Index

  • Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • All America Cables, Inc. See Venezuela.
  • Antarctic expedition of Commander Richard E. Byrd, U. S.–Norwegian correspondence in connection with possible claims to sovereignty in South Polar regions, 717718, 718719
  • Arbitration:
  • Armament limitation, U. S.–British discussions preliminary to London Naval Conference of 1930, 9, 1112, 1314, 15, 1617, 1719, 2529, 2930, 3435
  • Arms and munitions. See under Mexico: Insurrection.
  • Asylum (see also under Mexico), question of admission to United States of political deportees from Nicaragua, 606
  • Aviation: Agreement between United States and Panama for regulations governing commercial aviation in Panama, 728729; U. S. reimposition of restrictions on export of commercial aircraft to Mexico during insurrection, and ultimate removal, 354, 417
  • Babel and Nervion Co. See Spain: Petroleum monopoly.
  • Bahrein Island petroleum concessions, British policy respecting holding and operation by foreigners, 8082
  • Banditry. See under Nicaragua.
  • Barber Steamship Line, U. S. attitude toward transport of forced labor from Liberia, 276277, 281282, 284285, 286
  • Bolivia: Chaco dispute with Paraguay, 738; representations concerning final settlement of Tacna–Arica dispute reached through U. S. good offices, 744
  • Bonds: Issuance by Nicaragua for payment of Claims Commission awards, proposed, 670, 673674, 676, 678, 681; U. S. good offices on behalf of French holders of old bonds of National Railroad of Haiti, 218225
  • Borneo, British North. See Great Britain: U. S.–British negotiations.
  • Boundary dispute between—
  • Bouvet Island. See Norway: Assertion to sovereignty.
  • Brown Bros., withdrawal as bankers under Nicaraguan Financial Plans, 310
  • Byrd Antarctic Expedition, U. S.–Norwegian correspondence in connection with possible claims to sovereignty in South Polar regions, 717718, 718719
  • Cables. See Venezuela.
  • Canada, reaction to Hoover–MacDonald conversations, 3637
  • Canal, proposed Nicaraguan, survey by U. S. Army Engineer troops, 703705
  • Catholic Church, negotiations with Mexican Government, good offices of U. S. Ambassador in facilitating, 479481
  • Chaco dispute, 738
  • Chile, Tacna–Arica dispute with Peru, 744
  • China. See Japan: Treaty for the Renunciation of War: Chinese inquiry.
  • Claims (see also Guatemala: Claim of Percy W. Shufeldt; Claims commissions and Claims of U. S. citizens under Mexico): American claims arising from damages suffered in conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine, 55, 59, 6061; arrangement between United States and Spain for settlement of reciprocal claims, 796798; Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, claim against Rumania for destruction of property in 1916, settlement, 757758
  • Colombia, boundary dispute with Nicaragua, 705
  • Commercial treaties and agreements:
    • U. S.–Latvia (1928), cited, 269, 270271
    • U. S.–Rumania, U. S. proposal for conclusion of, following Rumanian denunciation of provisional commercial agreement of 1926, 755756
    • U. S.–Spain, possible denunciation by Spain of commercial modus vivendi, 788, 789, 791, 794
    • U. S.–Turkey. See Turkey: Treaty of commerce and navigation.
  • Commissions, committees, etc.:
  • Concessions, contracts, etc.:
    • Cable concession in Venezuela. See Venezuela.
    • Petroleum concessions and properties. See Spain: Petroleum monopoly; and under) Great Britain and Netherlands.
    • Radio concessions: Greece, U. S. assistance to Durham and Co. in securing, 110113, 113114, 115116, 117120; Panama, U. S. protest against inclusion of radio concessions in Panaman contracts with private interests without prior U. S. consent, and Panaman attitude, 730737
    • Tangier Port Concession Co. tariff, U. S. nonacquiescence in application to American vessels, 529537
    • Telephone concession in Greece, U. S. assistance in unsuccessful efforts of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to secure, 109110, 113, 114, 115116, 117118, 120121
  • Conciliation treaties. See Hungary, Luxemburg, Siam, Yugoslavia; also Arbitration and conciliation treaties under Latvia and Rumania.
  • Conference, London Naval (1930). See London Naval Conference.
  • Consular officers. See U. S. consular officers.
  • Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Costa Rica: Boundary dispute with Panama, 737; permission for U. S. Army Engineer troops to enter Costa Rican territory in connection with Nicaraguan canal route survey, U. S. request and Costa Rican reply, 703704, 705
  • Customs duties exemptions for consular officers: U. S.–British arrangement, 4346; U. S.–Spanish arrangement with regard to taxation and customs duties on motor vehicles, 798802
  • Diplomatic relations: Establishment of direct diplomatic relations between United States and Union of South Africa, 846849; Mexican refusal to resume relations with Nicaragua until withdrawal of U. S. armed forces from Nicaragua, 580581
  • Discrimination (see also Honduras: Stamp tax; Japan: Lumber tariff; Palestine: Haifa harbor construction; Spain: Petroleum monopoly), U. S. investigation of possible discrimination [Page 871] against American interests arising from any British–Netherlands arrangements granting reciprocal advantages to companies of the one operating in territory of the other, 546548
  • Dominican Republic: Boundary dispute with Haiti, 225; treaty of 1907 with United States, cited, 212, 217
  • Dual nationality, question of Persian recognition of principle of, 740, 742, 743
  • Durham and Co., U. S. assistance in securing radio concession in Greece, 110113, 113114, 115116, 117120
  • Elections. See under Haiti and Nicaragua.
