Office of the Historian

Index

  • African territories under mandate, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain for treaty to ensure rights, 193–196
  • Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Airship constructed in Germany for United States. See Germany: Dirigible.
  • Alien land laws of California and Washington. See Great Britain: British Indians; and under Japan.
  • Amundsen, Roald, 518–520
  • Anglo-Persian Oil Co., interest in oil concessions in Northern Persia, 539–541, 542–543, 544–545, 549–550
  • Arbitration (see also Haiti; Netherlands: Agreement with United States; Reparations: Tank ships; and under Sweden), British suggestion in connection with U. S. claims to right of participation in reparation payments, 125, 132
  • Arms and munitions of war. See under Honduras; Mexico; Turkey.
  • Arms Traffic Convention of 1919, 740, 741, 742
  • Army costs agreement. See under Reparations.
  • Austria, U. S. instructions to Minister for guidance in relations with Soviet Minister in Austria, 675, 676n
  • Ayacucho, Battle of. See Peru: Centennial celebration.
  • Baldwin Locomotive Co., 619, 619–620, 623, 626, 627, 628, 641, 643, 644, 649
  • Bank of the Parisian Union. See Haiti.
  • Belgium (see also Germany: Dirigible; Morocco; Reparations; Rumania; Extraterritorial rights and Taxation of foreigners under Persia), war debt to Allies, 66–67; to United States, 25, 36, 66–67, 71, 87, 110–111, 113, 134
  • Bermuda. See Germany: Dirigible.
  • Blair & Co., loan negotiations with Persia, 545, 548
  • Brooks, Russell M., U. S. vice consul at Newcastle-on-Tyne. See Great Britain: U. S. consular officers.
  • Bulgaria: Recognition of Greek Government, 268; reparation payments, U. S. claim to right of participation, 152–156
  • Cameroons and Togoland, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain for treaty to ensure rights, 193–196
  • Canada. See Germany: Dirigible.
  • Capitulations (see also Extraterritorial rights and Taxation under Persia), U. S. efforts to maintain rights in Palestine, 197–203
  • Central American Republics. See Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua.
  • Chase National Bank, 620n, 626, 627n, 628, 640
  • China. See Japan: South Manchuria Railway Zone.
  • Claims agreement, U. S.–Germany (1922), 1, 2, 87, 105–106
  • Claims Commission, Mixed, U. S.–Germany. See Reparations: U. S. claims: Damages.
  • Commercial treaties and agreements:
  • Commissions, committees, etc.:
    • Experts’ committees. See under Reparations.
    • Hellenic International Financial Commission, 283, 285
    • Mixed Claims Commission, U. S.–Germany, claims adjudicated by. See Reparations: U. S. claims: Damages.
    • Reparation Commission. See under Reparations.
    • Sanitary Commission for Turkey, appointment of an American to participate in consultative capacity, 743–745
  • Communist propaganda in United States directed from Russia, 683
  • Concessions, contracts, etc. See Iraq; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Sinclair Exploration Co.; Oil concessions and Railway and motor-road construction under Persia.
  • Conferences, international:
  • Consular rights, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain relative to mandated territories, 204–205, 208, 209
  • Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Coolidge, Calvin (see also Japan: Immigration):
    • Approval of Secretary of State’s recommendation for U. S. recognition of Greek Government, 265
    • Approval of U. S. negotiation of customs arrangement with Nicaragua, 513
    • Invitation to Peruvian centennial celebration of Battle of Ayacucho, and acknowledgment, 592–593
    • Proclamations respecting exportation of arms and munitions of war to Honduras, 322–323, 324; to Mexico, 428–429
    • Speech at meeting of Associated Press, excerpts concerning Dawes Plan for reparation payments, 13–15
  • Costa Rica. See Honduras.
  • Czechoslovakia, attitude regarding Rumanian legislation affecting foreign creditors, 653–654, 655
  • Dawes Plan. See Reparations: Experts’ Plan.
