage. Acknowledges No. 298, approves action, and states that it is desirable where ground may exist for apprehending acts of brigandage against American citizens or property, to emphasize in advance the duty and responsibility of the Turkish Government to use its police authority to prevent such acts. By so doing sound basis is laid for claiming due redress if proper protection be not afforded. | 1072 |
| 321 | Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root | July 12 | Restrictions on the importation of typewriting machines. Acknowledges instructions, and explains that the difficulty arose from the fact that the typewriters were in Arabic-Turkish characters and as such violated the official regulations directed against the employment of such machines on the ground of their being utilized for the publication of revolutionary literature. | 1075 |
| 245 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman. | Aug. 8 | Settlement of the Manoukian estate. Acknowledges No. 301, congratulates the ambassador, and expresses gratification at the recognition of the principle involved. | 1065 |
| Mr. Leishman to Mr. Root (telegram). | Oct. 3 | Extradition procedure. Reports that the extradition of Levan Kritichian, now held by the New York police commissioner, has been requested by the minister for foreign affairs. Sets forth crimes with which Kritichian is charged. | 1070 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Leishman (telegram). | Oct. 5 | Same subject. Refers to telegram of Oct. 3, and outlines procedure to be followed. | 1070 | |
| 471 | Mr. Brown to Mr. Root | Nov. 2 | Citizenship of Nicholas and Theodore S. Theodore. States that the brothers claim citizenship by right of birth in the United States after naturalization of their father, and that both have lived in Turkey since early childhood. Recites other circumstances in regard to the brothers. | 1066 |
| 287 | Mr. Root to Mr. Brown | Nov. 13 | Opening by Turkish authorities of mail addressed to American missionaries. Incloses correspondence and directs him to remind the sublime porte of its assurance given in 1892, and the positive orders which it issued in the latter part of April of that year not to detain letters addressed to Americans | 1067 |
| 297 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Brown | Nov. 26 | Same subject. Incloses copy of letter from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; also one from the Postmaster-General on the subject. | 1068 |
| 493 | Mr. Brown to Mr. Root | Nov. 29 | Same subject. Incloses copy of note addressed to the sublime porte reminding it of its assurances in 1892, and the positive orders which it issued in the latter part of that year, that letters addressed to Americans be not detained. | 1069 |
| 302 | Mr. Bacon to Mr. Brown | Dec. 20 | Citizenship of Nicholas and Theodore S. Theodore. States that being born in the United States the the brothers were born citizens thereof, and that the extraterritorial jurisdiction which this Government claims in Turkey requires the United States to claim the right of protection and jurisdiction over citizens who are resident in Turkey, unless there be some act of such citizens amounting to expatriation. Adds that it is not believed that the facts so far developed establish such expatriation. | 1066 |
uruguay.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 240 | Mr. O’Brien to Mr. Root | 1907. Feb. 22 | Message of the President of Uruguay. Transmits copy of the message. | 1086 |
| 244 | Same to same. | Mar. 2 | Election of Dr. Claudio Williaman as President of Uruguay. Makes detailed report in regard to the election. | 1088 |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Lafinur | Mar. 5 | The Second Peace Conference. (See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco.) | 1113 | |
| 246 | Mr. O’Brien to Mr. Root | Mar. 6 | Election of Dr. Claudio Williman as President of Uruguay. Incloses copies of correspondence had with the foreign office in regard to the election of Dr. Williman. | 1089 |
| 321 | Same to same | Sept. 26 | Law abolishing the death penalty in Uruguay. Transmits copy of the law. | 1085 |
venezuela.
| No. | From and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| Mr. Root to Mr. Russell | 1907. Jan. 30 | Regulations for preventing collisions at sea. (See instruction of Jan. 30, 1907, to Ambassador Francis.) | 1 | |
| Mr. Bacon to Mr. Guzman | Mar. 5 | The Second Peace Conference. (See note of Mar. 5, 1907, from Mr. Bacon to Mr. Nabuco.) | 1113 | |
| Mr. Guzman to Mr. Root | Mar. 14 | Same subject. Acknowledges department’s note of the 5th instant, and says his Government has informed the Netherlands Government of the adhesion of Venezuela to the second and third conventions of 1899. | 1125 | |
| 191 | Mr. Russell to Mr. Root | May 6 | Recognition of Mr. Simon Planas Suarez, a native Venezuelan, as Nicaraguan Minister to Venezuela. Incloses copy of correspondence had with the foreign office on the subject, and requests opinion of the department. | 1091 |
| 203 | Same to same. | June 5 | Message of the President and report of the minister for foreign affairs. Transmits copies. | 1093 |
| 92 | Mr. Adee to Mr. Russell | June 28 | Recognition of Mr. Simon Planaz Suarez, a native Venezuelan, as Nicaraguan minister to Venezuela. Informs him the right of a government to decline to receive one of its own citizens as the representative of another government is generally recognized and has been asserted on several occasions by the Government of the United States. Recites the case of Señor Camacho. States that these remarks are offered merely as of historic and academic interest. Adds that the case of Señor Suarez does not appear to call for any formal expression of opinion in the absence of any case arising affecting his relations to the other members of the diplomatic corps in any matter affecting diplomatic privileges. | 1092 |
| 231 | Mr. Russell to Mr. Root | Aug. 30 | Opening of the Port of Pampatar, Margarita Island. Incloses translation of executive decree. | 1097 |
| 258 | Same to same | Dec. 7 | Registration of Porto Ricans. Requests information in regard to the registration of Porto Ricans. | 1096 |
| 114 | Mr. Root to Mr. Russell | Dec. 21 | Same subject. Informs him that the department has ruled that Porto Ricans may be registered under the same regulations as are applicable to citizens of the United States, the forms being so amended as to describe them as citizens of Porto Rico. | 1097 |