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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

Cuba:


Contents

    • Veteranista agitation; attitude of the United States (Documents 320–334)
      • Negro uprising; attitude of the United States; protection of foreign colonies (Documents 335–387)
        • Assault upon the American Chargé d’Affaires (Documents 388–402)
          • Proposal of France, Germany, and Great Britain to arbitrate with Cuba certain insurrectionary claims of their nationals arising prior to 1898 (Documents 403–414)
            • Naval station at Guantánamo (Documents 415–421)
              • Visit of the Secretary of State to Cuba (Documents 422–424)
                • Raising of the wreck of the U. S. S. “Maine”. (Documents 425–436)
                  • Zapata swamp concession (Documents 437–457)

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                  Contents

                  • Message of the President, annual
                  • List of papers, with subjects of correspondence
                  • Circulars:
                    • Territorial integrity of American States (Document 1)
                    • Interchange of professors and students among the universities of the American States (Document 2)
                    • Invitation to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1915 (Document 3)
                    • Death of the Vice President, James S. Sherman (Document 4)
                  • Argentina:
                    • Apprehension of fugitives from justice of foreign countries (Document 5)
                  • Austria-Hungary:
                    • Copyright convention between the United States and Hungary (Document 6)
                  • Belgium:
                    • Removal of discrimination against American lubricating oils (Documents 7–15)
                  • Brazil:
                    • Message of the President, Marshal Hermes R. da Fonseca, to the Congress (Document 16)
                    • American international law; report of the United States delegates to the International Commission of Jurists at Rio de Janeiro (Document 17)
                  • Chile:
                    • Permission of Congress to a United States Army officer to accept service under a foreign government (Documents 18–21)
                  • China:
                    • Revolution; abdication of the Manchu rulers; establishment of a provisional republican government; concerted action of the Powers; correspondence concerning recognition of the Republic of China (Documents 22–115)
                    • Chinese loan negotiations; conclusion of the Hukuang Railway loan; correspondence concerning proposed currency-reform, industrial-development, and reorganization loans; current-expense advances
                      • Hukuang Railway Loan.
                      • Currency Reform And Industrial Development Loans. (Documents 116–164)
                      • Reorganization Loan. Currency-Reform and Industrial-Development Loan. Current-Expense Advances. (Documents 165–252)
                    • Indemnity payments (Documents 253–256)
                    • International plan for defense of foreign settlements under the Final Protocol of 1901. (Documents 257–286)
                    • Claims of American citizens against China; joint procedure of the Powers for presentation of claims (Documents 287–289)
                    • Asylum requested at the American Legation; temporary refuge offered (Documents 290–293)
                    • Search of foreign merchant vessels by rebel forces for contraband of war (Documents 294–297)
                    • Arrangement between the United States and France for reciprocal protection in China of literary and artistic property (Documents 298–300)
                    • Registration of the property of foreigners in China (Document 301)
                    • Adoption of a national flag (Document 302)
                    • First International Opium Conference —International Opium Convention And Protocol De Cloture. (Documents 303–309)
                  • Colombia:
                    • Message of the President, Don Carlos E. Restrepo, to the Congress, July 20, 1912. (Document 310)
                    • Claim of Gonzalo Ramos Ruiz v. the United States (Documents 311–312)
                  • Costa Rica:
                    • Message of the President, Don Ricardo Jiménez, to the Congress, May 1, 1912. (Document 312a)
                    • Naturalization convention between the United States and Costa Rica (Document 313)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Costa Rica (Documents 314–319)
                  • Cuba:
                    • Veteranista agitation; attitude of the United States (Documents 320–334)
                    • Negro uprising; attitude of the United States; protection of foreign colonies (Documents 335–387)
                    • Assault upon the American Chargé d’Affaires (Documents 388–402)
                    • Proposal of France, Germany, and Great Britain to arbitrate with Cuba certain insurrectionary claims of their nationals arising prior to 1898 (Documents 403–414)
                    • Naval station at Guantánamo (Documents 415–421)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Cuba (Documents 422–424)
                    • Raising of the wreck of the U. S. S. “Maine”. (Documents 425–436)
                    • Zapata swamp concession (Documents 437–457)
                  • Denmark:
