Index

• American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. See Turkey: Near East Relief.
• American Committee for Relief in the Near East. See Turkey: Near East Relief.
• American Red Cross, assistance in earthquake in San Salvador, 801, 802, 803–804, 805
• Anglo-Persian Agreement (Aug. 9). See under Persia.
• Armenians. See under Turkey.
• Arms and munitions. See under Mexico.
• Asylum, granting of. See Honduras: Revolution of López Gutiérrez: U.S. Legation; and Netherlands: German Emperor and Crown Prince, former.
• Austria, maintenance of blockade by Supreme Blockade Council, 813
• Bailey, Lt. Col. Walter C., investigation and reports on attacks on Jews in Poland, 752, 760, 765–768, 769, 770
• Bertrand, Francisco. See under Honduras.
• Bogen, Boris, investigation and reports on attacks on Jews in Poland, 752, 760, 765–768, 769, 770
• Bográn, Francisco. See under Honduras.
• Bond issues (see also Loans). See under Dominican Republic; Ecuador, Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co.; and Haiti.
• Brazil, custody of German cables, 520, 521
• Bristol, Rear Adm. Mark L., appointment as High Commissioner in Turkey, 812–813
• Bulgaria, reopening of trade: Supreme Economic Council approval, 813–814; U.S. announcement, 814
• Cable concessions. See under Liberia.
• Cables, status of former German, 520, 521, 524–525, 525–527
• Carranza, Venustiano. See under Mexico: President.
• Catron, Peter, murder of, 572; U.S. representations, 540–541, 572; Mexican attitude and reply, 541, 573–574
• Chinese in Mexico, U.S. good offices for protection of, 576–577
• Chosen (Korea). See under Japan.
• Claims and claims commissions. See under Dominican Republic; Haiti; Liberia; Mexico; and Nicaragua.
• Crane, Richard, appointment as U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 85–92
• Crowder, Gen. Enoch H. See under Cuba: Electoral reform.
• Cuba:
  • Elections, 1920 presidential:
    • Guaranty of freedom through U.S. supervision:
      • Agitation by Liberal Party, 7, 77–78, 83
      • Attitude of Cuban Government, 2, 5, 79–80; United States, 1, 3, 6, 9, 78–79, 80, 82–83; U.S. Minister, 80–82, 83–84
    • Nominating conventions:
      • Desirability of delay, 20, 23–25; U.S. support, 26
      • Liberal Party action, 25, 27, 82; schism, 82
      • Postponement by Conservative Party, 26, 27
  • Electoral reform:
    • Attitude of United States, 1, 2–3, 6, 9; Cuba, 2, 3–5, 6, 8–9, 15
    • Corrupt conditions, 11–15, 17, 30–55, 81–82
    • Crowder, Gen. Enoch H., mission of:
      • Cuban invitation, 8–9, 10, 15–16; acceptance, 10
      • President Menocal, attitude, 10, 16–17
      • Reports: preliminary, 11–15, 17–24; final, 29–77
      • Services: evaluation, 28; termination, 29
    • Measures recommended and adopted, 18–24, 55–74
• Czechoslovakia:
  • Chargé d’Affaires in Washington: appointment, 92–93; recognition, 93
  • President Masaryk, remarks on reception of U.S. Minister, 91–92
  • Trade restrictions, abolition by Supreme Blockade Council, 813
  • U.S. Minister: appointment, 85–86; presentation of credentials, 86–92
• Danzig, U.S. Commissioner at: appointment, 94; arrival and arrangements for recognition as U.S. consular officer, 94–97
• Dawson, William, appointment as U.S. Commissioner at Danzig, 94–97
• Dominican Republic:
  • Advisory Council of Dominicans: organization, 138–139; personnel, 139–140; first meeting, 140–141
  • Banditry, suppression of, 99–100, 106, 118–119, 121, 126–128
  • Bond issue of 1918. See Claims Commission of 1917 and Customs Receivership, infra.
