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and bearing as respects our Government and citizens would go far to secure from the Senate of the United States that favorable reconsideration of the proposed convention between the two countries which is absolutely essential if the present wishes of the Turkish Government are to be gratified.

It is desired that you shall temperately, but earnestly and clearly, make these views known in the proper quarter, in the hope that upon the assembling of the Senate in December next the matter may be laid before that.body, in conformity with the President's constitutional prerogative to consult the coordinate treaty-making power upon occasion, with favorabie considerations tending to bring about a prompt and satisfactory conclusion.

I am, etc.,

RICHARD OLNEY.

No. 1017.]

IRADÉ REGARDING ARMENIAN EMIGRATION.

Mr. Terrell to Mr. Olney.

LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,

Constantinople, October 10, 1896. (Received Oct. 22.)

SIR: I have the honor to append on the overleaf for your information the copy of an Imperial iradé which prohibits from hereafter residing in Turkey any Armenian who has emigrated in the last twenty years. Two months only are allowed to those Armenian subjects who are temporarily absent to return. Those who return with foreign passports will not be recognized as foreign subjects and will not be permitted to remain. Those who desire to leave must bind themselves with a responsible surety that they will not return.

The requirement of security is likely to interpose a new difficulty in getting the wives of our naturalized Armenians away, even if consent to leave is given, for their poverty-stricken friends can not furnish the security. A. W. TERRELL.

1 have, etc.,

[Inclosure 1017.-From Levant Herald, October 9, 1896.]

Imperial Iradé.

THE EMIGRATION OF ARMENIANS.

The following official communication appeared this morning in all the Turkish papers published in the capital:

In consequence of recent events in Constantinople, certain members of the Armenian community, fathers of families or bachelors, artisans, merchants, or others, continue to emigrate. Then individuals of no certain occupation find their way somehow into the various vilayets of the Empire.

Now, the Armenian agitators attribute this emigration to an alleged want of confidence and nonexisting security in the capital. They invent and publish in this connection all sorts of lies and incorrect statements.

Since the foundation of the Ottoman Empire, need it be said, the Imperial Government has never ceased pursuing a just line of conduct, the object being to safeguard the lives, property, and honor of its loyal subjects. The Imperial Government is in a position, under the protecting scepter of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, to prevent all cause of anxiety or fear, which might induce further emigration. Thus, all who desire to leave the country must sign a document and also have a solvable guaranty, confirmed by the patriarchate, that they will not return to Turkey. This declaration must be accompanied by the likeness of the emigrant, and it will only be after fulfilling such formalities that emigration will be authorized. The passports delivered to these emigrants will state that such persons will not be

allowed to set foot again on Ottoman territory. The explanation in question, as well as a declaration that the emigrants have lost Ottoman nationality, will be duly inscribed in the registers of the commission ad hoc, in the archives of the competent department, as well as at the chancellery of the Armenian patriarchate. A delay of a month and a half, and in cases of plausible hindrance, two months' delay, commencing from to-day, will be granted to those who have gone abroad without authorization from the Imperial Government, to return to their homes. In the event of their design to stay where they are, they must make a declaration to this effect in the Turkish embassies or legations abroad. Emigrants of this category will, nevertheless, lose their nationality as Ottoman subjects, unless they return to Turkey within the above-named period.

Ottoman Armenian subjects who have emigrated under false names and yet by diverse means have returned to Turkey with foreign passports will not be recog nized as foreign subjects, nor will they be allowed to live in any part of the Empire. Armenians who have emigrated during the past twenty years, and especially members of the committee of agitators, will not benefit from the present arrangement. Consequently they will not be permitted to return here. Every agitator who returns to Turkey will be arrested and brought before the ordinary tribunals.

As regards Armenians of foreign nationality, who in great numbers are among the agitators as organizers of disturbance, the Government and the police find it difficult to distinguish between the one and the other. In consequence such foreign Armenians will not be allowed to assume Ottoman nationality, in accordance with the law which authorizes the admission of other foreigners to become Ottoman subjects.

These regulations, decided upon at a council of ministers, have been sanctioned by Imperial iradé.

INDEX.

A.

Address of the minister of the Greater Republic of Central America on present-
ing his credentials to the President....
Agramont, Frank, arrest of, in Cuba...
Agreement:

between Argentine Republic and Chile for the settlement of their bound-
ary controversy, text of...

between Chile and France for the settlement of French claims growing out
of civil war, text of.....

between China and Japan providing for Japanese settlements at open ports
and taxation of articles manufactured by Japanese in China, text of...
between France and Great Britain with reference to the boundary of Siam.
between United States and Great Britain on heads of proposed treaty be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela for settlement of the Venezuela
boundary question, text of.

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between the United States and Mexico for the reciprocal right to pursue
savage Indians across the boundary line, text of.
reached with Great Britain as to treatment of cattlemen..
Aguirre, George W. (See Arrest of citizens of the United States in Cuba.)
Aguirre, José Marie Timoteo, arrest of, in Cuba....

438

293-298

747

Aliens and naturalization, Hawaiian law concerning, text of.

387

Alsace-Lorraine :

applicability of the Bancroft treaties to, discussed..

186-192

persons born in, and naturalized in the United States held by Germany to
be imperial subjects.....

187

Alsop & Co. (See Claim.)

American Methodist Mission. (See Claims.)

American Baptist Missionary Union. (See Claims.)