  • Embargoes: Arms embargo against Mexico, U. S. enforcement during Mexican insurrection, and ultimate removal, 341, 342, 343, 430432; fruits and vegetables affected by Mediterranean fruit fly, U. S. embargo against importation, 793794, 794795
  • Expatriation Act of Mar. 2, 1907, cited, 3840, 4041
  • Expropriation. See Spain: Petroleum monopoly.
  • Firestone Plantations Co., attitude toward inquiry into existence of slavery and forced labor in Liberia, 295, 313314
  • Flag, display of, to indicate foreign ownership of property in disturbed areas, 427428
  • France (see also Greece: Loan; Morocco; Spain: Petroleum monopoly): Cable interests in Venezuela, transfer to All America Cables, Inc., 850858; cooperation with British and U. S. Governments in representations to Liberia for prevention of recurrence of yellow fever epidemics, 316320, 322; protest against Haifa harbor construction, 67; U. S. good offices in behalf of French holders of old bonds of National Railroad of Haiti, 218225
  • Good offices of United States in behalf of French holders of old bonds of National Railroad of Haiti, 218225; in facilitating settlement of Tacna–Arica dispute between Chile and Peru, 744
  • Great Britain (see also Greece: Loan; Morocco; Palestine; Union of South Africa), 182, 316320, 322, 546548, 715716, 769770
    • Bouvet Island in the Antarctic, waiver of claim to, 715716
    • Cooperation with French and U. S. Governments in representations to Liberia for prevention of recurrence of yellow fever epidemics, 316320, 322
    • Customs duties exemptions, reciprocal extension to U. S. and British consular officers, 4346
    • MacDonald, Ramsay (Prime Minister), visit to United States, Oct. 4–10, 137
      • Arrangements and departure from Great Britain, 13
      • British attitude, 23
      • Canadian attitude, 3637
      • Conversations among Prime Minister MacDonald, President Hoover, Secretary Stimson, and other British and U. S. officials:
        • Joint statement by President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald on termination of, 3335; statement by Secretary Stimson, Oct. 11, refuting press conjectures concerning nature and results of conversations, 3536
        • Memoranda describing conversations, and annexed documents used in discussions, texts, 333
        • Subjects of discussion:
    • Petroleum concessions: British oil interests, compensation by Spain for properties expropriated by petroleum monopoly, 769770, 770; U. S. inquiry and British reply concerning British policy respecting holding and operation by foreigners of concessions in territories such as Bahrein, 8082; [Page 872]
      • U. S. investigation of possible discrimination against American interests resulting from any British–Netherlands arrangements granting reciprocal advantages to companies of the one operating in territory of the other, 546548
    • U. S. acceptance as deportees from Great Britain of persons who by protracted residence abroad are presumed to have lost their American citizenship acquired by naturalization, question of, 3743
    • U. S.–British negotiations in regard to administration of Turtle Island and delimitation of boundary between Philippine Islands and British North Borneo, 7080; signature of treaty and exchange of notes, Jan. 2, 1930, 80n
  • Greece, 83122
    • Arrangement with United States granting relief from double income tax on shipping profits, 8387
    • Loan by J. & W. Seligman & Co., proposed, and unsuccessful U. S. and Greek efforts to secure servicing by International Financial Commission, 87109
      • Contract between Greece and Seligman & Co.: Entry into, 90; Greek ratification, 90; termination by mutual consent following failure to secure servicing by Commission, 108109
      • Opposition of France, Great Britain, and Italy, 9192, 9496, 98, 99101, 101105, 107108; U. S. assistance to Greece in efforts to secure favorable decision by France, Great Britain, and Italy, 8790, 91, 9294, 9698, 9899, 101
      • Refusal of Commission to accept service of loan, text of reply to Greek request, 105106; U. S. disinclination to protest, 107
    • Radio and telephone concessions, U. S. representations on behalf of American firms interested in securing, 109121
      • Radio concession, U. S. assistance to Durham and Co. in securing, 110113, 113114, 115116, 117120
      • Telephone concession, U. S. assistance to International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in unsuccessful efforts to secure, 109110, 113, 114, 115116, 117118, 120121
    • Restrictions on entry of ministers of religion, relaxation with regard to American clergymen, 121122
  • Guaranty Trust Co. See Nicaragua: Finances: National Bank.