  • Denmark, consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to Hungarian reconstruction loan, 331
  • Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft, tank ships. See Reparations: Tank ships.
  • Dirigible constructed in Germany for United States. See under Germany.
  • East Africa, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain for treaty to ensure rights, 193–196
  • Egypt, Swiss interests in, U. S. consular protection, 705–708
  • Equitable Trust Co., 620n, 626, 627n, 628, 640
  • Extradition:
  • Extraterritoriality (see also Extraterritorial rights and Taxation of foreigners under Persia), possibility of suspension of U. S. extraterritorial rights in Tangier Zone, 461–472
  • Finland, U. S. instructions to Chargé for guidance in relations with Soviet Minister in Finland, 675–677
  • France (see also Germany: Dirigible; Greece: Refugee loan; Haiti; Morocco; Persia; Reparations; Rumania): Hungarian reconstruction loan, French consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to, 330, 331; loan in United States, proposed. U. S. attitude, 72–73; recognition of Greek Government, attitude regarding, 268; Sanitary Commission for Turkey, correspondence with United States regarding U. S. appointment of representative, 743n, 744n, 745n; Turkish Petroleum Co., Ltd., French interests, 229
  • Germany (see also Reparations):
  • Gilbert, S. Parker, appointment as Agent General for reparation payments under Dawes Plan, 138, 139
  • Great Britain (see also Germany: Dirigible; Greece: Refugee loan; Iraq; Irish Free State; Mandates; Morocco; New Zealand; Persia; Reparations; Rumania):
    • British Indians, ineligibility to citizenship in United States by ruling of U. S. Supreme Court:
    • Hindus. See British Indians, supra.
    • Hungary, reconstruction loan: British consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to, 331; Hungarian negotiations with British interests, 330
    • Japanese proposal to assimilate South Manchuria Railway Zone with Japanese territory for tariff purposes, British and U. S. opposition, 414–417
    • Mexico, expulsion of British Chargé. See Mexico: British Chargé.
    • Oil exploitation in Iraq. See Iraq: Turkish Petroleum Co., Ltd.
    • Recognition of Greek Government, 268
    • Turkey: Arms exports to Turkey, British policy, 739–741, 742–743; Sanitary Commission for Turkey, British correspondence with United States regarding U. S. appointment of representative, 743–745
    • Turkish Petroleum Co., Ltd. See under Iraq.
    • U. S. consular officers at Newcastle-on-Tyne, settlement of U. S. dispute with Great Britain over British withdrawal of recognition, 249–252
  • Greece:
    • Exchange of notes with United States according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters: Negotiations, 273–279; text, 279–281; U. S. consideration of notes as in lieu of suggested temporary convention, 281, 282: U. S. formal confirmation, 281–282
    • Political situation: Cabinet changes, 267, 268, 269, 269–270; conflict between republican and royalist factions, 267, 267–268, 269–270; establishment of republican form of government, 270–271, 272
    • Recognition of Government by—
      • United States:
        • Appointment of Minister, 268–269, 270
        • Letters of credence of U. S. and Greek Chargés d’Affaires, 265–266
        • Maintenance of diplomatic relations upon establishment of new regime, 272–273
        • Recommendation of U. S. Secretary of State, 262–265; approval of President Coolidge, 265
      • Other governments, 268, 272
    • Refugee loan:
      • Hellenic International Financial Commission, 283, 285
      • Loan agreement of 1918, release of veto power by United States, France, and Great Britain to promote conclusion of refugee loan, 282–285
      • Protocol of Geneva of Sept. 29, 1923, proposed modifications concerning Greek guarantees and amount of loan, 283, 285–286; U. S. attitude, 287
      • U. S. bankers, participation, 288–289
      • U. S. consent to pledge of further securities by Greece for loan: Inquiries as to U. S. views by France and Greece, 282–283, 285–286; U. S. replies, 284–285, 286–287
    • Treaty of commerce with United States, proposed, exchange of notes pending conclusion of. See Exchange of notes, supra.
