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254676
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLICATION 1518
For sale by the
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
Price $2.00 (Buckram)
GIFT
JAN 23 '41
CONTENTS
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO CONGRESS,
DECEMBER 8, 1925.
Page
VII
Scrapping of ships by the United States, Great Britain, and Japan in
accordance with the treaty for the limitation of naval armament,
signed February 6, 1922.
1
3
Proposals for the calling by the President of the United States of a dis-
armament conference
Disinclination of the United States to be associated in European security
pacts: (1) Geneva protocol; (2) Locarno agreement.
Participation by the United States in the Conference for the Supervision
of the International Traffic in Arms, at Geneva, May 4-June 17, 1925.
Failure of the United States to secure the adoption of the rules drafted
by the International Commission for the Revision of the Rules of
Warfare. . .
Negotiations on behalf of the World War Foreign Debt Commission for
the settlement of debts owed the United States by foreign govern-
ments.
Belgium.
Czechoslovakia
France
93
107
122
132
Interest of the United States in the disposition of the proposed liberation
bonds of the Austro-Hungarian succession states .
189
Refusal by the United States to consent to the adherence of the Soviet
Union to the Spitzbergen treaty of February 9, 1920. . .
Assent by President Coolidge to provisions in the Polish-Swiss arbitra-
tion treaty for invoking the assistance of the President of the United
States under certain contingencies :
Unsuccessful efforts to have American customs attachés accorded dip-
lomatic status. .
211
International convention for the unification of certain rules relating to
bills of lading.
254
Convention between the United States and other powers for the protec-
tion of industrial property, signed November 6, 1925 .
Acceptance by the United States of invitation to attend the Third Inter-
national Telegraph Conference at Paris in 1925 . .
Extension of invitations to the Third International Radiotelegraph
conference at Washington in 1927. .
GENERAL Continued.
Opposition of the Department of State to participation by the League
of Nations in international conferences of American states
The Tacna-Arica question: The arbitrator's award and the establishment
of the Plebiscitary Commission.
302
304
483
Extension of the sovereignty of the United States over Swain's Island
by joint resolution of Congress, approved March 4, 1925. .
ALBANIA:
Recognition by the United States of the government of Ahmed Zogu.
Renewed representations by the United States for equitable treatment
of American oil interests in Albania .
Approval by the Parliament of Albania of the American-Albanian
agreement effected by an exchange of notes June 23 and 25, 1922 . .
AUSTRIA:
Informal agreement between the United States and Austria for con-
tinuation of reciprocal most-favored-nation treatment in customs
matters
BELGIUM:
Convention between the United States and Belgium for the prevention
of smuggling of intoxicating liquors, signed December 9, 1925.
Interest of the United States in German reparation payments to Bel-
gium
BRAZIL:
Disapproval by the Department of State of proposed loans from Ameri-
can bankers to the State of São Paulo.
BULGARIA:
489
493
511
516
518
522
533
Extradition convention between the United States and Canada applying
to offenses against laws for the suppression of traffic in narcotics
Boundary treaty between the United States and Canada
Convention and protocol between the United States and Canada to
regulate the level of the Lake of the Woods
542
544
550
Continued protests by the Canadian Government against increased
diversion of the waters of the Great Lakes.
558
Intimation by the Canadian Government of its claim to sovereignty in
the islands of the North . . .
570
Regulations to give effect to the convention of June 6, 1924, between the
United States and Canada for the suppression of smuggling. .
Disinclination of the United States to grant asylum during revolutionary
crisis in Chile
The Tacna-Arica question. (See under General.)
581
Victory of the radical wing of the Kuomintang in Canton
CHINA:
Renewal of civil war in North China and refusal by the United States to
lend itself to a policy of intervention
588
627
Decision by the United States and other powers to accredit Ministers
to the Provisional Government of China.
Acceptance of the Soviet Ambassador as dean of the diplomatic corps at
Peking and establishment of an informal organization of Heads of
Legation
Further consideration by the American and British Governments of
means for effectively preventing the traffic in arms with China.
Participation by the United States in efforts to solve problems arising
from the disturbances at Shanghai, May 30, 1925.
Spread of antiforeign disturbances in China
Intensification of antiforeign feeling in Canton after the firing at
Shameen
636
641
647
722
740
749
Adherence of certain powers to treaties concerning China signed at
Washington, February 6, 1922
761
Request from the Chinese Government to the Washington Conference
powers for a readjustment of treaty relations.
763
The Special Conference on the Chinese Customs Tariff
833
Convening of the Commission on Extraterritoriality in China, provided
for by resolution V of the Washington Conference. .
Continued support by the United States to the Federal Telegraph Com-
pany in efforts to obtain execution of its contract with the Chinese
Government . . .
886
890
Executive order by President Coolidge remitting further payments by
China on the Boxer indemnity
935
COLOMBIA:
Boundary dispute with Nicaragua. (See under General.)
Boundary dispute with Peru. (See under General.)
COSTA RICA:
Boundary dispute with Panama. (See under General.)