  • Guatemala, 123165
    • Boundary dispute with Honduras, 165
    • Claim of Percy W. Shufeldt against Guatemala, agreement with United States to submit to arbitration, 123165
      • Agreement for arbitration: Guatemalan proposal and U. S. acquiescence, 142, 143144; negotiations and draft texts, 142, 143162; text contained in notes exchanged Nov. 2, 162164
      • Arbitral proceedings: Designation of U. S. counsel, 164165; opening of, Feb. 1, 1930, 165
      • Preliminary efforts of Shufeldt and Guatemala to reach settlement by direct negotiation, and U. S. assistance, 123144; question of U. S. presentation of diplomatic claim, 133, 136137, 138, 139
  • Haiti, 166225
    • Bonds of National Railroad of Haiti. See U. S. good offices, infra.
    • Boundary dispute with Dominican Republic, 225
    • Commission (U. S.) for the Study and Review of Conditions in Haiti, 185, 204208
      • Effect on strike situation, 185
      • President Hoover’s proposal and request for appropriation of funds by Congress, 204205, 207208; Haitian attitude, 205207
    • Elections, 166175, 206
      • Legislative, question of holding elections in 1930: Report and recommendations of U. S. High Commissioner, 166169, 171; U. S. views, 172
      • Presidential, decision of President Borno not to become a candidate for reelection, and U. S. attitude, 170175, 206
    • Financial Adviser–General Receiver of Customs. See U. S. treaty officials, infra.
    • French holders of old bonds of National Railroad of Haiti, U. S. good offices in behalf of, 218225
    • Students’ strike and resulting disorders, 175204, 206, 207208
    • Treaty of 1915 with United States, U. S. general instructions to High Commissioner concerning continued implementation of, 208217
    • U. S. good offices in behalf of French holders of old bonds of National Railroad of Haiti, 218225
    • U. S. instructions to High Commissioner, general, 208211; request of High Commissioner for reconsideration of certain points, and U. S. reply, 211217
    • U. S. treaty officials, relations with High Commissioner and with Haitian Government, 208217
  • Honduras, 226229
  • Hoover, Herbert H. (President):
    • Commission for the Study and Review of Conditions in Haiti. See Haiti: Commission.
    • Conversations with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. See Great Britain: MacDonald, Ramsay: Conversations.
    • Message of greeting to President Perez of Venezuela upon commencement of cable service to Venezuela by All America Cables, Inc., and reply, 859860
    • Proclamation, July 18, revoking arms embargo against Mexico, text, 432
  • Hungary, arbitration and conciliation treaties with United States, texts signed Jan. 26: Arbitration, 230232; conciliation, 232233
  • Immigration questions. See U. S. Department of Labor.
  • Insurrection in Mexico. See under Mexico.
  • International Financial Commission (Hellenic). See Greece: Loan.
  • International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, U. S. assistance in unsuccessful efforts to secure telephone concession in Greece, 109110, 113, 114, 115116, 117118, 120121
  • Irish Free State, liability to taxation of property leased for Legation purposes in the United States, 234236
  • Italy (see also Greece: Loan; Morocco), interest in Haifa harbor construction, 6364, 6667
  • Jan Mayen. See Norway: Annexation.
  • Japan, 237268
    • Lumber tariff apparently discriminatory against American products, U. S. informal representations, 262268
    • Manchuria and Mongolia, special interests in, 249250, 250251
    • Mandated islands, objection by Japan to visits of American naval vessels to unopened ports, 256262
    • Treaty for the Renunciation of War, 237256
      • Chinese inquiry to United States regarding alleged Japanese interpretation of right of self-defense, 249250; U. S. citation of published correspondence between certain signatories of treaty dealing with question of right of self-defense, 250254
      • Declaration by Japan, upon ratification of treaty:
        • Announcement of ratification, June 27, 250
        • Negotiations of Diet and of Privy Council regarding certain phraseology of art. 1 of treaty, leading to adoption of declaration:
          • Information and reports concerning, 237238, 239240, 241, 242244, 245249
          • Position of U. S. Secretary of State regarding delay in ratification, 238, 240, 241242, 244
          • Text of declaration and transmittal to United States, 254255; U. S. acknowledgment and transmittal of copies to other countries, 255256
    • Visits of American naval vessels to unopened ports on islands under mandate to Japan, Japanese objection to, 256262
  • Jews. See Palestine: Protection of American lives and property endangered by conflict between Arabs and Jews.