  • Claims Commission of 1917, findings, 102–103, 122–123
  • Customs Receivership:
    • Assignment of duties: War Dept. request for regularization of procedure, 155–156; State Dept. attitude, 157–158
    • Extension by 1918 bond issue: interpretation of Military Government, 145–146, 146–147; objection of State Dept., 146, 147–148
    • Funds to amortize 1918 bonds, pledge of additional, by Executive Order No. 272 of Military Governor, 103, 123, 148–151
    • Internal revenue funds: request for approval of control by Military Government, 151–154, 158–159; State Dept. attitude, 154–155, 159–160; War Dept. attitude, 160–161
    • Tariff surcharges: request of Military Government for transfer from Internal Revenue, 161; State Dept. attitude, 162–163; transfer, 168
  • Guardia Nacional, improvement, attitude of Military Governor, 100, 120; State Dept., 119; U.S. Minister, 119
  • Henríquez y Carvajal, Francisco (former Provisional President): Advisory Council, offer of membership, 138, 140, 143; Dominican independence, activities for, 98–99, 106–107, 136, 138, 139; memoranda and recommendations, 107–118, 128–130, 130–131, 132–133, 134–135, 137–138; Military Governor, attitude, 120–121, 133, 130–137, 138, 141–144; U.S. attitude, 130, 131–133, 136, 145; U.S. Minister, views, 136, 141
  • Military Governor, reports, 99–105, 121–128, 139–141
  • Tariff revision:
    • Commission: appointment, 101–102, 163–165; final instructions of Military Governor, 165–169
    • New rates: approval by United States, 169–170; promulgation, 170
• Dresel, Ellis L., appointment as U.S. Commissioner to Germany, 241–246
• Earthquake in San Salvador. See Salvador.
• Ecuador, Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co.:
  • Bonds, payment of interest on: assurances of payment, 171, 189–190, 192, 193; daily deposits from customs revenues, question of continuance, 172, 175, 180–181, 185, 188, 197; misunderstanding over coupons, 178–180, 185–193; payments, 171, 175, 177, 178, 185, 189, 193; refinancing, question of, 175, 177–178, 197–199; U.S. representations, 176–177, 185–188, 190–191, 196–198, 199, 200
  • Foreclosure by foreign bondholders: U.S. representations against, 194; postponement, 196
  • Relations with Government:
    • Advisory Commission: appointment proposed, 174, 175, 176; conclusion of modus vivendi, 181–185; recommendation for arbitration, 194; U.S. attitude, 177; U.S. Minister, views on arbitration, 194–196
    • Claims, Government agreement to pay, 194, 195
    • Rates: Government order for reduction, 172–174; railway company, attitude, 174, 176; U.S. attitude, 177
    • Status, 194, 199–200
• Egypt:
  • British protectorate: U.S. recognition, 202–204; U.S. interpretation of recognition, 207–209
  • Self-government: U.S. sympathy with desire for greater, 203, 204, 462; alleged U.S. view that Egypt is self-governed, 204–205; U.S. denial, 205–207
  • U.S. Agent and Consul General at Cairo: appointment, 201; arrival and reception, 201–202
• El Salvador. See Salvador.
• Enemy property. See under Guatemala and Honduras; see also Liberia: Cable concessions: German, former; and Liberia: Wireless station, German.
• Finland:
  • Elections, results, 211–213
  • Government:
    • Recognition as de facto by Great Britain, 214, 215; by United States, 211, 213, 214, 215–216; Finnish appreciation of U.S. action, 217
    • Recognition as de jure: Finnish requests, 220, 224–226; recognition by Great Britain, 223–224; recognition by United States, 226–227
    • Uniform policy of the powers toward recognition of, efforts to obtain, 210–211, 213–214, 223
  • Minister to the United States: provisional recognition as Minister of de facto Government, 218, 219–220; reception as Minister of de facto Government by President Wilson, 220–223; recognition as Minister of de jure Government, 226–227
  • U.S. Commissioner, appointment, 216, 218, 219
  • U.S. Legation, establishment, and appointment of Chargé d’affaires, 226–227
• Foster, Lt. Reginald C, reports on attacks on Jews in Poland, 751, 753–754, 762–763
• France:
  • Anglo-Persian agreement, attitude, 699–700
  • Convention of navigation and commerce of 1822 with United States:
    • Denunciation, 228–229; U.S. acknowledgement, 229–230
    • Temporary renewal: discussion, 229–232; U.S.-French agreement (July 17) modifying art. VII, 232–233
  • Liberia, interests in. See Liberia.
  • Troops in Asia Minor. See Turkey: Armenians: French troops.
• Germany:
  • Crown Prince, former. See under Netherlands.
  • Emperor, former. See under Netherlands.
  • Property, former. See Guatemala: Enemy property; Honduras: Enemy property legislation; Liberia: Cable concessions, German; and Liberia: Wireless station, German.
  • Trade: policy of Allied Powers toward reopening, 236–237, 238, 813; U.S. attitude, 238, 239–241
  • Trade with United States, reopening: discussion, 234–238; U.S. consular officers, appointment unofficially, 234, 235, 243–244, 245; U.S. license for limited trade, 238, 239; U.S. policy, explanation, 239–241
  • U.S. Commissioner: appointment, consideration of, 241–243; appointment of Dresel, 243, 244; departure for post, 245–246
• Gibson, Hugh S., U.S. Minister to Poland. See under Poland.