American Southern Presbyterian Mission, indemnity paid to, for destruction

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Antilottery law applicable to newspapers containing drawings of government
or municipal bonds where prizes are offered......

115-117

Arbitration:

adjustment of disputes between the United States and Great Britain by.
(See Great Britain.)

of boundary controversy between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.... 100–102, 371–374
text of treaty providing for.....

100

of boundary controversy between Great Britain and Venezuela; conclusion
of treaty providing for...

240-255

of British claims growing out of civil war in Chile, results of the

35-41

of the claim of Julio R. Santos against Ecuador.

103-110

award of arbitrator...

109

Argentine Republic:

of disputes between the United States and Great Britain; text of treaty
providing for

boundary controversy with Chile, agreement for the settlement of...
visit of American manufacturers to..

Armenian agitators, request of Turkey for the expulsion of, from the United
States

Armenian emigration from Turkey, iradé concerning..

238

32-34

1

925-929

937

Page

Armenian families of naturalized citizens of the United States permitted to
emigrate from Turkey...

924

Arrest of citizens of the United States:

at Aleppo, Turkey, charged with sedition; released and expelled from
country...

914-925

in the South African Republic charged with treason; sentenced to pay-
ment of fine....

562-581

in Cuba, and demands for their trial by civil courts in accordance with
treaty stipulations.......

631-670

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case of Anton Yablkowski, released

Theodore L. Vives

list of, with cause of arrest, charges, places of confinement, and stating
whether tried, released, deported, or cases pending..

in Russia for becoming citizens of the United States without permission
of the Russian Government-

case of John Ginzberg; sentenced to deprivation of civil rights and
perpetual banishment..

case of Henry Topor

Arrest of American sealers for illegal sealing in Russian waters..

652,749

661, 749

661, 749

747

509

523

507

495-507

Arrest of Jesus Garcia, a Mexican citizen, by a United States deputy sheriff
while his body was partly on American and partly on Mexican territory.. 439-454
Assassination of the Shah of Persia, account of.

488

Assessment on property of citizens of the United States by insurgents in Cuba. 695
Asylum:

United States legations have no right to protect political refugees by har-
boring them or withdrawing them from territorial jurisdiction of their
country.

381

United States ministers responsible only for part of premises actually
rented and occupied by them..

110-114

Atkins, E., & Co., destruction of property of, in Cuba...

676

Austria-Hungary:

citizenship status of Emanuel, Samuel B., and Ephraim Kohn, foreign-
born sons of Aaron Kohn, who is stated to have been naturalized after
two years' residence in the United States....

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Award of arbitrator of the claim of Julio R. Santos against Ecuador, text of.
Award of Paris Tribunal of Arbitration, proposed extension of, to all waters
of Pacific Ocean north of latitude 35° north; negotiations postponed by Great
Britain until receipt of report of special agent to be sent to Commander
Islands...

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Bering Sea, protection of the fur seals in. (See Seals.)
Bering Sea claims commission:

composition of..

convention for the establishment of.
Bernhardt, Isidor. (See Military service.)
Betancourt, Gaspar A., arrest of, in Cuba..
Bialou, August. (See Military service.)
Bolivia:

treaty of commerce with Chile, text of.

treaty of peace and amity with Chile, text of

Bolton, August, arrest of, in Cuba...
Boschen, Nick. (See Military service.)

Boundary:

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between Alaska and British Canadian territories, proposals for a conven-
tion for the delimitation of the one hundred and forty-first meridian.. 289–293
controversy between Argentine Republic and Chile, agreement for the set-
tlement of.

32-34

controversy between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, treaty providing for the
arbitration of.....

100-102

controversy between Great Britain and Venezuela.

240-255

heads of proposed treaty between Venezuela and Great Britain for set-
tlement of, as agreed upon between Great Britain and the United
States

254

treaty for settlement of, signed..

254

of Siam, agreement between France and Great Britain with reference to,
text of..

139

Brand, Gerhard. (See Military service.)

Brandt, Konrad H. (See Military service.)

C.

Calvar, George. (See Arrest of citizens of the United States in Cuba.)

Canada, maritime charges, reciprocity in, with the United States..

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report of Dr. W. H. Wray on the sanitary condition of....

restrictions on, in British ports....

19-26

163-185

165

173

23

317-363

British act requiring slaughter of, at port of entry, not discriminatory
against United States, but applies to cattle from all countries, text
of act....

363

Cattle, French, prohibition of the importation of, into the United States.. 136-138
Cattlemen, agreement reached with Great Britain as to the treatment of... 293-298
Cazanas, Francis E.:

arrest of, in Cuba.

749

expropriation of the property of, in Cuba, for military use.
Cepero, Joseph L. (See Arrest of citizens of the United States in Cuba.)
Cespedes, Esteban, arrest of, in Cuba...

671

749

Cespedes, Oscar. (See Arrest of citizens of the United States in Cuba.)
Chaqueilo, Fernandez. (See Arrest of citizens of the United States in Cuba.)
Chile:

arbitration of British claims against, growing out of civil war, results of
the

35-41

boundary controversy with Argentine Republic, agreement for the settle-
ment of..

32-34

French claims against, growing out of civil war, settlement of..
insurance companies (foreign), law regarding....

42

43-45

military service in, children born in Chile of American parents and residing
there not exempted from..

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agreement with Japan providing for establishment of Japanese settle-
ment at Chinese open ports and taxation of Japanese articles manu-
factured in China, text of

98

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