  • Kellogg–Briand Pact (see also Japan: Treaty for the Renunciation of War), discussion of pact and possible amendment during Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald’s visit to United States, 56, 78, 1011, 1516, 18, 29, 3031, 34, 3536
  • Latvia, 269273
    • Arbitration and conciliation treaties with United States, 273
    • Commercial treaty with United States (1928), cited, 269, 270271
    • Tax, residence or sojourn, U. S. representations against application to American citizens in Latvia, 269273
  • League of Nations, nomination of commissioner on International Commission of Inquiry Into Existence of Slavery and Forced Labor in Liberia, 284, 286, 296297, 299300, 308309, 309310, 311, 311312, 316; question of selecting a Spanish commissioner, 292293, 298, 299
  • Liberia, 274329
    • Appointment of Dr. Howard F. Smith of U. S. Public Health Service as Chief Medical Adviser to Liberia, 316329
      • Preliminary efforts to improve health situation in Liberia: Cooperation of British, French, and U. S. Governments in representations to Liberia for prevention of recurrence of yellow fever epidemics, 316320, 322; emergency assistance by Rockefeller Foundation sanitary expert, 320322, 322, 323324
      • U. S. assistance to Liberia in securing services of Dr. Smith, 324329
    • Slavery and forced labor, 274316
      • International Commission of Inquiry Into Existence of Slavery and Forced Labor in Liberia:
      • Spanish involvement: Arrangements with Liberia for recruiting labor for Fernando Po, U. S.–Liberian discussions concerning, 302305; attitude toward [Page 875] proposed Commission of Inquiry, 310; question of selecting Spanish member on Commission of Inquiry, 292293, 298, 299; U. S. communication to Spain regarding U. S. attitude on slavery question, 282283
      • U. S. attitude (see also International Commission, supra):
        • Communication to Spain of U. S. attitude on slavery question, 282283
        • Efforts to encourage Liberian ratification of slavery convention of 1926, 275, 301; Liberian attitude and ultimate ratification, 301, 312, 315
        • Offers to cooperate with committee of investigation, 281, 283284, 300
        • Refusal to permit American steamship line to transport forced labor, 276277, 281282, 284285, 286
        • Representations against reported existence of slavery and forced labor, 274275, 276, 291292; Liberian reply, 277280
  • Liquor and narcotics shipments, U. S.–British discussions concerning, 3, 4, 15, 3133, 37
  • Loans. See under Greece.
  • London Naval Conference (1930), U. S.–British preliminary discussions, during visit of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to United States, concerning—
  • Luxemburg, arbitration and conciliation treaties with United States, 330335
    • Negotiations, 330331
    • Texts signed Apr. 6: Arbitration, 331333; conciliation, 333335
  • MacDonald, Ramsay. See under Great Britain.
  • Manchuria and Mongolia, Japanese special interests, 249250, 250251
  • Mandates. See Bahrein Island; Palestine; and under Japan.
  • Mediation by United States in Mexican insurrection, question of, 366, 368369
  • Mexico, 336481, 580590
  • Monopoly. See Spain: Petroleum monopoly.
  • Morocco, 482538
    • Cape Spartel Light, U. S. reservation of rights with respect to proposed changes in administration of, 537538
    • Claims of U. S. citizens against Spanish Government, negotiations for settlement as prerequisite to proposed U. S. recognition of Spanish Zone, 492505
      • Joint report on claims (July 12, 1928), revision, and U. S. efforts to expedite approval by Spanish Government, 492500
      • Spanish countersuggestions for settlement, and U. S. rejection, 500505
    • French Zone, U. S. reservation of rights in application of taxes to American citizens and protégés, 482492
    • Spanish Zone. See Claims, supra.
    • Tangier International Zone:
      • Cape Spartel Light, U. S. reservation of rights with respect to proposed changes in administration of, 537538
      • Taxation, U. S. attitude toward application to American citizens and protégés, 505537
        • Nonacquiescence in application to American vessels of tariff of Tangier Port Concession Co., 529537
        • Reservation of rights in assenting to certain specific taxation measures, and refusal to assent to proposed “padlock law”, 505529
    • Tariff of Tangier Port Concession Co., U. S. nonacquiescence in application to American vessels, 529537
    • Taxation. See French Zone and under Tangier International Zone, supra.
    • Treaties, conventions, etc.: Act of Algeciras (1906), cited, 488, 489, 529530, 531, 532, 533534, 535, 536; Cape Spartel Lighthouse convention (1865), cited 537538; Tangier convention (1923), cited, 506, 530, 531, 535
    • U. S. citizens. See Claims, French Zone, and Tangier International Zone: Taxation, supra.
  • Most-favored-nation treatment, treaties and agreements. See Commercial treaties.