  • Guatemala (see also Honduras): Exchange of notes with United States according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters, 290–292; inquiry as to U. S. attitude toward validity of Nicaraguan elections, 505
  • Gulbenkian, G. S., obstructive attitude in connection with Turkish Petroleum Co.’s concession in Iraq, 229–236
  • Haiti, loan of 1910, request by Bank of the Parisian Union for arbitration of question of redemption in gold:
    • French representations to United States on behalf of bank, following Haitian rejection of request, 294–298; U. S. position, 298–299
    • Report concerning, 293; U. S. attitude, 294
  • Hindus. See British Indians under Great Britain.
  • Honduras:
  • Hungary:
    • Debt-funding agreement with United States, 327–329, 330n
    • Reconstruction loan:
      • Negotiations with British interests, 330
      • Relief-bond priority, subordination to loan:
        • Consent of United States: Negotiations, 325–327; priority of refunding bonds over reparation payments, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330; refunding agreement, 327–329, 330n; statement of U. S. Secretary of Treasury, 331–332
        • Willingness of other governments, 330, 331
  • Imbrie, Robert W., U. S. vice consul at Teheran, Persia, 539, 547, 548–549, 585, 586, 587, 590
  • Immigration Act of 1924 (U. S.). See Japan: Immigration.
  • International Harvester Co., 649, 657
  • International Telephone and Telegraph Co., concession for exclusive telephone rights in Spain, 692–694
  • Iraq, oil concessions:
    • Open-door policy of United States, 226, 227, 231–232, 233–234, 237–238
    • Turkish Petroleum Co., Ltd.:
      • Concession (see also U. S. interests, infra), U. S. maintenance of position regarding nonvalidity of 1914 arrangement, 233, 238
      • Gulbenkian, G. S., proposals. See U. S. interests: Obstacles created by G. S. Gulbenkian, infra.
      • Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, negotiations for participation. See U. S. interests, infra.
      • U. S. interests, negotiations with company for participation in oil development in Iraq:
        • Draft convention between Iraq Government and company for new concession, difficulties over art. 34, 222–229, 239–241; U. S. position, 224
        • Obstacles created by G. S. Gulbenkian, 229–232; U. S. representations to Great Britain and subsequent British efforts for settlement, 232–236
        • Procedure agreed upon by all groups, 236–237; position of U. S. interests, 237–238
        • Working agreement: Attitude of British Government, 236; of French interests, 229
  • Irish Free State (see also Germany: Dirigible): Minister to United States, accrediting by Great Britain, 246–248; U. S.-British property convention of Mar. 2, 1899, application to Irish Free State, 248–249
  • Italy (see also Morocco; Reparations; Extraterritorial rights and Taxation of foreigners under Persia): Recognition of Greek Government, position regarding, 268, 272; Rumanian legislation affecting foreign creditors, attitude regarding, 653–654, 655; Sanitary Commission for Turkey, correspondence with United States regarding U. S. appointment of representative, 743n, 744n, 745n
  • Japan (see also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Sinclair Exploration Co.):
    • Alien land laws of California and Washington, Japanese statement in connection with U. S. Supreme Court decisions upholding validity, 333–334
    • Attitude regarding U. S. insistence on right to participate in reparation payments under Dawes Plan, 92, 107–108, 112–113, 116
    • Expatriation law. See Legislation, infra.