                    • Imposition in the United States of an inheritance tax on nonresident Danish heirs; application of article 7 of the treaty of 1826 between Denmark and the United States (Documents 458–469)
                    • Death of King Frederik VIII and accession of King Christian X (Documents 470–477)
                    • Presentation of a park to the Danish Government by American citizens of Danish descent (Documents 478–482)
                  • Dominican Republic:
                    • Message of the President, Don Eladio Victoria, to the Congress, February 27, 1912. (Document 483)
                    • Political affairs: border warfare with Haiti; maintenance of the status quo; insurrection; resignation of President Victoria; election of President Adolfo Nouel; good offices of the United States. (Documents 484–547)
                    • Arbitration of boundary dispute between the Dominican Republic and Haiti; good offices of the United States. (Documents 548–562)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to the Dominican Republic (Documents 563–568)
                  • Ecuador:
                    • Political affairs: insurrection; closure of ports; measures to protect American interests; request for asylum at American Legation and Consulate; attitude of the United States; succession of Provisional Presidents Freile Zaldumbide and Baquerizo Moreno; election and inauguration of President Plaza (Documents 569–599)
                    • Claims of the Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co. against Ecuador; attitude of the United States; proposal of Ecuador to arbitrate (Documents 600–623)
                    • Sanitation of Guayaquil; proposal by Ecuador of a convention with the United States; visit to Guayaquil of a United States inspection commission (Documents 624–642)
                    • Attacks on Chinese citizens; good offices of the United States (Documents 643–650)
                  • France:
                    • Presentation by France to the United States of a bust of “La France” at the Champlain celebration (Documents 651–656)
                  • Germany:
                    • Wireless telegraph convention between the United States and other Powers (Document 657)
                  • Great Britain:
                    • Panama Canal tolls; exemption of vessels in the coastwise trade of the United States from payment of tolls, and other features of the Panama Canal act of August 24, 1912; objections thereto of the British Government (Documents 658–665)
                    • North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration; agreement between the United States and Great Britain adopting, with certain modifications, the rules and method of procedure recommended in the award of 1910. (Document 666)
                    • Arbitration of pecuniary claims
                    • Wreck of the British vessel Titanic; consular disposition of effects of the deceased; recognition of the services of Captain Rostron. (Documents 667–673)
                    • Death of Mr. Whitelaw Reid, American Ambassador to Great Britain (Documents 674–683)
                  • Guatemala:
                    • Financial affairs; demand of Great Britain for restitution of the coffee revenues; proposal of a new bond issue; good offices of the United States (Documents 684–699)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Guatemala (Documents 700–702)
                  • Haiti:
                    • Message of President Jean Jacques Leconte to the Congress; April 1, 1912. Report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. (Document 703)
                    • Abrogation of the right of Syrians to trade in Haiti; rights of American citizens of Syrian birth (Documents 704–722)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Haiti (Documents 723–730)
                    • Death of President Leconte and recognition by the United States of President Auguste (Documents 731–734)
                  • Honduras:
                    • Financial affairs; proposed loan convention between Honduras and the United States; proposed loan contracts; good offices of the United States; arbitration proposal (Documents 735–772)
                    • Extradition convention between the United States and Honduras (Document 773)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Honduras (Documents 774–784)
                  • Italy:
                    • Termination of the war between Italy and Turkey; sovereignty of Italy over Libya; extraterritorial rights of the United States. (Documents 785–787)
                  • Japan:
                    • Death of Emperor Mutsuhito; accession to the throne of Emperor Yoshihito (Documents 788–799)
                    • Land laws of Chosen; validity of consular registration of title (Documents 800–805)
                    • Abandonment of the proposed international exposition at Tokyo. (Documents 806–807)
                  • Liberia:
                    • Message of the President to the Legislature (Document 808)
                    • Disturbances on the Anglo-Liberian frontier (Documents 809–827)
                    • Reorganization of the Liberian Frontier Force under American officers (Documents 828–838)
                    • Financial affairs; conclusion of the refunding loan of 1912; To Refund The Registered External And Internal Debt Of Liberia As of December 31, 1910.—constitution of the customs receivership (Documents 839–892)
                  • Luxemburg:
                    • Death of Grand Duke William Alexander and accession to the throne of Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide (Documents 893–900)
