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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume I

Explanations of policy by the Department of State respecting questions of treaty rights raised by Americans in China


[560] Report of the Annual Meeting of the Associated American Chambers of Commerce of China, at Shanghai, October 16 and 17, 1923

Shanghai, October 16 and 17, 1923

693.11171/66


[561] The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Schurman)

Washington, March 15, 1924.

693.11171/66


[562] The Foreign Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (James L. Barton) to the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State (MacMurray)

Boston, March 18, 1924.
[Received March 19.]

393.116/310


[563] The Secretary of State to the Foreign Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (James L. Barton)

Washington, April 1, 1924.

393.116/310


[564] The Foreign Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (James L. Barton) to the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State (MacMurray)

Boston, April 3, 1924.
[Received April 5.]

393.116/311

Contents

  • Message of the President of the United States to Congress, December 3, 1924
  • List of Papers
  • General:
    • Proposals for the adherence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Spitzbergen Treaty of February 9, 1920 (Documents 1–6)
    • Remonstrance by Great Britain against a proposed increase in gun elevation on American capital ships retained under the Washington naval treaty (Documents 7–12)
    • Cooperation of the United States with the League of Nations in the drafting of a convention for the control of the traffic in arms (Documents 13–32)
    • Unfavorable views of the United States upon a draft treaty of mutual assistance submitted by the League of Nations (Document 33)
    • Acceptance by the United States of certificates of identity issued by the League of Nations to Russian and Armenian refugees in lieu of passports (Documents 34–39)
    • American participation in the International Conference for Control of the Traffic in Habit-Forming Drugs (Documents 40–65)
    • Refusal by the United States to join other creditor nations in forming an international commission to liquidate relief loans made to certain European states (Documents 66–73)
    • Negotiations on behalf of the World War Foreign Debt Commission for the settlement of debts owed the United States by foreign governments (Documents 74–82)
    • Agreement between the United States and Austria and Hungary for the establishment of a claims commission, signed November 26, 1924 (Documents 83–94)
    • Interest of the United States in the disposition of the proposed liberation bonds of the Austro-Hungarian succession states (Documents 95–97)
    • Conventions for the prevention of liquor smuggling into the United States
      • Great Britain, January 23, 1924 (Documents 98–99)
      • Germany, May 19, 1924 (Documents 100–102)
      • Sweden, May 22, 1924 (Documents 103–108)
      • Norway, May 24, 1924 (Documents 109–115)
      • Denmark, May 29, 1924 (Documents 116–118)
      • Italy, June 3, 1924 (Documents 119–120)
      • Great Britain in respect of Canada, June 6, 1924 (Documents 121–122)
      • Panama, June 6, 1924 (Documents 123–126)
      • France, June 30, 1924 (Documents 127–128)
      • The Netherlands, August 21, 1924 (Documents 129–137)
    • Representations by Salvador, Cuba, Rumania, Norway, and Italy regarding proposed legislation to restrict immigration into the United States (Documents 138–147)
    • Arrangements with foreign governments for a flight around the world by United States Army airplanes (Documents 148–188)
    • Representations by the United States against the exclusion of American Mormon missionaries from certain European countries (Documents 189–214)
    • Statements by the Secretary of State that the question of Philippine independence is exclusively a domestic problem of the United States (Documents 215–218)
    • Sanitary convention between the United States and other American Republics, signed November 14, 1924 (Document 219)
    • Boundary disputes
      • Bolivia and Paraguay (Documents 220–224)
      • Colombia and Panama (Documents 225–230)
      • Colombia and Peru (Documents 231–241)
      • Ecuador and Peru (Documents 242–243)
  • Albania:
    • Maintenance by the United States of unofficial relations with the revolutionary government in Albania (Documents 244–264)
    • Postponement of negotiations for a treaty between the United States and Albania (Documents 265–266)
  • Bolivia:
    • Disinclination of the Secretary of State to offer the good offices requested by Bolivia for modification of the Bolivian-Chilean treaty of 1904 (Document 267)
    • Boundary dispute with Paraguay. (See under General.)
  • Brazil:
    • Expression of concern by the Department of State at Brazil’s naval building program (Documents 268–274)
  • Bulgaria:
    • Extradition treaty between the United States and Bulgaria, signed March 19, 1924 (Document 275)
  • Canada:
    • Ratification of the fisheries convention signed on March 2, 1923, between the United States and Great Britain (Documents 276–286)
    • Renewed consideration of a joint project for the improvement of the St. Lawrence Waterway (Documents 287–291)
    • Protests by the Canadian Government against further diversion of the waters of the Great Lakes (Documents 292–298)
