Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume I

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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume I

Editor:

Joseph V. Fuller

General Editor:

Tyler Dennett

United States Government Printing Office

Washington

1939

Message of the President of the United States to Congress, December 3, 1924
List of Papers
General: (Documents 1–243)
- Proposals for the adherence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Spitzbergen Treaty of February 9, 1920 (Documents 1–6)
- Remonstrance by Great Britain against a proposed increase in gun elevation on American capital ships retained under the Washington naval treaty (Documents 7–12)
- Cooperation of the United States with the League of Nations in the drafting of a convention for the control of the traffic in arms (Documents 13–32)
- Unfavorable views of the United States upon a draft treaty of mutual assistance submitted by the League of Nations (Document 33)
- Acceptance by the United States of certificates of identity issued by the League of Nations to Russian and Armenian refugees in lieu of passports (Documents 34–39)
- American participation in the International Conference for Control of the Traffic in Habit-Forming Drugs (Documents 40–65)
- Refusal by the United States to join other creditor nations in forming an international commission to liquidate relief loans made to certain European states (Documents 66–73)
- Negotiations on behalf of the World War Foreign Debt Commission for the settlement of debts owed the United States by foreign governments (Documents 74–82)
- Agreement between the United States and Austria and Hungary for the establishment of a claims commission, signed November 26, 1924 (Documents 83–94)
- Interest of the United States in the disposition of the proposed liberation bonds of the Austro-Hungarian succession states (Documents 95–97)
- Conventions for the prevention of liquor smuggling into the United States (Documents 98–137)
  - Great Britain, January 23, 1924 (Documents 98–99)
  - Germany, May 19, 1924 (Documents 100–102)
  - Sweden, May 22, 1924 (Documents 103–108)
  - Norway, May 24, 1924 (Documents 109–115)
  - Denmark, May 29, 1924 (Documents 116–118)
  - Italy, June 3, 1924 (Documents 119–120)
  - Great Britain in respect of Canada, June 6, 1924 (Documents 121–122)
  - Panama, June 6, 1924 (Documents 123–126)
  - France, June 30, 1924 (Documents 127–128)
  - The Netherlands, August 21, 1924 (Documents 129–137)
- Representations by Salvador, Cuba, Rumania, Norway, and Italy regarding proposed legislation to restrict immigration into the United States (Documents 138–147)
- Arrangements with foreign governments for a flight around the world by United States Army airplanes (Documents 148–188)
- Representations by the United States against the exclusion of American Mormon missionaries from certain European countries (Documents 189–214)
- Statements by the Secretary of State that the question of Philippine independence is exclusively a domestic problem of the United States (Documents 215–218)
- Sanitary convention between the United States and other American Republics, signed November 14, 1924 (Document 219)
- Boundary disputes (Documents 220–243)
  - Bolivia and Paraguay (Documents 220–224)
  - Colombia and Panama (Documents 225–230)
  - Colombia and Peru (Documents 231–241)
  - Ecuador and Peru (Documents 242–243)
Albania: (Documents 244–266)
- Maintenance by the United States of unofficial relations with the revolutionary government in Albania (Documents 244–264)
- Postponement of negotiations for a treaty between the United States and Albania (Documents 265–266)
Bolivia: (Document 267)
- Disinclination of the Secretary of State to offer the good offices requested by Bolivia for modification of the Bolivian-Chilean treaty of 1904 (Document 267)
- Boundary dispute with Paraguay. (See under General.)
Brazil: (Documents 268–274)
- Expression of concern by the Department of State at Brazil’s naval building program (Documents 268–274)
Bulgaria: (Document 275)
- Extradition treaty between the United States and Bulgaria, signed March 19, 1924 (Document 275)
Canada: (Documents 276–298)
- Ratification of the fisheries convention signed on March 2, 1923, between the United States and Great Britain (Documents 276–286)
- Renewed consideration of a joint project for the improvement of the St. Lawrence Waterway (Documents 287–291)
- Protests by the Canadian Government against further diversion of the waters of the Great Lakes (Documents 292–298)
Chile: (Documents 299–306)
- Resignation of President Alessandri and the exercise of informal relations between the United States Embassy and the new administration at Santiago (Documents 299–306)
China: (Documents 307–569)
- Civil war in Northern China resulting in the overthrow of President Tsao Kun and the establishment of a provisional government (Documents 307–376)
- Maintenance of a united front by the powers in opposition to the threatened seizure of customs at Canton by Sun Yat-sen (Documents 377–388)