                  • Mexico:
                    • Messages of the President, Francisco I. Madero, to the Congress (Documents 901–902)
                    • Political affairs.—Revolution: Measures taken by the United States to prevent breach of neutrality laws and to protect American life and property in Mexico. (Documents 903–1218)
                    • Measures to prevent firing across the boundary line by Mexican troops (Documents 1219–1245)
                    • Permission for Mexican troops to pass over American soil (Documents 1246–1273)
                    • Closure of the port of Vera Cruz (Documents 1274–1279)
                    • Display of the American flag by American consular officers in Mexico (Document 1280)
                    • Presentation of a statue of George Washington to Mexico by American citizens residing in Mexico. (Document 1281)
                    • Taxation of foreigners by insurrectionary forces exercising de facto authority (Documents 1282–1290)
                    • Discrimination against American citizens employed on Mexican railroads (Documents 1291–1312)
                    • The rights of asylum and of temporary refuge (Documents 1313–1316)
                    • Protection of Chinese subjects in Mexico by American diplomatic and consular officers; temporary refuge granted; waiver of Exclusion Act.. (Documents 1317–1325)
                    • Claims of American citizens against Mexico for damages arising from revolutionary disturbances. (Documents 1326–1399)
                  • Morocco:
                    • Relation of American protégés to the French authorities at Fez; good offices of the British Consul in the case of Mohammed ben Lehsen el Filaly (Documents 1400–1404)
                  • Nicaragua:
                    • Constitution of Nicaragua, promulgated January 12, 1912 (Documents 1405–1412)
                    • Political Affairs; revolutionary plots; the Mena insurrection; breach of the Dawson Agreements and of the Washington Conventions; measures taken by the United States for protecting life and property of foreigners; arrest and detention of Mena; election by direct popular vote of Adolfo Díaz as Constitutional President from January 1, 1913 (Documents 1413–1475)
                    • Financial affairs; loan convention between Nicaragua and the United States submitted to the Senate, ratified by Nicaragua; loans to Nicaragua by American bankers; good offices of the United States (Documents 1476–1517)
                    • Naturalization convention between the United States and Nicaragua (Document 1518)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Nicaragua (Documents 1519–1531)
                    • Relief of famine in Nicaragua (Documents 1532–1543)
                  • Panama:
                    • Supervision of elections by the United States (Documents 1544–1585)
                    • Inauguration of President Porras (Documents 1586–1591)
                    • Railway concessions to foreigners and their relation to the Canal; attitude of the United States (Documents 1592–1622)
                    • Wireless telegraph installation in Panama; treaty rights of the United States (Documents 1623–1659)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to the Republics of Central America and the Caribbean Sea (Documents 1660–1669)
                    • Assault on American citizens in Panama (Documents 1670–1687)
                    • Reinstatement of police officers dismissed at request of the United States. (Documents 1688–1691)
                  • Paraguay:
                    • Political affairs: insurrection of February–March, 1911; coup d’état of July, 1911; various insurrections November 1911 to May 1912; presidential successions of Gondra, Jara, Rojas, Peña, Navero, and Schaerer; recognition of President Schaerer by the United States (Documents 1692–1716)
                  • Peru:
                    • Settlement of boundary dispute between Bolivia and Peru. (Documents 1717–1718)
                    • Sanitation of Iquitos; employment of American engineers; good offices of the United States (Documents 1719–1734)
                  • Russia:
                    • Extension by Russia of the three-mile limit of territorial waters to twelve miles for customs purposes and control of fisheries (Documents 1735–1756)
                  • Salvador:
                    • Political disturbances; attitude of the United States (Documents 1757–1773)
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Salvador. (Documents 1774–1790)
                    • The coat of arms and the flag of Salvador (Document 1791)
                  • Turkey:
                    • War between Turkey and Montenegro, Servia, Bulgaria, and Greece; protection of American interests; good offices of neutral powers (Documents 1792–1838)
                  • Venezuela:
                    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Venezuela (Documents 1839–1859)
                  • International conferences and congresses held in the United States:
                    • Ninth International Red Cross Conference
                    • Twelfth International Congress of Navigation
                    • Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry
                    • International Conference on Mine Explosions
                    • Ninth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
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