    • Gentlemen’s Agreement (see also Immigration, infra): Abrogation following passage of U. S. Immigration Act of 1924, 388, 401, 402, 408; nature and purpose, 335, 337–338, 369–374, 391–392, 400; résumé 339–345; U. S.-Japanese correspondence, 1907–8, 345–369; U. S. Senate debate over question of retention, 375–379
    • Immigration of Japanese into United States (see also Alien land laws and Gentlemen’s Agreement, supra), U. S. legislation containing provision excluding aliens ineligible to U. S. citizenship:
      • America-Japan Society, appeal to President Coolidge, 384–385
      • Approval by President Coolidge:
        • Attitude of Japanese public and press, 397, 402–403
        • Letter of U. S. Secretary of State to the President, 391–393
        • Public statement in connection with: Japanese desire, 397; text, 396
        • Signature of bill, 395
      • Attitude of Japanese public and press, 372, 374–375, 383–384, 385, 389, 395, 397, 402–403
      • Controversy in U. S. Senate in connection with wording in Japanese Ambassador’s note, 375–383
      • Negotiations of United States and Japan: Controversy in U. S. Senate as result of wording in Japanese Ambassador’s note, 375–383, 410; Morris-Shidehara draft, possible basis of future negotiations, 389, 390; position of U. S. Secretary of State and President Coolidge, 393–395, 410; representations of Japan, 334–337, 369–373; rights of Japan under Treaty of 1911, discussion, 385–388; Shidehara and Saburi, assignment to direct negotiations for Japan, 389
      • Progress of legislation in Congress, 334, 337, 374n, 375–379, 388–389, 390
      • Protest of Japan following passage of bill, 397–401; U. S. reply, 403–408
      • Proviso regarding abrogation of Gentlemen’s Agreement, 388–389, 390
      • Shidehara, Baron: Morris–Shidehara draft, 389, 390; Speech at opening of Japanese Diet, July 1, 1924, 408–410; statement before Diet, Jan. 22, 1925, 411; U. S.-Japanese negotiations, part in, 389
      • Summary of exclusion clause and comparison to arrangement under Gentlemen’s Agreement, 404–405
    • Langdon, Lieut. Warren H. (U. S. Navy), financial settlement by Japan for fatal shooting by Japanese sentry at Vladivostok in 1921, 417–421
    • Legislation to provide for expatriation of children born to Japanese parents in United States and certain other countries, 333–334, 411–413
    • Shidehara, Baron. See under Immigration, supra.
    • South Manchuria Railway Zone, U. S. and British opposition to Japanese proposal to assimilate with Japanese territory for tariff purposes, 414–417
    • Treaties with United States: 1894, cited, 399, 405; 1911, provisions, discussion in connection with immigration question, 335–336, 385–388, 399–400, 405–407, 410
    • U. S. immigration legislation. See Immigration, supra.
  • King, Surg. W. W., appointment as U. S. representative to participate in consultative capacity in work of Sanitary Commission for Turkey, 745
  • Langdon, Lieut. Warren H. (U. S. Navy), financial settlement by Japan for fatal shooting by Japanese sentry at Vladivostok in 1921, 417–421
  • Lausanne Conference, résumé of U. S. participation and negotiations for treaties with Turkey, 715–724
  • League of Nations:
    • Greek refugee loan under auspices of. See Greece: Refugee loan.
    • Hungarian financial reconstruction, plan for, 325, 326
  • Lithuania, extradition treaty with United States, text signed Apr. 9, 422–427
  • Loans. See Greece: Refugee loan; Haiti; Hungary; and under France; Persia; Reparations.
  • Mandates:
    • Cameroons and Togoland, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain for treaty to ensure rights, 193–196
    • Capitulations, U. S. efforts to maintain rights in Palestine, 197–203
    • Consular rights, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain, 204–205, 208, 209
    • East Africa, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain for treaty to ensure rights, 193–196
    • Extradition, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain, 204, 205
    • Most-favored-nation treatment, U. S. negotiations with Great Britain, 206, 209, 210, 212
    • Open-door policy with respect to oil concessions in Iraq, 226, 227, 231–232, 233–234, 237–238
    • Palestine:
    • Samoa, discriminatory tariff imposed by New Zealand in violation of mandate principle, 241–246
    • Togoland. See Cameroons and Togoland, supra.
  • Mesopotamia. See Iraq.