• Grant-Smith, Ulysses, appointment as U.S. Commissioner to Hungary, 410–412
• Great Britain (see also Egypt and Persia):
  • Finland, recognition of Government, 214, 215, 223–224
  • Liberia, interests in. See Liberia.
  • Oil concessions in Palestine and Mesopotamia:
    • Policy regarding establishment and operation: reports and statements, 251, 255, 257, 259, 260–261, 262; U.S. inquiries, 252–253, 255–256; U.S. representations, 258–260
    • U.S. concessions:
      • British examination of maps of claims, 250–252; U.S. inquiries, 252, 254–255; British explanations, 253–254, 261–262
      • Extent, 256–257
  • Prince of Wales, visit to United States: acceptance of U.S. invitation, 247–249; account of visit, 249n; exchange of messages on departure, 249–250
  • Troops in the Caucasus. See Turkey: Armenians: British troops in the Caucasus.
• Guatemala:
  • Currency reform (see also Kemmerer and National bank, infra):
    • Necessity, 273–274
    • Paper money: project for additional, 274–275; curtailment of issue, 275–276, 277, 278; U.S. attitude, 274, 275
  • Enemy property:
    • Decree of seizure: text, 290–293; U.S. assistance in drafting, 287, 288, 289–290
    • Lease by U.S. interests, 293–294
    • Liquidation:
      • Arrangements, 295–296, 297–298, 302
      • Delay, 295–296, 298–300, 301; U.S. attitude, 295, 296, 300–301, 301–302
      • Guatemalan attitude, 272, 288, 293–294, 297, 298–300, 301
      • Proceeds, safeguarding of, 288–289, 294, 295
      • Purchases by U.S. interests, 272, 275, 287, 297; Guatemalan attitude, 272, 288, 298, 301; U.S. attitude, 296, 300, 301–302
      • Resolution authorizing sale, 302
      • U.S. attitude, 289, 295, 296, 297–298, 300, 301–302
  • Kemmerer, Edwin Walter, currency survey:
    • Advocacy by United States of survey, 273–274; Guatemalan approval, 275, 276–277
    • Appointment, 277, 278
    • Report: discussion, 284–286; publication, question of, 283–284, 286–287; text, 279–282; U.S. attitude, 283, 286
  • National bank, proposed loan for (see also Currency reform, supra): Guatemalan attitude, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277; Kemmerer recommendations, 281–282, 282–283, 284–286; possible participation of U.S. interests, 272, 275, 283; U.S. attitude, 272, 273, 283
  • Piñol y Batres, Bishop José: agitation against Government, 263–265; arrest, 265–266; free speech, U.S. representations on behalf of, 266; President’s promise of leniency, 266–267; release and departure, 267–268
  • “Unionist” opposition party: formation, 263–264, 267–268; guaranty by United States for free elections, request for, 268–269; program, 269–270
• Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co. See Ecuador.
• Haiti:
  • Bank, agreements (Apr. 12 and Oct. 24) for issuance of currency and payment of indebtedness: need for currency, 352–353, 355–356, 357–358; simultaneous conclusion of agreements, insistence, 341–342, 354, 355–357, 358, 359; texts, 362–370; U.S. attitude, 348, 354, 358, 360–361
  • Bond issue (see also Treaty of 1915 with United States: Protocol and exchange of notes, infra), U.S. authorization of special, 371–373
  • Claims commission. See Treaty of 1915 with United States: Protocol and exchange of notes, infra.
  • Customs officials, request for right to appoint and dismiss, 314–316
  • Loans. See Bond issue, supra.
  • Martial law: appeals for abolition, 314–316, 328, 329–330, 333; increase of forces, 329; Treaty officials, views, 330–331; U.S. attitude, 328–329, 337, 339
  • Peace Conference, Versailles, appointment of delegate, 313–314
  • President Dartiguenave, arrangements for U.S. direct communication with, 303, 309
  • Treaty of 1915 with United States, modification:
    • Agreement (Aug. 24) providing for U.S. approval of legislation: discussion, 304–305, 307–309; text, 309; U.S. application, 310; violation by Haiti, 336
    • Agreement (Dec. 3) providing for U.S. control of disbursements, 312; Haitian attitude, 322–325, 327–328
    • Protocol and exchange of notes (Oct. 3) establishing a claims commission and authorizing a loan: Haitian financial situation, 340–342; negotiations, 342–346; texts, 347–352
  • Treaty officials, arrangement for regular conferences, 305–306
  • U.S. occupation: Haitian complaints against, 311, 316–328, 331–336: Treaty officials, views, 312–313, 330–331; U.S. attitude and replies, 318, 336–340
• Harbord, Gen. James G., Chairman of U.S. Military Mission to Armenia: appointment, 827, 828; report, 841–889
• Haskell, Col. William N., appointment as High Commissioner in Armenia, 826–827
• Haynes, Thornwell, appointment as U.S. Commissioner to Finland, 216, 218, 219
• Heck, Lewis, appointment as U.S. Commissioner to Turkey, 810–11
• Henríquez y Carvajal, Francisco. See under Dominican Republic.
