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

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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
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