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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLICATION 1366
For sale by the
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
Price $1.50 (cloth)
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 . .
Remonstrance by Great Britain against a proposed increase in gun
elevation on American capital ships retained under the Washington
naval treaty..
Cooperation of the United States with the League of Nations in
the drafting of a convention for the control of the traffic in arms
Unfavorable views of the United States upon a draft treaty of mutual
assistance submitted by the League of Nations . .
Acceptance by the United States of certificates of identity issued by
the League of Nations to Russian and Armenian refugees in lieu of
passports
American participation in the International Conference for Control of
the Traffic in Habit-Forming Drugs.
Refusal by the United States to join other creditor nations in forming
an international commission to liquidate relief loans made to certain
European states
Negotiations on behalf of the World War Foreign Debt Commission
for the settlement of debts owed the United States by foreign gov-
ernments
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VII
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89
127
135
Agreement between the United States and Austria and Hungary for
the establishment of a claims commission, signed November 26,
1924. . . .
142
Interest of the United States in the disposition of the proposed libera-
tion bonds of the Austro-Hungarian succession states
Conventions for the prevention of liquor smuggling into the United
States.
154
157
Representations by Salvador, Cuba, Rumania, Norway, and Italy
regarding proposed legislation to restrict immigration into the United
GENERAL Continued.
Arrangements with foreign governments for a flight around the world
by United States Army airplanes.
Representations by the United States against the exclusion of American
Mormon missionaries from certain European countries
Statements by the Secretary of State that the question of Philippine
independence is exclusively a domestic problem of the United States..
Sanitary convention between the United States and other American
Republics, signed November 14, 1924
Boundary disputes
Bolivia and Paraguay
Colombia and Panama.
227
246
264
266
282
287
293
304
Maintenance by the United States of unofficial relations with the
revolutionary government in Albania
306
Postponement of negotiations for a treaty between the United States
and Albania
315
BOLIVIA:
Disinclination of the Secretary of State to offer the good offices re-
quested by Bolivia for modification of the Bolivian-Chilean treaty
of 1904
320
Boundary dispute with Paraguay. (See under General.)
Expression of concern by the Department of State at Brazil's naval
building program
323
BULGARIA:
Extradition treaty between the United States and Bulgaria, signed
March 19, 1924. .
Ratification of the fisheries convention signed on March 2, 1923, be-
tween the United States and Great Britain.
335
Renewed consideration of a joint project for the improvement of the
St. Lawrence Waterway.
Protests by the Canadian Government against further diversion of the
waters of the Great Lakes.
349
CHILE:
Resignation of President Alessandri and the exercise of informal re-
lations between the United States Embassy and the new administra-
tion at Santiago . .
CHINA:
Civil war in Northern China resulting in the overthrow of President
Tsao Kun and the establishment of a provisional government . .
Maintenance of a united front by the powers in opposition to the
threatened seizure of customs at Canton by Sun Yat-sen
Recognition by the United States and other powers of the Provisional
Government as the de facto government of China .
357
361
409
416
Negotiations leading to the occupation of the Russian Legation at
Peking by the newly accredited Soviet Ambassador to China.
443
CHINA-Continued.
Efforts to obtain unanimity among the powers regarding the proposal
to raise the diplomatic rank of their representatives in China ...
Reservations by the United States and other powers regarding dis-
posal to be made of the Chinese Eastern Railway under the Sino-
Soviet agreement.
Proposal by the Chinese Government to convene a preliminary cus-
toms conference, and the rejection of the proposal by the powers. .
Further postponement of the meeting of the Commission on Extra-
territoriality in China .
Consent by the United States to join other powers in negotiations to
restore the Shanghai Mixed Court to the Chinese
Failure of efforts to secure from the interested powers a general accept-
ance of the arms embargo resolution proposed at the Washington
Conference...
Decision by the Consortium Council to continue unmodified the Con-
sortium Agreement of October 15, 1920, after its expiration on
October 15, 1925
Joint Resolution of Congress authorizing the President at his discre-
tion to remit to China further payments on the Boxer indemnity . .
Concurrence by the United States in the contention by certain powers
that the Boxer indemnity payments should be made in gold cur-
rency ..
Continued support by the United States to the Federal Telegraph
Company in efforts to obtain execution of its contract with the
Chinese Government
463
479
513
521
524
530
544
551
559
570
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Explanations of policy by the Department of State respecting ques-
tions of treaty rights raised by Americans in China . . .
Protest by the United States against pardon and restoration to com-
mand of the Chinese general held responsible for the murder of an
American missionary
580
604
Exchange of notes between the United States and Czechoslovakia pro-
longing the customs agreement of October 29, 1923. .
615
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
The election of Horacio Vasquez to the Presidency and the evacuation
of the forces of the United States
Approval by the United States of the issue of $2,500,000 of two-year
notes by the Dominican Republic . .
618
643
Convention between the United States and the Dominican Republic,
signed on December 27, 1924, to replace the convention of Febru-
ary 8, 1907. . .
662
Exchange of notes between the United States and the Dominican
Republic according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation
treatment in customs matters
666