  • Mexico:
    • Arms and munitions of war, U. S. embargo on shipment except to recognized Government, 428–431
    • British Chargé expulsion from Mexico:
      • Decree of expulsion and status of case, 447–449; British position, 448, 449, 450
      • Efforts of United States and U. S. Chargé to facilitate departure, 450–454, 455
      • Reports concerning departure, 453, 454–455
      • Representations of diplomatic corps, 449
      • U. S. exercise of good offices for protection of British interests in Mexico, 454–455, 455
    • Constitutional Government (see also Insurgents in Mexican ports and U. S. citizens, infra):
      • Interference with American commercial interests:
        • Closing of ports, U. S. position, 439–440; reports concerning reopening, 441
        • Detention of shipments, U. S. protest, 444
      • U. S. support in suppressing armed insurrection: Embargo on arms shipments except to recognized Government, 428–431; permission for troops to cross U. S. soil, 431
    • Huerta, Adolfo de la. See Insurgents, infra.
    • Insurgents in Mexican ports, conflict with Government forces (see also Constitutional Government, supra, and U. S. citizens, infra):
    • Troops, U. S. permission for crossing American soil, 431
    • U. S. citizens engaged in commerce in Mexico (see also Constitutional Government: Interference, supra):
      • Payment of duties and taxes to de facto authorities, demands of Mexican Government for repayment:
      • Right to transact business with revolutionary authorities, U. S. position, 438–439, 443
    • U. S., instructions to Ambassador in Mexico for guidance in relations with Soviet Minister, 676n, 677
  • Morocco, convention of Dee. 18, 1923, in regard to Statute of Tangier:
    • Attitude of Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, and Portugal, U. S. inquiry regarding, 456–457; replies, 457–459
    • U. S. adherence, efforts of Great Britain, France, and Spain to secure, 456, 463–470; U. S. position, 459–463, 470–472
  • Morris–Shidehara draft, 389, 390
  • Most-favored-nation treatment:
    • Arrangement between United States and Spain, proposed, 691–692
    • Benefits accorded to U. S. and British citizens in Persia, 581
    • Exchange of notes between United States and—
    • U. S. negotiations with Great Britain relative to mandated territory, 206, 209, 210, 212
    • U. S. policy, explanation of Secretary of State, 189–192
  • Narcotics Conference, International. See under Persia.
  • Netherlands (see also Germany: Dirigible; Morocco; Rumania):
    • Agreement with United States renewing arbitration convention of May 2, 1908, and supplementary exchange of notes: Negotiations, 473–474; texts signed Feb. 13, 474–476
    • Consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to Hungarian reconstruction loan, 331
    • Treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights with United States, proposed:
      • Arrangements for negotiations, 476–479
      • Negotiations, 480–486; discontinuance, 486n
  • New Zealand, trade discrimination in Samoa against United States, U. S. representations, 241–242; New Zealand’s countercomplaint and proposal of reciprocal assurances, 242–246
  • Newfoundland. See Germany: Dirigible.
  • Nicaragua (see also Honduras):
    • Elections:
      • Candidates for Presidency, proposed, U. S. expression of attitude in reply to Nicaraguan inquiry, 509
      • Military forces, Nicaraguan, U. S. concern over proposed use, 500
      • President Martinez, possible candidacy for reelection, U. S. policy regarding, 506–507, 508; Martinez’s attitude and withdrawal of candidacy, 507, 508
      • Results, 503
      • U. S. efforts to ensure free and fair elections:
        • Activities of U. S. Legation and American experts, instructions and arrangements regarding, 487–490, 496–497
        • Supervision of elections, U. S. proposals for (see also U. S. marines, infra), 491–493, 494–495; Nicaraguan rejection, 493–494, 496
        • Technical adviser to electoral authorities, U. S. proposal and Nicaraguan assent, 490–491
        • U. S. marines, possible utilization as observers, question of, 495, 490–499, 500–502
      • Validity: Reports concerning protests in certain cantons, 502–503; U. S. attitude, 503–505
    • Exchange of notes with United States according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters: Correspondence between U. S. Secretary of State and President Coolidge regarding proposed arrangement, 512–513; negotiations, 510–512, 513–514; texts, 514–517
    • President Martinez. See under Elections, supra.