• Honduras:
  • Bertrand, Francisco. See Revolution of López Gutiérrez, infra.
  • Bográn, Francisco:
    • Appointment as Provisional President, 386–387, 388, 391; U.S. attitude, 386
    • Official acts, 391–393; U.S. attitude, 391, 394
    • Retention of office, U.S. attitude, 394
  • Enemy property legislation: aid of United States in drafting, 400–403; approval and promulgation, 403–405; constitutionality, question of, 405, 406–407; enforcement, U.S. attitude, 405–406; executive order of enforcement, 407–408; López Gutiérrez, attitude, 408–409
  • Free elections, attitude of Bertrand, 376, 381; Bográn, 392; López Gutiérrez, 388–389; United States, 376, 380, 383–384, 386, 389, 391–393
  • López Gutiérrez, Rafael (see also Revolution of López Gutiérrez, infra): election as President, 393, 394; U.S. recognition of election, 395
  • Revolution of López Gutiérrez:
    • Arbitrary rule of President Bertrand, 374–376, 377–379; Bertrand’s denial, 376; U.S. attitude, 376, 379–380
    • Bertrand’s efforts to quell rebellion, 380–381, 382–383
    • Bertrand’s plan to attack revolutionists via Nicaragua, 382; Nicaraguan attitude, 382; U.S. attitude, 383
    • Resignation and departure of Bertrand, 384–385
    • Revolutionary forces, entry into Tegucigalpa, 386, 387, 388
    • Succession of Bográn as Provisional President, 386–387, 388, 391; U.S. attitude, 386
    • U.S. good offices: offer, 383–384; acceptance, 389–390
    • U.S. Legation: asylum to opposition members, 378, 382; blockade by Government, 378–379; lifting of blockade, 381–382; U.S. attitude toward asylum, 379
  • U.S. flag, insult to: U.S. protests, 395, 396–398; Honduran attitude, 395, 396; Honduran expression of regret and punishment of offenders, 398–400
• Hungary:
  • Trade: policy of Allied Powers toward reopening, 813; U.S. license for reopening limited, 410
  • U.S. Commissioner, appointment and instructions, 410–412
• International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, activities, 544
• International Committee of Bankers on Mexican Affairs: formation, 644–646, 647–649; U.S. attitude, 646–647, 649
• Italy, extension of arbitration convention of 1908 with United States, 413–414
• Jadwin, Maj. Gen. Edgar, member of U.S. Mission to Poland: appointment, 769, 770, 773; report, 786–800
• Japan:
  • Anti-American sentiment, 416–417, 428
  • Anti-Japanese agitation in United States, 418–419, 419–420
  • Chosen. See Korea, infra.
  • Korea (Chosen): interference of U.S. citizens in political affairs, 460, 462–463; advice of U.S. representatives, 458–460, 461; Japanese attitude, 458, 459; U.S. attitude, 460, 462–463
  • Picture brides, entry into United States:
    • Attitude of Japan, 417, 418–419; United States, 415–416, 417–418
    • Japanese prohibition of entry, 419–420; U.S. attitude, 420
  • South Manchuria Railway Zone:
    • Police power over U.S. citizens, question of, 444, 445–447, 448–449; U.S. attitude, 449–451
    • Taxation of U.S. citizens, question of, 444–445, 447–448, 451–454; Japanese attitude, 454–455; U.S. attitude, 449–451, 455–457
  • Tientsin incidents:
    • Accounts of disorders: Japanese, 422–424; U.S., 420–421, 424–425
    • Commissions of investigation: Japanese, 421, 436–437, 441; U.S., 421, 437, 441
    • Discussions between U.S. and Japanese officials in China, 421, 423–424, 428, 430, 432–437, 438–440; Japan, 424–428, 428–429; United States, 426, 427, 437–438, 440–444
    • Events of Mar. 12: Japanese version, 422, 423, 427, 428, 429, 430, 433, 436–437, 439, 440, 442, 443–444; U.S. version, 421, 424–425, 432, 433, 434–436, 437, 440, 441, 442, 443
    • Expressions of regret:
      • Japanese, 429, 431–432, 441; U.S. attitude, 429, 430–432, 441
      • U.S., 425–426, 441
  • U.S. citizens. See under Korea and South Manchuria Railway Zone, supra.