  • Nationality: Persian nationality law of 1929, U. S. attitude, 739743; U. S. acceptance as deportees from Great Britain of persons who by protracted residence abroad are presumed [Page 878] to have lost their American citizenship acquired by naturalization, question of, 3743
  • Naval armament reduction, U. S.-British discussions preliminary to London Naval Conference of 1930, 9, 1112, 1314, 15, 1617, 1719, 2529, 2930, 3435
  • Netherlands, 539548
    • Arbitration agreement with United States further extending duration of convention of May 2, 1908, text signed Feb. 27, 539540
    • Petroleum concessions, U. S. interest in maintaining equal rights for American oil companies, 540548
      • Assistance to Standard Oil Co. of California in unsuccessful efforts to obtain oil concession in Netherlands East Indies, 540543, 544545
      • Investigation of Netherlands regulations with regard to oil concessions and possible discrimination against American interests arising from any British-Netherlands arrangements granting reciprocal advantages to companies of the one operating in territory of the other, 543548
  • Nicaragua, 549705
    • Banditry (see also Sandino, infra), 549580, 623, 696, 697698
    • Bond issue for payment of Claims Commission awards, proposed, 670, 673674, 676, 678, 681
    • Boundary dispute with—
    • Canal route survey by U. S. Army Engineer troops, 703705
      • Permission for survey, U. S. requests to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and affirmative replies, 703705
      • Termination, 705
    • Claims commissions:
      • Financing of awards through bond issue, proposed, 670, 673674, 676, 678, 681
      • Permanent Claims Commission, establishment by legislation approved Feb. 6, 1930, 696
      • Provisional Claims Commission, U. S. assistance in establishment of, 670696
        • Designation of commissioners: Nicaraguan members, 679, 680681, 682, 686687, 688; U. S. member, 671673, 674675, 676, 677678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683684, 687688, 688, 692
        • Preliminary discussions regarding legal procedure for establishment of, designation of members, payment of awards, scope, etc., 670692
        • Presidential decree of July 30 establishing commission: Discussions, 678, 679, 680, 682683, 684686, 687, 688689; text, 689691
        • U. S. arrangements for notifying American claimants regarding submission of claims, 692
        • Work of commission: Convening, 693; relations with Nicaraguan Government on questions of procedure and policy, 693695
    • Elections, U. S. assistance in supervision of, 646650, 679
      • Electoral law of 1923: Reentry into effect, 647, 650; revision, question of, 649650, 679
      • Municipal elections, 648, 650
      • National Board of Elections, Nicaraguan request for nomination of American citizen as chairman, 646647; U. S. views, and designation of Captain Alfred W. Johnson, 648649, 650
    • Finances (see also under Claims commissions, supra, and under Military and police forces: Guardia Nacional and Road construction, infra), U. S. assistance in reorganization of, 651670, 702
      • Financial Plan bankers (Brown Bros, and J. & W. Seligman & Co.), withdrawal, 310
      • National Bank of Nicaragua, withdrawal of J. & W. Seligman & Co. and Guaranty Trust Co. from management, and Nicaraguan efforts to secure new management:
        • Efforts of Nicaragua to secure new management: Preliminary agreement proposed by Otis & Co. group, draft text and negotiations, 663665, 666667, 668, 669; U. S. assistance, 658659, 662663, 668669
        • Withdrawal of Seligman–Guaranty management:
          • Controversy with President Moncada resulting in decision to withdraw, and U. S. views, 651654, 655656; conference of bankers and Nicaraguan and U. S. representatives for settlement of, 654655, 659660, 661, 702
          • Postponement until conclusion of arrangements with new management, desire of President Moncada, 661662, 667; U. S. attitude, 662663, 665666, 669, 670
          • Transfer of bank to Nicaraguan banking officials, 665, 670
      • Pacific Railway, withdrawal of American directors and management (J. G. White Engineering Corporation), and Nicaraguan assumption of control, 655661; U. S. attitude, 656, 657658
    • Guardia Nacional. See under Military and police forces, infra.
    • Military and police forces:
      • Guardia Nacional:
        • Activities for suppression of banditry, 549550, 552, 554, 561, 565, 623
        • Agreement between United States and Nicaragua for establishment of (Dec. 22, 1927), Nicaraguan approval in amended form, Feb. 21, 1929, and U. S. disinclination to consent to amendments, 606641
          • Consideration by Nicaraguan Congress, and U. S. efforts to encourage passage in unamended form, 606614, 615619
          • Passage by Nicaraguan Congress and approval by President Moncada, Feb. 21, 619620
          • Text of amended agreement, 625630
          • U. S. attitude and proposal for exchange of notes to remove objectionable features of amendments, 621, 622, 630637, 641; suggestions of U. S. Chargé and Chief of Guardia, 637640
        • Financial questions, 621, 622, 630631, 637638, 639
        • Relations with volunteers and hacienda guards, 621, 622623, 623624
        • Rules and regulations, approval, 641
        • Status, attitude of President Moncada and United States, 549550, 614615, 617618, 621, 622625, 630633
      • Hacienda guards, 607, 623624, 625, 638, 639
      • Volunteers, 549, 550, 551554, 555, 565, 566568, 574, 575, 622623, 624625, 638, 639
    • Moncada, José María (President), See Repressive measures, infra.
    • Political situation. See Repressive measures of President Moncada, infra.
