Table of Contents

[For alphabetical index, see end of volume.]

• Guatemala and Honduras
  • Impressment of aliens into the military service of Guatemala
  • Protection of Chinese in Guatemala
  • Attempt on the life of the President of Guatemala
  • Convention between the United States and Guatemala for the reciprocal protection of patents
  • Recognition of the provisional Government of Honduras by the United States and Mexico
  • Good offices of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America
  • Further good offices of the Presidents of the United States and Mexico for the conservation of peace in Central America
  • Central American peace protocol, Washington, September 17, 1907
  • Report of the Central American Peace Conference, Washington, 1907
• Haiti
  • Enforcement of the Haitian tax law of 1876
  • Ill treatment of David A. Backer by Haitian soldiers
• Italy
  • Declaration made between Italy and Denmark for the protection of industrial models
  • Destruction of tobacco belonging to the Italian Government
  • Commercial and navigation treaty between Italy and Russia
  • Consular jurisdiction over estates
• Japan
  • Treaty between Japan and France relating to the Far East
  • Transit through United States territory of criminals and fugitives from justice in course of extradition from one foreign country to another
  • Marriage of foreigners in Japan
  • 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
  • Exclusion of foreign laborers from Japan
  • Affairs in Korea
  • Railroads in Manchuria
  • Fishery convention between Japan and Russia
• Kongo
  • Investigation of affairs in the Kongo
• Liberia
  • Frontier agreement between France and
  • Presidential election in
• Mexico
  • Recognition of United States meat-inspection labels
  • Passports issued under assumed names
  • Convention between the United States and, for the elimination of the Bancos in the Rio Grande from the effects of Article II of the treaty of November 12, 1884
  • Third International Sanitary Convention, Mexico City, December 2–7, 1907
  • Message of the President of Mexico to the Mexican Congress
  • Notice of decisions in extradition cases between the United States and
  • Reciprocal agreement relative to the stationing of coaling vessels in the waters of Mexico and the United States
  • Depredations of Yaqui Indians
  • Visit of the Secretary of State of the United States to Mexico
• Morocco
  • Protection of patents in Morocco
  • Kaid Maclean, a British officer, held prisoner by Raisuli
  • Rights of foreigners in Morocco
  • Acquisition of property for American missionaries and rental of a house in the Moorish quarter of Mequinez
  • Political affairs in
  • International commission for the adjustment of damages growing out of the disorders at Casa Blanca
• Netherlands
  • International convention for the exemption of hospital ships from the payment of all usual port dues and taxes
  • 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
  • Speech from the throne at the opening of the session of the States-General
  • Second Peace Conference at The Hague
• Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador
  • Treaty between the United States and Nicaragua for the extradition of criminals
  • Election of Gen. Fernando Figeroa as President of Salvador
  • Citizenship of persons born of foreign parents in Nicaragua
  • Searching of the Pacific mail steamer San Juan by Nicaraguan authorities
• Norway
  • Death of the Minister of Norway to the United States
  • Treaty between Great Britain, France, Germany, Norway, and Russia respecting the independence and territorial intergity of Norway
• Panama
  • Protection of Chinese interests in Panama
  • Consular jurisdiction over estates of American citizens dying in Panama
• Persia
  • Murder of Rev. Benjamin W. Labaree
  • Death of Shah of Persia
• Peru
  • Message of the President of Peru to the Peruvian Congress
• Portugal
  • An additional and amendatory agreement to the commercial agreement of May 22, 1899, between the United States and Portugal
  • Effect of acceptance of titles of nobility on American citizenship
  • Military service case of Frank Freitas
• Roumania and Servia
  • Commercial treaty between Roumania and Italy
  • Commerce and navigation treaty between Roumania and France
  • Commercial treaty between Servia and Italy
  • Commercial treaty between Roumania and Belgium
• Russia
  • Citizenship of Clemens Belling
  • Famine in Russia
  • Convention between Russia and Great Britain concerning the interests of their states on the continent of Asia
  • Treaty between Russia and Japan guaranteeing the present territory of each, the integrity of China, and the principle of the “open door” in that Empire
  • Sessions of the Douma (parliament); election laws; general affairs in Russia
• Siam
  • Treaties between Siam and France
• Spain
  • Payment of Spanish indemnity under treaty of 1834
  • Arbitration treaty between Spain and Switzerland
  • Status of child born of foreign parents and adopted by an American citizen
  • Decorations conferred upon American citizens prior to their receiving appointment in the diplomatic service
  • 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 Asia
• Sweden
  • Death of King Oscar II of Sweden and the accession to the throne of King Gustav V
  • Political conditions
• Switzerland
  • Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded of the armies in the field
  • Deportation of persons merely charged with crime
• Turkey
  • Equal treatment for American institutions
  • Increase of Turkish customs duties
  • Settlement of the Manoukian estate
  • Citizenship of Nicholas and Theodore S. Theodore
  • Opening by Turkish authorities of mail addressed to American missionaries
  • Removal of restrictions on American patent medicines imported into Turkey
  • Extradition procedure
  • Protection of American citizens against acts of brigandage
  • Restrictions on the importation of typewriting machines
• Egypt
  • Jurisdiction over the offense of criminal libel committed by an American citizen in Egypt
  • Increase of taxes in Cairo
• Uruguay and Paraguay
  • Law abolishing the death penalty in Uruguay
  • Message of the President of Uruguay to the Uruguayan Congress
  • Election of Dr. Claudio Willman as President of Uruguay
• Venezuela
  • Recognition of Mr. Simon Planas Suarez, a native Venezuelan, as Nicaraguan minister to Venezuela.
  • Message of the President and report of the minister for foreign affairs
  • Registration of Porto Ricans
  • Opening of the port of Pampatar
• International Diplomatic Conferences:
  • Second Peace Conference at The Hague