• Jenkins, William Oscar. See under Mexico: U.S. citizens and property, protection of.
• Jews. See under Poland and Rumania.
• Johnson, Homer H., member of U.S. Mission to Poland: appointment, 769, 770, 773; report, 786–800
• Jugoslavia. See Yugoslavia.
• Kemmerer, Edwin Walter, currency survey in Guatemala. See under Guatemala.
• Korea. See under Japan.
• League of Nations, Mexican attitude toward, 542, 547
• Leguía, Augusto B. See under Peru.
• Liberia:
  • Cable concessions:
    • French: abandonment, possibility of, 515, 517, 519; alternate connections, question of, 520–521, 522–523
    • German, former: French desire to utilize, 468, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 510, 511, 512–513, 514–515, 516–517, 519, 523–524, 525; British attitude, 513, 514; Liberian attitude, 504–505, 506–507, 507–509, 511, 512, 513, 514–515, 519, 520, 522; U.S. attitude, 467, 506, 509, 510, 511, 513–514, 521, 525–526
  • Claim, British: presentation, 472, 485–486; settlement, 503–504
  • Loan, 1912 international (see also Receivership, international, infra), refunding: U.S. proposal, 479, 484, 491–492, 509, 512; U.S. provision of funds, 499
  • Loan, U.S.:
    • Agreement: discussion of nature of, 474–475, 476–477, 478–479; U.S. Treasury proposal, 499–503
    • Availability, question of, 482–483, 488–489, 492–493, 495–503
    • Commitments, determination of the Department of State to abide by, 487–488, 490–495
    • Liberian authorization to accept, 465–466
    • Need for, 480, 488, 489–490
    • Receivership, U.S. proposal for all-American. See Receivership, U.S. proposal for all-American, infra.
    • U.S. authorization of, 473–474, 499–503, 504, 509, 518
  • Order, U.S. assistance in restoration and maintenance, 528–530
  • Railway concessions: British proposal, 527; French proposal, 468, 472, 505–506, 510, 516, 520; Liberian attitude, 520; U.S. attitude, 467, 469, 470–471, 506, 510, 511–512, 517–519, 521, 527
  • Receivership, international:
    • French receiver of customs: appointment, 473, 475, 477, 480–481, 481–482; Liberian attitude, 473, 477–478, 481; U.S. attitude, 473, 478, 481, 483–484
    • Replacement by all-American receivership, U.S. proposal. See Receivership, U.S. proposal for all-American, infra.
  • Receivership, U.S. proposal for all-American:
    • Attitude of France, 464–465, 472, 473, 475, 476, 491, 515–516; Great Britain, 472, 473, 475, 476, 482, 484–486, 491, 710; United States, 465, 466–467, 484, 486–487, 488, 491, 715–716
    • Discussions: at Paris, 467–473, 481, 484; at Peace Conference, question of, 464, 465, 466, 468, 469, 515–516, 710
    • Draft agreement: decision to prepare, 473; nature, question of, 474–475, 476–477, 478–479
  • U.S. mandate or protectorate, attitude of France, 464–465, 473, 515–516; Great Britain, 472, 473, 476, 477; United States, 465, 467, 472, 474, 478, 715
  • Wireless station, German: question of use, 521, 522, 523; U.S. attitude, 523
• Loans (see also Bond issues). See under Guatemala: National bank, proposed loan for; Haiti; Liberia; and Panama.
• López Gutierrez, Rafael. See under Honduras.
• Lubomirski, Prince Casimir, appointment and reception as Polish Minister to United States, 745
• Magruder, Alexander, appointment as U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Finland, 227
• Manchuria Railway Zone, South. See under Japan.
• Mandate or protectorate. See under Liberia and Turkey: Armenians.
• Masaryk, Jan, appointment as Czechoslovak Chargé d’Affaires in Washington, 92–93
• Masaryk, Thomas G., President of Czechoslovakia, remarks on reception of U.S. Minister, 91–92
• Mesopotamia, oil concessions. See Great Britain: Oil concessions in Palestine and Mesopotamia.
• Mexico:
  • Arms and munitions, exportation from United States: Mexican requests, 548, 549, 550, 554–555; shipments, 549, 550; U.S. embargo, proclamation and enforcement, 551–555, 594
  • Bandit activities (see also U.S. citizens and property, protection of, infra): depredations, 535, 557–558, 559, 563–564, 565–569, 570, 571–572; U.S. good offices for protection of Chinese in Mexico, 576–577; U.S. representations, 569, 570, 575; Mexican replies, 569–570, 577–578
  • Border disturbances. See U.S. forces, activities on the border and Villistas, infra.