    • Repressive measures of President Moncada, and U. S. concern, 590606
      • Arrest, imprisonment, and deportation of suspected plotters against Nicaraguan Government, 590602, 603604, 604605, 606; question of admission to United States of deportees, 606
      • Removal of certain Conservative municipal governments and replacement by Liberal boards, 602603, 604
    • Road construction, proposed, 569570, 575, 576, 690703
      • Financing, question of, 697698, 701702; nonavailability of U. S. Marine funds for road construction, 698, 699
      • Recommendations of U. S. Chargé and Marine officers for road construction in bandit areas as a means of eliminating banditry, 569570, 576, 696, 697698; U. S. views, 575, 697
      • U. S. assistance to Nicaragua by assignment of Navy engineers to supervise road surveys, 698702, 702703
    • Sandino, asylum in Mexico as political refugee from Nicaragua, 580590
      • Request by Sandino to Mexico for asylum, U. S. interest in, and assistance in facilitating Sandino’s journey from Nicaragua to Mexico, 580588
      • U. S. interest in subsequent activities of Sandino, 588590
    • Treaties, agreements, etc., with United States:
    • U. S. military and naval forces (see also Banditry: U. S. Marines, supra):
      • Canal route survey by U. S. Army Engineer troops, 703705
      • Mexican refusal to resume diplomatic relations with Nicaragua until withdrawal of U. S. forces, 580581
      • Political activity of officers, U. S. attitude, 613614, 616, 644
      • Precedence of certain Marine and Navy officers over chiefs of mission, as provided by Nicaraguan law granting courtesy rank of minister, U. S. objections, 642646; text of law of Jan. 4, 643644
      • Road construction: Assistance to Nicaragua by Navy engineers, 698702, 702703; nonavailability of Marine funds for road construction, 698, 699
  • Norway, 706719
    • Annexation of Island of Jan Mayen: Act of Storting defining status of Jan Mayen, 714715; notification to United States and U. S. reservation of rights of Polarfront Co., 713714
    • Arbitration treaty with United States: Negotiations, 706711; text signed Feb. 20, 711713
    • Assertion to sovereignty over Bouvet Island and other specified regions in Antarctic, 715719
      • Bouvet Island:
        • British claim, waiver of, 715716
        • Notification to United States, and U. S. reply, 716, 718; U. S. inquiry of Navy and War Departments as to existence of any American interests, and negative replies, 716717
      • Claim of Norwegian priority to sovereignty over certain other specified regions, in view of possible claims by Byrd Antarctic Expedition in behalf of United States: Notification to United States, 717718; U. S. reply, 718719
  • Oil concessions and properties. See Spain: Petroleum monopoly; Petroleum concessions under Great Britain and Netherlands.
  • Open-door principle, 65
  • Oriental Navigation Co. case, cited, 342, 350
  • Otis & Co., proposed agreement with Nicaragua for management of National Bank, draft text and negotiations, 663665, 666667, 668, 669
  • Palestine:
    • Haifa harbor construction, U. S. representations for protection of American rights under U. S.-British mandate convention of Dec. 3, 1924, in connection with submission of bids, 6170
      • Inability of American and Italian consuls to obtain bidding specifications, 6164
      • Postponement of construction following French, Italian, and U. S. protests, and ultimate allocation of work to Palestine Government, 6970
      • U. S. representations to Great Britain against discriminatory treatment of American firms due to exclusion from bidding, 6466; British reply, 6769
    • Mandate convention of 1924. See Haifa harbor construction, supra.
    • Protection of American lives and property endangered by conflict between Arabs and Jews, 4061
      • British measures for protection, 49, 4950, 5051, 52, 53, 5455
      • Commission of Inquiry, British: Appointment, 55; consideration of claims, 55, 6061; procedure, 5960; representation of Jewish-American interests, question of U. S. assistance in arranging, 5759
      • Disturbances at Hebron, 48; Jerusalem, 46, 4748, 4849, 5051; Telaviv, 49
      • U. S. citizens: Claims for damages, question of presentation, 55, 59, 6061; evacuation from places of danger, 48, 4950, 52; killing and wounding of, 47, 48, 50, 5657
      • U. S. naval vessel, question of dispatch to Palestine, 53
      • U. S. policy, statements of, 51, 56, 5859
      • U. S. representations to Great Britain for protection of foreign nationals and consulates, 4748, 48, 49, 5152, 5253, 54, 55
  • Panama, 720737
    • Aviation in Panama, commercial agreement with United States for regulations governing, 728729
    • Boundary dispute with Costa Rica, 737
    • Commissary sales in Canal Zone, Panaman objections and U. S. reservation of rights under 1903 treaty, 720724, 726
    • Radio communication throughout Panama, U. S. reservation of right of control, 730737
      • Inclusion of radio concessions in Panaman contracts with commercial interests without prior U. S. consent, U. S. protests and Panaman attitude, 730737
      • Proposed establishment of Panaman Government radio station on Coiba Island, and U. S. attitude, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737
    • Treaties, agreements, etc., with United States:
      • Regulations governing commercial aviation in Panama, exchange of notes, Apr. 22, 728729
      • Unperfected treaty of July 28, 1926, 720728
        • Protest by Panama against conduct of Canal Zone commissaries, and U. S. reservation of rights under treaty of 1903, 720724, 726
        • Reconsideration of treaty in its entirety, Panaman desire for, and U. S. attitude, 723, 724725, 726728
  • Pan American arbitration treaty (Jan. 5), cited, 442443, 444, 445, 446, 447448, 449, 762763, 764, 765, 767
  • Pan American Life Insurance Co., 227228
  • Paraguay, Chaco dispute with Bolivia, 738
  • Persian nationality law of 1929, U. S. attitude, 739743
  • Peru, Tacna-Arica dispute with Chile, 744
  • Petroleum concessions. See Spain: Petroleum monopoly; and under Great Britain and Netherlands.
  • Philippine Islands, boundary with British North Borneo. See Great Britain: U. S.-British negotiations.