    • President-elect Solorzano, U. S. suggestions for written assurances regarding administration, 504–505; Solorzano’s assurances, 505–506
    • Solorzano, Carlos. See President-elect, supra.
    • U. S. attitude toward Solorzano administration, 505
  • Norway: Consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to Hungarian reconstruction loan, 331; rights of sovereignty over polar areas based upon taking possession after discovery, refusal of U. S. Secretary of State to admit, 518–520
  • Oil exploitation. See Iraq; Rumania: Mining Law; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Sinclair Exploration Co.; and under Persia.
  • Open-door policy, U. S. maintenance with respect to oil concessions in Iraq, 226, 227, 231–232, 233–234, 237–238
  • Opium traffic. See under Persia.
  • Palestine. See under Mandates.
  • Panama, agreements with United States:
    • Taft Agreement, proposed treaty to replace. See Treaty to replace Taft Agreement, infra.
    • Treaty of 1903 (Hay–Bunau Varilla treaty), 524, 525–526, 529, 530–531
    • Treaty to replace Taft Agreement, inconclusive negotiations for: Arrangements for negotiations, 521–523; discussions between United States and President Porras, proposals and counter-proposals, 524–527, 531–536; failure to conclude negotiations, 536–537; résumé of negotiations, 527–531
  • Permanent Court of International Justice, arrangements between United States and other governments for possible submission of disputes to: Netherlands, 473–474, 475–476; Sweden, 697–698, 698–699, 700, 701, 703–704
  • Persia:
    • Extraterritorial rights of United States and other powers (see also Taxation of foreigners in Persia, infra):
      • Position of Great Britain, 576–579; United States, 573–575, 580–581
      • Treaty of Turcomanchai between Russia and Persia (1828), question of validity as basis of rights:
        • British position, and inquiry as to attitude of other powers, 567–570, 576–579
        • Views of France, 576; Italy, 575–576; United States, 572–575
    • Financial Adviser, 583, 584, 585–586, 587–588, 588
    • Imbrie, Robert W., U. S. vice consul at Teheran, 539, 547, 548–549, 585, 586, 587, 590
    • Loan provided for in Sinclair Exploration Co. contract (see also under Railway and motor-road construction: Ulen & Co., infra), 545, 546, 548, 549, 551, 553
    • Narcotics Conference, International, participation: Persian attitude, 590–591; representative, 588, 589; U. S. desire, 586, 588
    • Oil concessions in Northern Persia:
    • Opium traffic from ports in Persian Gulf to the Far East (see also Narcotics Conference, supra), British efforts to restrict:
      • King’s Regulation relating to control of traffic, 583
      • U. S. cooperation:
    • Railway and motor-road construction:
      • Persian Railways Syndicate, 556–557, 558–559, 564
      • Ulen & Co., negotiations for contract:
        • British interests, claims to railway rights in Persia, 556–557, 558–559, 564
        • Discontinuance of negotiations, 565
        • Loan for construction purposes: Cooperation of company with Sinclair Exploration Co. based on loan provision of Sinclair oil concession, proposals, 552–555, 559–560; U. S. attitude, 558
        • Memorandum of agreement between Persian Government and Ulen & Co., Apr. 27, 561–564
        • Persian attitude, 554, 556, 557
    • Taxation of foreigners in Persia, question of (see also Extraterritorial rights, supra):
      • British attitude, legal basis, 570–571
      • Joint note of diplomatic representatives of United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy, 565–567; Persian reply, 579–580
      • Most-favored-nation treatment, benefits accorded to U. S. and British citizens, 581
      • U. S. attitude, 574–575
  • Peru, centennial celebration of Battle of Ayacucho:
    • Invitation to President Coolidge, 592; acknowledgment, 592–593
    • Plans for, 594–595
    • U. S. Special Diplomatic Mission, 595–596
  • Portugal. See Germany: Dirigible; Morocco.
