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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918

Boundary dispute: Honduras and Nicaragua


Contents

    • Refusal of Nicaragua to accept the arbitral award rendered by the King of Spain in 1906; good offices of the United States; commissioners sent to Washington (Documents 11–37)

    Contents

    • Note
    • Address of the President, December 2, 1918
    • List of Papers
    • General
      • Farmers’ National Congress (Document 1)
      • Protection of American trade-marks (Document 2)
      • Abrogation of treaties, certain provisions of which conflicted with the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 1915
        • Netherlands: Treaties of January 19, 1839, and May 23, 1878 (Documents 3–5)
        • Norway: Treaty of July 4, 1827 (Documents 6–8)
        • Spain: Treaty of July 3, 1902 (Documents 9–10)
      • Boundary dispute: Honduras and Nicaragua
        • Refusal of Nicaragua to accept the arbitral award rendered by the King of Spain in 1906; good offices of the United States; commissioners sent to Washington (Documents 11–37)
    • Argentina
      • Cable-landing concessions granted by Argentina to the Central & South American Telegraph Co. (an American company) (Documents 38–51)
    • Brazil
      • Cable-landing concessions granted by Brazil to the Central & South American Co. and the Western Union Telegraph Co. (American companies) and to the Western Telegraph Co. (a British company)—Discrimination in cable rates (Documents 52–77)
      • Message of President Wenceslau Braz P. Gomes to the National Congress (Document 78)
      • Authorization to foreign vessels to engage in coastwise traffic in Brazilian waters (Document 79)
    • China
      • Political affairs
        • Conciliatory policy of Acting President Feng Kuo-chang; opposition of Northern military elements; participation in the World War; resignation of Sun Yat Sen as generalissimo of Southern Military Government; reorganization of Southern Military Government; looting in the Province of Hunan by Northern and Southern troops; joint protest of the American, British, and Japanese Ministers; election of Hsü Shih-ch’ang as President; peace proposals; encouragement by the American, British, French, Italian, and Japanese Governments to settle difficulties (Documents 80–111)
      • Loan negotiations
        • Currency reorganization and loan and currency reform (Documents 112–149)
        • Kirin and Heilungkiang forestry and mines loan (Documents 150–155)
        • Other loans (Documents 156–158)
      • Negotiations for the organization of a new international financial consortium (Documents 159–194)
      • Railway concessions
        • Proposed elimination of German interests from the Hukuang Railway enterprise; protest of Great Britain against the Siems-Carey & Co. contract; temporary cessation of railway surveys under the Siems-Carey & Co. contract; concession to the Japanese Industrial Development Bank for a railway from Kirin to Hueining; concessions to Japan in Manchuria, Mongolia, and Shantung (Documents 195–200)
      • Opium and morphine traffic in China
        • Purchase by the Chinese Government of reserve stock of opium and mandate for the destruction thereof (Documents 201–210)
      • Attitude of the United States toward political relationships in the Far East (Documents 211–212)
      • Institution of Japanese civil administration in the Leased Territory of Kiaochow (Documents 213–216)
      • Exchange of notes and conclusion of agreements between the Governments of China and Japan relating to military cooperation (Document 217)
    • Colombia
      • Message of President José Vicente Concha to the National Congress (Document 218)
    • Costa Rica
      • Political affairs
        • Continuance of the Tinoco Government; counter-revolutionary attempts to oust Tinoco; attitude of the United States (Documents 219–301)
    • Cuba
      • Political affairs
        • Precautions taken by the United States to prevent a recurrence of an insurrection; lawlessness in Camaguey and Oriente Provinces; return to Cuba of moneys taken from Cuban revolutionists by American officers in Haiti; amnesty granted to revolutionists; pardon of army officers convicted of attempting the life of the President; release from confinement of former President José Miguel Gomez; restoration of constitutional guaranties (Documents 302–319)
      • Financial affairs
        • Authorization by the Government of Cuba of a loan of thirty million pesos; attitude of the United States; establishment of a credit for fifteen million dollars by the Treasury of the United States secured by bonds issued by the Government of Cuba (Documents 320–373)
      • Sugar production in Cuba
        • Arrangement with the International Sugar Committee fixing the price of sugar; good offices of the United States; financial assistance to sugar producers; measures taken to prevent the destruction of sugar factories (Documents 374–392)