  • Chinese in Mexico, U.S. good offices for protection of, 576–577
  • Citizens in United States, attacks on, 534–535, 536
  • Claims Commission of 1917:
    • Activities, 543, 544, 635–636
    • Attitude of France, 634–635; Great Britain, 633; Italy, 633–634; United States, 632, 636–638
    • Reconstitution, 638–644
  • Extradition proceedings, resumption by United States, 538, 544–545
  • International Boundary Commission, activities, 544
  • International Committee of Bankers on Mexican Affairs: formation, 644–646, 647–649; U.S. attitude, 646–647, 649
  • Land interests, U.S. (see also Oil concessions, U.S., infra):
    • Agrarian Law of Sonora: text, 615–623; U.S. representations, 614–615, 623–624; reply of Government of Sonora, 626–631
    • Richardson Construction Co.: proposed sale of property for non-payment of taxes, U.S. protest, 624–625; request for U.S. representations for favorable court decision, U.S. attitude, 631–632; taxation of, Mexican attitude, 533–534
  • League of Nations, attitude toward, 542, 547
  • Monroe Doctrine, declaration of non-recognition, 542–543, 545–548
  • Oil concessions, U.S.:
    • Denouncement, decree permitting: extension of period of, 591–592; U.S. protests, 596–597, 603–604, 610–612; Mexican reply, 598–599
    • Development, order requiring permission for:
      • Enforcement, 593–594, 599–603, 604; U.S. protests, 594–596, 605, 611, 612–613
      • Provisional permits: attempts to secure, 594–596, 597; conditional granting, 606–607; Mexican attitude, 596, 597, 598, 605–606; U.S. attitude, 610–612, 612–613
    • Legislation:
      • Executive proposal, approval by Senate, 612, 613
      • Senate proposal: opposition, 607–608; rejection, 612; text, 609–610
  • President Carranza: message to Congress, 531–544, 563–564; Monroe Doctrine, interview on, 540–548
  • U.S. citizens and property, protection of:
    • Attacks and depredations on, 538–541, 566, 567, 570, 575–576; U.S. representations and requests for protection, 570–571, 575, 582–583; Mexican replies, 570, 571, 577–578
    • Catron, Peter, murder of, 572; U.S. representations, 572; Mexican attitude and reply, 540–541, 573–574
    • Jenkins, William Oscar (U.S. Consular Agent):
      • Abduction, 578; U.S. representations, 578–579, 581–582; Mexican activities and reply, 578, 579–581; release, 579
      • Arrest and rearrest, 582, 583; U.S. representations, 583, 586–589; Mexican replies, 584–586, 589–590; release, 582, 589; vindication, 590n
  • U.S. forces, activities on the border:
    • Firing across Mexican border, report, 564–565
    • Flights over Mexico, 537, 561, 562–563
    • Incursions into Mexico, 534, 535, 536, 537–538, 558–559, 560–561, 563, 564
  • Villistas:
    • Chihuahua, activities in, 565–569
    • Ciudad Juárez, attack and defeat, 535, 557–558, 559, 563–564
    • Violation of U.S. neutrality, 555–556; punishment, 556–557
  • World War, attitude toward, 542
• Monroe Doctrine, Mexican declaration of nonrecognition, 542–543, 545–548
• Morgenthau, Henry, head of U.S. Mission to Poland: appointment, 769, 770, 773; report, 773–785
• Muscat, treaty of 1833 with United States, question of application to U.S. citizens in Zanzibar, 486
• Near East Relief. See under Turkey.
• Netherlands:
  • Arbitration convention of 1908 with United States, extension, 650–652
  • German Emperor and Crown Prince, former:
    • Granting of asylum, attitude of Allied Powers, 653–655, 658; Netherlands, 655–656; United States, 652, 653, 656–657.
    • Release from internment, 652
• Nicaragua:
  • British claim, settlement through U.S. good offices: British case and proposals, 659–660, 660–661, 662–663, 664–665, 666–667, 668–669; Nicaraguan proposals, 661–662, 665–666, 667–668, 669; settlement, 670–671; U.S. good offices, 659–660, 663–664, 665, 667–668, 669–670, 670–671
  • Lawlessness in Bluefields:
    • Governor, appointment of new, 674, 675, 676
    • Petition to U.S. consul by foreign residents, 671–672; decree expelling signers, 673, 674; non-enforcement of decree, 675, 676; suspension of decree, 677; U.S. attitude, 673, 674–675, 676.
• Oil concessions. See under Great Britain, Mexico, and Panama.
• Owens, Clarence J., economic survey of Panama, 689–693
• Palestine, oil concessions. See Great Britain: Oil concessions in Palestine and Mesopotamia.
• Panama:
  • Agricultural bank:
    • Loan for. See under Loans, infra.