  • Polarfront Co., U. S. reservation of rights in connection with Norwegian annexation of Island of Jan Mayen, 713714
  • Ports and customhouses in territory held by rebels, Mexican closure during insurrection, and subsequent reopening: Mexican attitude and notifications to United States, 338, 340341, 342, 348, 349351, 354355, 415; U. S. attitude, 342343, 344, 358, 417, 426
  • Portugal, arbitration treaty with United States, text signed Mar. 1, 745746
  • Precedence of certain U. S. Marine and Navy officers in Nicaragua over chiefs of mission, as provided by Nicaraguan law granting courtesy rank of minister, U. S. objections, 642646; text of law of Jan. 4, 643644
  • Protocols. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • Quarantine (U. S.) against fruits and vegetables affected by Mediterranean fruit fly, 793794, 794795
  • Radio communication (see also under Panama), U. S. assistance to Durham and Co. in securing radio concession in Greece, 110113, 113114, 115116, 117120
  • Recognition of Spanish Zone of Morocco by United States. See Morocco: Claims of U. S. citizens.
  • Red Cross assistance for troops wounded in Mexican insurrection, question of, 389, 391
  • Religion: Greek restrictions on entry of ministers of religion, relaxation with regard to American clergymen, 121122; Roman Catholic Church, controversy with Mexican Government, good offices of U. S. Ambassador in facilitating settlement, 479481
  • Renunciation of War, Treaty for. See under Japan.
  • Rio Grande boundary dispute. See under Mexico.
  • Rockefeller Foundation, emergency assistance to Liberia in preventing recurrence of yellow fever epidemic, 320322, 322, 323324
  • Romano-Americana Co., settlement by Rumania of claim arising out of destruction of property in 1916, 757758
  • Rumania, 747758
    • Arbitration and conciliation treaties with United States, 747754
      • Negotiations, 747751
      • Texts signed Mar. 21: Arbitration, 751752; conciliation, 753754
    • Claim of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey against Rumania arising out of destruction of property in 1916, settlement, 757758
    • Commercial treaty with United States, U. S. proposal for conclusion of, following Rumanian denunciation of provisional commercial agreement of Feb. 26, 1926, 755756
  • Russia, protocol with Turkey, Dec. 17, Turkish declaration to United States regarding nonapplicability to Turco-American relations, 842845
  • Self-defense, right of, question of interpretation of Kellogg-Briand Pact, 249250, 250254
  • Seligman & Co. See Greece: Loan; Financial Plan bankers and National Bank under Nicaragua: Finances.
  • Shipping profits, U. S.-Greek arrangement granting relief from double income tax on, 8387
  • Shufeldt claim against Guatemala. See Guatemala: Claim.
  • Siam, negotiations for treaties of arbitration and conciliation with United States, 759767
    • Proposals by United States, 759, 761; Siamese views and counterproposals, 760761, 762767
    • Status of negotiations as of July 14, 1930, 767
  • Slavery. See under Liberia.
  • Smith, Dr. Howard F. (U. S. Public Health Service), appointment as Chief Medical Adviser to Liberia, 316329
  • Smuggling of arms and munitions from United States to Mexico during insurrection, 336, 376377, 378, 397
  • Southern Pacific Railroad, 362, 365, 367368, 395, 398, 399, 400, 401
  • Spain (see also Liberia: Slavery: Spanish involvement; Morocco), 768802
    • Claims, reciprocal, arrangement with United States for settlement of, 796798
    • Commercial modus vivendi with United States, possibility of denunciation by Spain, 788, 789, 791, 794
    • Expropriation of foreign-owned petroleum properties. See Petroleum monopoly, infra.
    • Petroleum monopoly, compensation for expropriated properties, 768788
      • British interests, settlement, 769770, 770
      • French and U. S. negotiations for adequate compensation to French and American oil companies, and ultimate settlement:
      • U. S. attitude, 773775, 780781
    • Taxation and customs duties on motor vehicles belonging to U. S. and Spanish consular officers, reciprocal exemption, 798802
    • Trade with United States, Spanish representations regarding grievances arising from alleged unfair treatment of Spanish products, 788796
      • Allegations and representations to United States, 788791; U. S. reply, 795796
      • Commercial modus vivendi, possible denunciation by Spain, 788, 789, 791, 794
      • Status of Spanish grievances concerning tariff and quarantine restrictions, 791795
      • U. S. embargo against fruits and vegetables affected by Mediterranean fruit fly, 793794, 794795
    • Treaty with United States of July 3, 1902, cited, 798, 799, 802
  • Standard Oil Co. (see also Spain: Petroleum monopoly): Bahrein Island, participation of Standard Oil Co. of California in petroleum concession, 8081; Mexico, question of protection of interests of California [Page 883] Standard Oil Co. from interference by Mexican rebels, 380381, 400; Netherlands East Indies, U. S. assistance to Standard Oil Co. of California in unsuccessful efforts to obtain petroleum concession, 540543, 544545; Rumania, settlement of claim of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey arising out of destruction of property in 1916, 757758
  • Tacna-Arica dispute, 744
  • Tangier. See under Morocco.