- Recognition by the United States and other powers of the Provisional Government as the de facto government of China (Documents 389–415)
- Negotiations leading to the occupation of the Russian Legation at Peking by the newly accredited Soviet Ambassador to China (Documents 416–436)
- Efforts to obtain unanimity among the powers regarding the proposal to raise the diplomatic rank of their representatives in China (Documents 437–457)
- Reservations by the United States and other powers regarding disposal to be made of the Chinese Eastern Railway under the Sino-Soviet agreement (Documents 458–497)
- Proposal by the Chinese Government to convene a preliminary customs conference, and the rejection of the proposal by the powers (Documents 498–509)
- Further postponement of the meeting of the Commission on Extraterritoriality in China (Documents 510–512)
- Consent by the United States to join other powers in negotiations to restore the Shanghai Mixed Court to the Chinese (Documents 513–518)
- Failure of efforts to secure from the interested powers a general acceptance of the arms embargo resolution proposed at the Washington Conference (Documents 519–530)
- Decision by the Consortium Council to continue unmodified the Consortium Agreement of October 15, 1920, after its expiration on October 15, 1925 (Documents 531–533)
- Joint Resolution of Congress authorizing the President at his discretion to remit to China further payments on the Boxer indemnity (Documents 534–540)
- Concurrence by the United States in the contention by certain powers that the Boxer indemnity payments should be made in gold currency (Documents 541–548)
- Continued support by the United States to the Federal Telegraph Company in efforts to obtain execution of its contract with the Chinese Government (Documents 549–559)
- Explanations of policy by the Department of State respecting questions of treaty rights raised by Americans in China (Documents 560–564)
- Protest by the United States against pardon and restoration to command of the Chinese general held responsible for the murder of an American missionary (Documents 565–569)
Colombia:
- Boundary dispute with Panama. (See under General.)
- Boundary dispute with Peru. (See under General.)
Cuba: (Documents 570–571)
- Passage of an amnesty bill by the Cuban Congress (Documents 570–571)
Czechoslovakia: (Documents 572–574)
- Exchange of notes between the United States and Czechoslovakia prolonging the customs agreement of October 29, 1923 (Documents 572–574)
Dominican Republic: (Documents 575–633)
- The election of Horacio Vasquez to the Presidency and the evacuation of the forces of the United States (Documents 575–595)
- Approval by the United States of the issue of $2,500,000 of two-year notes by the Dominican Republic (Documents 596–613)
- Convention between the United States and the Dominican Republic, signed on December 27, 1924, to replace the convention of February 8, 1907 (Document 614)
- Exchange of notes between the United States and the Dominican Republic according mutual unconditional most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters (Documents 615–617)
- Purchase of the properties of the Santo Domingo Water, Light and Power Company by the Dominican Government (Documents 618–631)
- Rejection of claim by a British subject against the United States for injuries at the hands of Dominican bandits (Documents 632–633)
Ecuador: (Documents 634–649)
- Resumption of interest payments by Ecuador on the bonds of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway Company (Documents 634–639)
- Claim of the Mercantile Bank of the Americas against Ecuador for the debt of the Cacao Growers Association (Documents 640–649)
- Boundary dispute with Peru. (See under General.)
Egypt: (Documents 650–662)
- Refusal by the United States to assent to the collection of the Gaffir tax from American nationals (Documents 650–654)
- Efforts by the United States to protect the interests of American archeologists in Egypt (Documents 655–662)
Finland: (Document 663)
- Extradition treaty between the United States and Finland, signed August 1, 1924 (Document 663)
France: (Documents 664–691)
- Convention between the United States and France regarding rights in Syria and the Lebanon, signed April 4, 1924 (Documents 664–674)
- Consent of the United States to increased duties on imports into Syria pending ratification of the Syrian mandate treaty (Documents 675–680)
- Opinion by the Department of State regarding jurisdiction over American nationals in Syria (Documents 681–682)
- Further protests by the United States against the grant of exclusive privileges to French archeologists for research in Albania and Afghanistan (Documents 683–686)
- Discrimination against American shipping by French authorities in refusing to recognize classification and inspection of vessels by the American Bureau of Shipping (Documents 687–691)
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