    • Survey for, 689–690
  • Economic survey, 689–693
  • Fiscal agent, U.S.:
    • Attitude of Panama, 683; United States, 681, 683, 684, 685
    • Creation of position, U.S. assistance in drafting legislation for, 679, 681, 682–683; text of legislation, 685–688
    • Loan, recommendation for, 689, 692–693
    • Selection and appointment, 683–685, 688
  • Inspector General of Police, U.S.: appointment, 688–689; creation of position, U.S. assistance in drafting legislation for, 679, 682–683; U.S. attitude, 680, 685
  • Loans for—
    • Agricultural bank; authorization and negotiations, 690–692; opposition to, 692–693; U.S. attitude, 692
    • Internal debt: Fiscal Agent’s recommendations, 689, 692–693; negotiations, 693; U.S. attitude, 681–682, 692
  • Oil concessions, U.S.: contract for, 693–694; extension, arrangements for, 694–695
• Pardo, José. See under Peru.
• Peace Conference, Versailles, appointment of Haitian delegate, 313–314
• Persia:
  • Abandonment by United States: Persian charges, 701, 702, 714–715; U.S. denial, 707–708, 709, 715
  • Agreement (Aug. 9) with Great Britain:
    • Announcement of signature, 698
    • Attitude of France, 699–700: Great Britain, 699–700, 708–710, 712, 713; Persia, 699, 701–702; Russia, 702; United States, 700, 708, 709, 711, 712–717, 718–719
    • Negotiations: U.S. allegation of secrecy in, 699, 700, 708, 709, 711, 714, 716; British denial, 708–709, 712, 713; Curzon-House conversations, 708, 711, 712, 713, 714, 717–718
    • Text, 703–707
    • U.S.-British correspondence on, publication, 717–718
• Peru:
  • Constitutional reforms: Leguía’s call for, 724, 726, 732; Leguia’s decree recommending, 726–728; plebiscite approving, 734; ratification by Congress, 738
  • Disorders, 723, 736–737
  • Elections, congressional: contested elections, suspension of consideration of old, 723, 729–730; Leguia’s call for new, 721, 724, 726, 732; Leguía’s decree announcing, 726–728; new elections, 734; opening of Congress, 737–738
  • Elections, presidential. See under Leguía, infra.
  • Leguía, Augusto B.:
    • Attitude of people toward, 732–733, 736–737, 737–738
    • Presidency, constitutional: election, presumptive, 720, 723, 724, 732, 733; inauguration, 737, 738–740
    • Presidency, provisional:
      • Assumption, 720–722, 723–724, 730–731
      • Justification of assumption as method of preventing fraud, 721, 722, 724, 726, 730–731, 732, 733
      • Recognition: policy of foreign powers, 723, 724, 725, 729, 730, 735–736; U.S. policy, 721, 723, 724, 725, 728–729, 730, 731; U.S. recognition as de facto, 734–736, 738
  • Pardo, José (President): overthrow and imprisonment, 720–721, 723, 724; release and departure, 725, 728
• Petroleum concessions. See under Great Britain, Mexico, and Panama.
• Picture brides. See under Japan.
• Pilsudski, Joseph. See under Poland.
• Piñol y Batres, Bishop José. See under Guatemala.
• Poland:
  • Jews, attacks on:
    • Accounts of disorders at Chenstokhov, 752, 755–756, 757, 780, 781, 794; Cracow, 762–763; Lemberg, 747, 757, 760, 769, 772, 776–777, 781, 789, 794; Pinsk, 748–749, 750, 751, 753–754, 757, 760, 762, 777–778, 781, 794; Vilna, 749, 750, 751, 760, 761, 763–764, 765–768, 769, 772, 779, 781, 794; elsewhere, 746, 747, 776, 778–779, 779–780, 781, 782, 793–794, 794–795
    • Agitation regarding, in United States, 749, 750; U.S. Senate, 764–765, 768, 769–770, 773
    • Investigations and reports: by Polish Diet Commissions, 748–749, 762, 769, 795; by U.S. Minister and associates, 748–749, 750–760, 760–761, 762–763, 763–764, 765–768, 768–769, 770; by U.S. Mission (Morgenthau Mission) to Poland, 769, 770, 773–800; U.S. requests for, 748, 749, 750, 760, 761, 768, 769–770
    • Polish attitude, 746–748, 752–753, 754, 764, 771
    • U.S. representations, 746
    • U.S. statements on, 763, 765, 771–772
  • Minister to Washington, appointment and recognition, 745
  • Pilsudski, Joseph (Head of State): attitude toward Jews, 752–753, 771; remarks on reception of U.S. Minister, 744–745
  • Provisional Government, U.S. recognition of, 741
  • U.S. Minister: appointment, 741–742; presentation of credentials, 742; remarks on reception, 743–744; reports on attacks on Jews, 748–749, 750–760, 760–761, 762–763, 763–764, 765–768, 768–769, 770
• Protectorate or mandate. See under Liberia and Turkey: Armenians.