  • President of United States. See Coolidge, Calvin.
  • Protocols. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Railways. See under Persia.
  • Refugee loan. See under Greece.
  • Relief bonds, Hungarian. See Hungary.
  • Reparations, German:
  • Romano–Americana Co. See under Rumania: Mining Law: Interpretation.
  • Rumania:
  • Russia. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  • Sakhalin, Russian. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Sinclair Exploration Co.
  • Salvador. See Honduras.
  • Samoa, U. S. representations against trade discrimination by New Zealand, 241–242; New Zealand’s countercomplaint and proposal of reciprocal assurances, 242–246
  • Sanitary Commission for Turkey, appointment of an American to participate in consultative capacity, 743–745
  • Shidehara, Baron. See under Japan: Immigration.
  • Siberia, oil exploitation. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Sinclair Exploration Co.
  • Sinclair Exploration Co. See Oil concessions: U. S. interests and Railway and motor-road construction: Ulen & Co.: Loan under Persia; also under Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  • Slater, Fred C., U. S. consul at Newcastle-on-Tyne. See Great Britain: U. S. consular officers.
  • South Manchuria Railway Zone. See under Japan.
  • Sovereignty over polar areas, rights of. See under Norway.
  • Spain (see also Germany: Dirigible; Morocco):
    • Agreements with United States regarding intervention of consuls in settlement of estates and indemnities for labor accidents, proposed: Spanish proposals, 684, 689; U. S. attitude, 688–689, 690
    • Commercial modus vivendi with United States, continuation: Exchange of notes, 687–688; negotiations, 685–687
    • Grapes, importation into United States, question of, 685
    • Recognition of Greek Government, 268
    • Treaty of friendship and commerce with United States, proposed: Modus vivendi, continuation, 685–688; most-favored-nation treatment, proposed arrangement pending conclusion of treaty, 691–692; renewal of negotiations, discussions regarding, 689, 690–691
    • U. S. Embassy, unauthorized assistance in securing for American interests exclusive telephone rights in Spain, 692–694
  • Speyer & Co., interest in Greek refugee loan, 288–289
  • Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. See Iraq: Turkish Petroleum Co., Ltd.: U. S. interests; Persia: Oil concessions: U. S. interests; Reparations: Tank ships; and under Rumania: Mining Law.
  • Sweden:
    • Arbitration convention with United States and supplementary exchange of notes: Negotiations, 695–702; texts signed June 24, 702–704
    • Consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to Hungarian reconstruction loan, 331
  • Switzerland (see also Germany: Dirigible): Consent to subordination of relief-bond priority to Hungarian reconstruction loan, 331; Rumanian legislation affecting foreign creditors, attitude regarding, 653, 654; U. S. consular protection to Swiss interests in Egypt, continuation, 705–708
  • Taft Agreement. See Panama: Treaty to replace Taft Agreement.
  • Tangier. See Morocco.
  • Tank ships of Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft. See under Reparations.
  • Togoland. See Mandates: Cameroons and Togoland.
  • Transoceanic Corp., 623, 627, 640–641
  • Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Turkey:
    • Arms and munitions, exports to Turkey:
    • Sanitary Commission for Turkey, appointment of an American to participate in consultative capacity, 743–745
    • Treaties with United States signed Aug. 6, 1923 (general and extradition):
      • Résumé of—
        • Events leading to conclusion of, 709–715
        • U. S. participation in Lausanne Conference and negotiations for treaties, 715–724
      • U. S. ratification, question of:
        • Efforts of U. S. Secretary of State to obtain ratification: Communications to Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 715–724, 724–725, 729; to President Coolidge, 726–727; speech reviewing events leading to conclusion of treaties, 709–715
        • Opinions of American educational, missionary, and business interests, 713–714, 720, 723–724, 724–725, 729; of U. S. High Commissioner in Turkey, 731–732, 732; of U. S. Secretary of Commerce, 727–729
        • Status of treaties in U. S. Senate, 724, 725
        • U. S. efforts to protect American interests pending ratification of general treaty, 730–739
    • U. S. interests, business and benevolent: Efforts of United States to protect, pending ratification of general treaty, 730–739; opinions favorable to U. S. ratification of general treaty with Turkey, 713–714, 720, 723–724, 724–725, 729; transfer of real property, question of, 736–737, 738–739
  • Turkish Petroleum Co., Ltd. See under Iraq.