  • Chile:
    • Resignation of President Alessandri and the exercise of informal relations between the United States Embassy and the new administration at Santiago (Documents 299–306)
  • China:
    • Civil war in Northern China resulting in the overthrow of President Tsao Kun and the establishment of a provisional government (Documents 307–376)
    • Maintenance of a united front by the powers in opposition to the threatened seizure of customs at Canton by Sun Yat-sen (Documents 377–388)
    • Recognition by the United States and other powers of the Provisional Government as the de facto government of China (Documents 389–415)
    • Negotiations leading to the occupation of the Russian Legation at Peking by the newly accredited Soviet Ambassador to China (Documents 416–436)
    • Efforts to obtain unanimity among the powers regarding the proposal to raise the diplomatic rank of their representatives in China (Documents 437–457)
    • Reservations by the United States and other powers regarding disposal to be made of the Chinese Eastern Railway under the Sino-Soviet agreement (Documents 458–497)
    • Proposal by the Chinese Government to convene a preliminary customs conference, and the rejection of the proposal by the powers (Documents 498–509)
    • Further postponement of the meeting of the Commission on Extraterritoriality in China (Documents 510–512)
    • Consent by the United States to join other powers in negotiations to restore the Shanghai Mixed Court to the Chinese (Documents 513–518)
    • Failure of efforts to secure from the interested powers a general acceptance of the arms embargo resolution proposed at the Washington Conference (Documents 519–530)
    • Decision by the Consortium Council to continue unmodified the Consortium Agreement of October 15, 1920, after its expiration on October 15, 1925 (Documents 531–533)
    • Joint Resolution of Congress authorizing the President at his discretion to remit to China further payments on the Boxer indemnity (Documents 534–540)
    • Concurrence by the United States in the contention by certain powers that the Boxer indemnity payments should be made in gold currency (Documents 541–548)
    • Continued support by the United States to the Federal Telegraph Company in efforts to obtain execution of its contract with the Chinese Government (Documents 549–559)
    • Explanations of policy by the Department of State respecting questions of treaty rights raised by Americans in China (Documents 560–564)
    • Protest by the United States against pardon and restoration to command of the Chinese general held responsible for the murder of an American missionary (Documents 565–569)
  • Colombia:
    • Boundary dispute with Panama. (See under General.)
    • Boundary dispute with Peru. (See under General.)
  • Cuba:
    • Passage of an amnesty bill by the Cuban Congress (Documents 570–571)
  • Czechoslovakia:
    • Exchange of notes between the United States and Czechoslovakia prolonging the customs agreement of October 29, 1923 (Documents 572–574)
  • Dominican Republic:
    • The election of Horacio Vasquez to the Presidency and the evacuation of the forces of the United States (Documents 575–595)
    • Approval by the United States of the issue of $2,500,000 of two-year notes by the Dominican Republic (Documents 596–613)
    • Convention between the United States and the Dominican Republic, signed on December 27, 1924, to replace the convention of February 8, 1907 (Document 614)
    • Exchange of notes between the United States and the Dominican Republic according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters (Documents 615–617)
    • Purchase of the properties of the Santo Domingo Water, Light and Power Company by the Dominican Government (Documents 618–631)
    • Rejection of claim by a British subject against the United States for injuries at the hands of Dominican bandits (Documents 632–633)
  • Ecuador:
    • Resumption of interest payments by Ecuador on the bonds of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway Company (Documents 634–639)
    • Claim of the Mercantile Bank of the Americas against Ecuador for the debt of the Cacao Growers Association (Documents 640–649)
    • Boundary dispute with Peru. (See under General.)
  • Egypt:
    • Refusal by the United States to assent to the collection of the Gaffir tax from American nationals (Documents 650–654)
    • Efforts by the United States to protect the interests of American archeologists in Egypt (Documents 655–662)
  • Finland:
    • Extradition treaty between the United States and Finland, signed August 1, 1924 (Document 663)
  • France:
    • Convention between the United States and France regarding rights in Syria and the Lebanon, signed April 4, 1924 (Documents 664–674)
    • Consent of the United States to increased duties on imports into Syria pending ratification of the Syrian mandate treaty (Documents 675–680)
    • Opinion by the Department of State regarding jurisdiction over American nationals in Syria (Documents 681–682)
    • Further protests by the United States against the grant of exclusive privileges to French archeologists for research in Albania and Afghanistan (Documents 683–686)
    • Discrimination against American shipping by French authorities in refusing to recognize classification and inspection of vessels by the American Bureau of Shipping (Documents 687–691)
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