• Railways:
  • Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co. See Ecuador.
  • Liberian concessions. See under Liberia.
  • South Manchuria Railway Zone. See under Japan.
• Ravndal, Gabriel B., appointment as U.S. Commissioner in Turkey, 812
• Richardson Construction Co. See under Mexico: Land interests, U.S.
• Rumania: trade restrictions, abolition by Supreme Blockade Council, 813; U.S. investigation of Jewish situation, 769, 770
• Russia, attitude toward Anglo-Persian agreement, 702
• Saastamoinen, Armas Herman, Finnish Minister to the United States. See under Finland.
• Salvador, earthquake in San Salvador: account of damage, 801, 802–803, 804; American Red Cross, assistance, 801, 802, 803–804, 805; U.S. condolences, 801–802; U.S. citizens, safety, 801
• Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Kingdom of the. See Yugoslavia.
• South Manchuria Railway Zone. See under Japan.
• Spain, extension of arbitration convention of 1908 with United States, 806–808
• Supreme Blockade Council, resolutions on reopening trade with former enemy countries, 813
• Supreme Economic Council, abolition of trade restrictions on Bulgaria and Turkey, 814
• Supreme War Council, attitude toward reopening of trade, 813–814
• Tientsin incidents. See under Japan.
• Trade, reopening of. See under Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and Turkey.
• Treaties:
  • Anglo-Persian agreement (Aug. 9). See under Persia.
  • U.S.-French convention of navigation and commerce of 1822, modification, 228–233
  • U.S.-Haitian treaty of 1915, modification. See under Haiti.
  • U.S.-Italian arbitration convention of 1908, extension, 413–414
  • U.S.-Muscat treaty of amity and commerce of 1833, question of application to U.S. citizens in Zanzibar, 486
  • U.S.-Netherland arbitration convention of 1908, extension, 650–652
  • U.S.-Spanish arbitration convention of 1908, extension, 806–808
• Turkey:
  • Armenians:
    • Appeals on behalf of, 824
    • Atrocities: U.S. warning to Turkey against, 831–832; Turkish reply, 835–836
    • British troops in the Caucasus, proposed withdrawal of, attitude of Council of Five, 829; Great Britain, 829–830, 830–831, 832–833, 837; High Commissioner in Armenia, 829; Italy, 829; United States, 828, 829, 830, 832, 833–834, 836–837
    • Condition of, 825–827, 843–851, 889
    • French troops, proposal to send to Asia Minor, 838–841; suggestion for U.S. military cooperation, 839–840
    • High Commissioner in Armenia, appointment, 826–827
    • Relief. See Near East Relief, infra.
    • U.S. mandate: British suggestion, 829–830; views of Harbord Mission, 861–874; U.S. attitude, 834, 837
    • U.S. Military Mission (Harbord Mission): appointment, 827, 828; report, 841–889
  • Capitulations, court actions conflicting with:
    • Protests of Allied Powers, 814–815; United States, 815, 816
    • Termination of actions against citizens of Allied Powers, 815–816; United States, 816–817
  • Congress of Sivas, declaration of, 886–888
  • National Defense Party: aims, 858–859, 875–885, 886–888; request for U.S. investigation, 888–889
  • Near East Relief:
    • Activities in Armenia, 825
    • Dispatch of supply ships: British approval, 818, 820; French approval, 817–818, 820; need for, 817; plan for, 817, 819–820
    • Foodstuffs: request for, 821–823; U.S. compliance, 824
  • Trade, reopening of: Supreme Economic Council approval, 813–814; U.S. announcement, 814
  • U.S. Commissioner, appointment and instructions, 810–811, 812
  • U.S. consulates, reopening, 811, 812
  • U.S. High Commissioner, appointment, 812–813
• U.S. citizens. See under Japan; Mexico; and Salvador.
• Villistas. See under Mexico.
• Wilson, Woodrow: asylum in Netherlands of former German Emperor, attitude, 653; proclamation (July 12), prohibiting export of arms or munitions of war to Mexico, 551–553; remarks on reception of Finnish Minister, 222–223
• Wireless station, German. See under Liberia.
• Yugoslavia (Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes):
  • Establishment, 892–893
  • Prince Regent Alexander: designation, 893; proclamation on plans for government, 893–898
  • Trade restrictions, abolition by Supreme Blockade Council, 813
  • U.S. recognition, 899–900
• Zanzibar, treaty rights of U.S. citizens, 486