  • Ulen & Co. See under Persia: Railway and motor-road construction.
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (see also Extraterritorial rights and Oil concessions under Persia):
    • Communist propaganda in United States directed from Russia, 683
    • Sinclair Exploration Co., oil explorations in Northern Sakhalin, requests for U. S. representations against interference by Japanese authorities, 678–679, 679–681; U. S. refusal, 679, 681.
    • U. S. diplomatic representatives abroad, instructions for guidance in relations with Soviet representatives in countries to which accredited, 675–677
    • U. S. Government vessels, Soviet protests against unauthorized entry into Soviet waters, 681–682, 682–683; U. S. attitude, 682
  • U. S. Acting Secretary of Agriculture, letter regarding relation of plant quarantine regulations to commercial treaties, 486
  • U. S. Army of Occupation. See under Reparations.
  • U. S. citizens. See Mandates: Palestine; Mexico; Extraterritorial rights and Taxation under Persia.
  • U. S. Congress:
    • Immigration Act of 1924. See Japan: Immigration.
    • Letters of Secretary of State to Chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations urging ratification of—
      • U. S.-German treaty of Dec. 8, 1923, 183–192
      • U. S.-Turkish treaties of Aug. 6, 1923, 715–724, 724–725, 729
    • Passage of debt-funding agreement with Hungary, 330n
    • Resolution ending state of war with Germany (1921), 88, 94
    • Tariff Act of 1922, cited, 187–188, 191
  • U. S. consular officers at Newcastle-on-Tyne, settlement of U. S. dispute with Great Britain over British withdrawal of recognition, 249–252
  • U. S. consular protection to Swiss interests in Egypt, continuation, 705–708
  • U. S. diplomatic representatives abroad, instructions for guidance in relations with Soviet representatives in countries to which accredited, 675–677
  • U. S. marines, possible utilization in connection with Nicaraguan elections, question of, 495, 496–499, 500–502
  • U. S. Secretary of Commerce, opinion in favor of U. S. ratification of treaties with Turkey of Aug. 6, 1923, 727–729
  • U. S. Secretary of State (see also Japan: Immigration; Turkey: Treaties with United States: U. S. ratification): Letter to Senator Lodge regarding case of Lieut. Warren H. Langdon, 419; letter to Senator Lodge urging ratification of U. S.-German treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights (1923), 183–192; letter to President Coolidge regarding proposed customs arrangement with Nicaragua, 512–513; recommendation for proclamations respecting exportation of arms and munitions of war to Honduras, 321–322, 323; recommendation for U. S. recognition of Greek Government, 262–265; views in connection with U. S.–Rumanian extradition treaty, 673–674
  • U. S. Secretary of Treasury, statement relative to Hungarian reconstruction loan, 331–332
  • U. S. Supreme Court: Decision of Feb. 19, 1923, regarding ineligibility of British Indians to citizenship in United States, 252, 254, 256, 259, 260, 261; Japanese statement in connection with decision regarding alien land laws of California and Washington, 333–334; opinion concerning rights of shareholders in corporation assets, cited, 156–157
  • Versailles Treaty. See under Reparations.
  • War debts:
  • Young, Owen D., temporary appointment as Agent General for reparation payments under Dawes Plan, 137–139
  • Yugoslavia, recognition of Greek Government, 268
  • Zeppelin constructed in Germany for United States. See Germany: Dirigible.