    • Dominican Republic
      • Political, economic, and industrial affairs (Documents 393–394)
      • Financial affairs
        • Proposal for a bond issue to pay claims against the Dominican Republic adjudicated by the Claims Commission appointed in 1917 (Documents 395–399)
      • Proposed revision of the customs tariff of the Dominican Republic (Documents 400–406)
      • Protection of Chinese interests in the Dominican Republic and Haiti by American diplomatic and consular officers—Authority to issue passports to Chinese citizens (Documents 407–414)
    • Ecuador
      • Claims of the Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co. against Ecuador
        • Resumption of payment of interest on bonds (Documents 415–451)
    • France
      • Agreement between the United States and France extending the duration of the arbitration convention of February 10, 1908 (Documents 452–454)
    • Great Britain
      • Agreement between the United States and Great Britain extending the duration of the arbitration convention of April 4, 1908 (Document 455)
      • Conference between the United States and Canada for the consideration of pending questions concerning the fisheries on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts (Documents 456–468)
    • Guatemala
      • The earthquake in Guatemala City (Documents 469–478)
    • Haiti
      • Constitution of June 12, 1918 (Document 478a)
    • Honduras
      • Boundary dispute with Nicaragua
    • Japan
      • Attitude of the United States toward political relationships in the Far East
      • Institution of Japanese civil administration in the Leased Territory of Kiaochow
      • Exchange of notes and conclusion of agreements between the Governments of China and Japan relating to military cooperation
    • Liberia
      • Financial affairs
        • Reforms instituted; request for a loan of $5,000,000; establishment of a credit for $5,000,000 in the Treasury of the United States (Documents 479–500)
    • Mexico
      • Border disturbances
        • Firing across the boundary between the United States and Mexico and crossing into Mexico by American troops in alleged violation of the sovereignty of Mexico; violation of the sovereignty and neutrality laws of the United States by Mexican conspirators, troops, and raiders; pursuit of Mexican bandits into Mexico by United States troops (Documents 501–544)
      • Expression of friendship of the United States toward Mexico and all Latin America—Attitude of the press (Documents 545–561)
      • Negotiations for closer commercial relations with Mexico (Documents 562–590)
      • Message of President Venustiano Carranza to the National Congress, September 1, 1918 (Document 591)
      • Financial affairs
        • Decrees relative to law of payments; protest of the United States; sequestration and liquidation of banks in Mexico; attitude of the United States toward loan negotiations of Mexico (Documents 592–607)
      • Protection of Americans and American interests (Documents 608–624)
      • Protection of American oil interests
        • Revolutionary activities in the Tampico district; burdensome tax decrees issued by the Mexican Government; pretended right of the Mexican Government to expropriate private property rights without due process of law; protest of the United States (Documents 625–689)
      • Claims of American citizens against Mexico (Documents 690–705)
        • Institution of a claims commission; attitude of the United States and other foreign governments (Documents 690–692)
    • Netherlands
      • Abrogation of the treaties of January 19, 1839, and May 23, 1878, certain provisions of which conflicted with the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 1915
    • Nicaragua
      • Message of President Emiliano Chamorro to the National Congress (Document 706)
      • Financial Affairs
        • Settlement of claims against Nicaragua by the Commission on Public Credit; authorization by the Congress for a bond issue (Documents 707–727)
      • Boundary dispute with Honduras
        • Refusal of Nicaragua to Accept the Arbitral Award Rendered by the King of Spain in 1906; Good Offices of the United States; Commissioners Sent to Washington
    • Norway
      • Agreement between the United States and Norway extending the duration of the arbitration convention of April 4, 1908 (Documents 728–730)
      • Abrogation of the treaty of July 4, 1827, certain provisions of which conflicted with the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 1915
    • Panama
      • Claims of American citizens against Panama on account of injuries received during the riot at Cocoa Grove, Panama, February 14, 1915 (Documents 731–734)
    • Spain
      • Abrogation of the treaty of July 3, 1902, certain provisions of which conflicted with the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 1915
    • Index

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