  • Taxation:
    • Honduran stamp tax imposed on agents of foreign insurance companies, U. S. representations in behalf of American companies, 226229
    • Irish Free State, liability to taxation of property leased for Legation purposes in the United States, 234236
    • Latvia, residence or sojourn tax, U. S. representations against application to American citizens, 269273
    • Mexico, U. S. attitude and representations to de facto authorities and Mexican Government against taxation, forced loans, etc., imposed by rebels during insurrection, 370, 370371, 378, 380381, 387, 391n , 393, 395, 396397, 409, 412, 414415, 415416, 425426, 426427, 429430, 433
    • Morocco. See French Zone and Tangier International Zone: Taxation under Morocco.
    • Property used for diplomatic purposes, opinion of Solicitor of Department of State, 235236
    • U. S.-British arrangement extending to consular officers reciprocal exemption from customs duties, 4346
    • U. S.-Greek arrangement granting relief from double income tax on shipping profits, 8387
    • U. S.-Spanish arrangement extending to consular officers reciprocal exemption from taxation and customs duties on motor vehicles, 798802
  • Telephone concession in Greece, U. S. assistance in unsuccessful efforts of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to secure, 109110, 113, 114, 115116, 117118, 120121
  • Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Treaty for the Renunciation of War. See under Japan.
  • Turkey, 803845
    • Commercial modus vivendi with United States. See under Treaty, infra.
    • Protocol with Soviet Union, signed Dec. 17, Turkish declaration to United States regarding nonapplicability to Turco-American relations, 842845
    • Treaty of commerce and navigation with United States, 803842
      • Commercial modus vivendi, extensions of, pending conclusion and ratification of commercial treaty:
        • Exchange of notes, Apr. 8, 1929, renewing modus vivendi until Apr. 10, 1930: Negotiations, 803817; texts, 817818; U. S. approval, 820
        • Further exchange of notes, Apr. 8, 1930, extending modus vivendi until ratification of commercial treaty signed Oct. 1, 1929, 842
      • Negotiations (see also Commercial modus vivendi, supra):
      • Ratifications, exchange of, 842
      • Signature, 837
      • Text signed Oct. 1, 838840; supplementary understanding contained in minutes of final meeting of negotiators, Oct. 1, 841842
  • Turtle Island, administration of. See Great Britain: U. S.-British negotiations.
  • Union of South Africa, establishment of direct diplomatic relations with United States, 846849
    • Correspondence between British and U. S. Governments concerning, 846849
    • Presentation of credentials by Minister of South Africa, and appointment of U. S. Minister, 849
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Russia.
  • U. S. citizens (see also Spain: Petroleum monopoly; and under Mexico, Morocco):
    • Clergymen, Greek restrictions on entry of, relaxation with regard to American clergymen, 121122
    • Protection of Americans in—
    • Shufeldt claim against Guatemala. See Guatemala: Claim.
    • U. S. acceptance as deportees from Great Britain of persons who by protracted residence abroad are presumed to have lost their American citizenship acquired by naturalization, question of, 3743
  • U. S. Congress, message of President Hoover, Dec. 7, regarding U. S. policies in Haiti, 207208
  • U. S. consular officers: Customs duties exemptions, reciprocal extension to U. S. and British consular officers, 4346; taxation and customs duties on personally owned motor vehicles, reciprocal exemption for U. S. and Spanish consular officers, 798802
  • U. S. Department of Justice, 336, 347, 359, 371, 394, 413
  • U. S. Department of Labor, immigration questions: Deportees from Nicaragua seeking admission to United States, 606; Mexican aliens seeking refuge in United States during insurrection, 363364, 364365, 373, 386, 387388, 388389, 389390, 392393, 398399, 401402, 403404, 405, 406407, 408, 408409, 413414, 433; question of U. S. acceptance as deportees from Great Britain of persons who by protracted residence [Page 885] abroad are presumed to have lost their American citizenship acquired by naturalization, question of, 3743
  • U. S. military and naval forces (see U. S. Marines and U. S. warships under Haiti: Students’ strike; also under Mexico: Insurrection and under Nicaragua): Japan, objection to visits of American naval vessels to unopened ports on mandated islands, 256262; Palestine, question of dispatch of naval vessel to protect Americans endangered by Arab-Jewish conflict, 53
  • U. S. Public Health Service officer, appointment as Chief Medical Adviser to Liberia, 316329
  • U. S. Treasury Department, 336, 363, 371, 377, 394
  • Venezuela, establishment of cable service by All America Cables, Inc., 850860
    • Exchange of greetings between President Hoover and President Perez upon commencement of service, texts, 859860
    • Negotiations by All America Cables with French cable company and French and Venezuelan Governments:
      • Reports concerning, 850858
      • U. S. assistance, 854, 857, 858; expression of appreciation by All America Cables, 858859
  • White Engineering Corporation, withdrawal from management of Pacific Railway of Nicaragua, 655661
  • Yellow fever in Liberia, efforts to prevent. See Liberia: Appointment of Dr. Howard F. Smith of U. S. Public Health Service as Chief Medical Adviser.
  • Yugoslavia, arbitration and conciliation treaties with United States, texts signed Jan. 21: Arbitration, 861863; conciliation, 863865