Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Volume I

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Representation of the United States in the Peace Conference and related international bodies1 (Documents 1-46)
- Representation on the Supreme Council (Council of the Heads of Delegations) and the Interim Reparation Commission (Organization Committee of the Reparation Commission)—Refusal to participate in setting up commissions under the Treaty of Versailles—Discontinuance of representation on the Supreme Economic Council—Departure of the American Commission from Paris, December 9, 1919—Designation of Ambassador Wallace as observer on the Supreme Council, December 8; on the Committee of Ambassadors, January 9, 1920—Unofficial representation on the Reparation Commission and the Rhineland High Commission (Documents 1-46)
The First International Labor Conference26 (Documents 47-48)
Preparations for the Second Pan American Financial Conference31 (Documents 49-52)
Conventions for the establishment of an international gold-clearance fund42 (Document 53)
Conventions for facilitating the work of traveling salesmen47 (Document 54)
Abrogation of treaties and provisions of treaties which conflicted with the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 191549 (Documents 55-80)
- Norway: Withdrawal of denunciation of treaty of July 4, 1827,50 except as to articles 13 and 14, terminated as of July 1, 1916 (Documents 55-62)
- Spain: Withdrawal of denunciation of the treaty of July 3, 1902,59 except as to articles 23 and 24, terminated as of July 1, 1916; understanding with respect to Spanish transport taxes and American income tax (Documents 63-73)
- Sweden: Termination of the treaty of July 4, 1827, on February 4, 1919; continuance of the convention of June 1, 191071 (Documents 74-80)
Boundary disputes (Documents 81-148)
- Colombia and Panama: Withdrawal of President Porras from the controversy (Documents 81-83)
- Colombia and Peru: Good offices of the United States for the continuance of negotiations—Colombia and Venezuela: Good offices of the United States in negotiations (Documents 84-91)
- Guatemala and Honduras:90 Good offices of the United States in averting conflicts and furthering negotiations; conference between special missions at Washington, opened May 20, 1918; request of the special missions that the Secretary of State suggest a basis of settlement; economic survey of the disputed area and report, October 16, 1919 (Documents 92-129)
- Honduras and Nicaragua:22 Good offices of the United States in maintaining the agreed status quo of 1918—Charges of violations of status quo (Documents 130-148)
The Tacna-Arica question31 (Documents 149-217)
- Expulsion of the Peruvian consul from Iquique, November 24, 1918—Withdrawal of Peruvian consuls from Chile—Offer of good offices of the United States for a solution of the dispute, December 4; suggestions that South American governments support this action—Acceptance of “mediation” by Peru; noncommittal reply of Chile—Action of South American governments (Documents 149-183)
- Special investigation of incidents in the disputed provinces by the United States consul at La Paz—Projects for a settlement of the dispute by compromise or by arbitration (Documents 184-217)
Oil development (Documents 218-224)
- Circular instructions calling for reports on legislation and concessions in foreign countries—Discussion of the Public Lands Leasing Bill (Documents 218-224)

The papers included in this section cover only the period following the signature of the treaty with Germany and President Wilson’s departure from Paris. Temporary missions of investigation, etc., dispatched by the Conference are disregarded.

The files of the Peace Commission have been used to supply bracketed corrections wherever telegrams from the Commission have been received in a garbled condition.
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For the proceedings of this Conference, see International Labor Conference, First Annual Meeting, October 29, 1919–November 29, 1919, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1920.↩
For the proceedings of this Conference, see Report of the Secretary of the Treasury to the President on the Second Pan American Financial Conference at Washington, January 19–24, 1920, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1921.↩
Conventions which followed the terms of the draft here printed, were signed with the Governments of Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, and Paraguay, and a convention in similar terms with Ecuador; but none of these conventions was ratified by the United States.↩

Conventions in terms similar to the one with Uruguay here printed were concluded with the following countries on the dates indicated:

	Signed	Proclaimed
Guatemala	Dec. 3, 1918	Aug. 27, 1919
Panama	Feb. 8, 1919	Dec. 10, 1919
Venezuela	July 3, 1919	Oct. 15, 1920
Salvador	Jan. 28, 1919	Jan. 22, 1921
Paraguay	Oct. 20, 1919	Apr. 28, 1922
Costa Rica	Mar. 31, 1924	June 26, 1924
Peru	Jan. 19, 1923	July 18, 1924

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For papers of preceding years, see Foreign Relations, 1915, pp. 3 ff.; 1916, pp. 33 ff.; 1917, pp. 9 ff.; and 1918, pp. 3 ff.↩
For text of treaty, see Hunter Miller (ed.), Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, vol. 3, pp. 283 ff.↩
For text of treaty, see William M. Malloy (ed.), Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements between the United States of America and Other Powers, vol. ii, pp. 1640 ff.↩
For text of treaty, see Malloy, Treaties, vol. ii, pp. 1748 ff.; for text of convention, see ibid., vol. iii, pp. 2846 ff.↩
Continued from Foreign Relations, 1917, pp. 760–801.↩
Continued from Foreign Relations, 1918, pp. 11–34.↩
Continued from Foreign Relations, 1913, pp. 1164–1239.↩

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