Certifié conforme à l'original déposé aux archives du Ministèro des Affaires Étrangères de Sa Majesté Britannique. EYRE A. CROWE Sous-Secrétaire d'Etat pour les Affaires Etrangères. Londres, le 20 septembre, 1912. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified by the Government of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Belgium (and the Belgian Congo), Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, the Netherlands Indies, and the Colony of Curaçao, Roumania, Russia, Siam, and Spain, and the ratifications of the said Governments were, by the provisions of Article 23 of the said Convention, deposited by their respective Plenipotentiaries with the Government of Great Britain. And whereas the Senate of the United States gave its advice and consent to the ratification of the said Convention with the following understanding: "that nothing in the Ninth Article of the Regulations affixed to the Convention shall be deemed to exclude the United States from the execution of her inspection laws upon vessels entering in or clearing from her ports." Now therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention and annexes to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof, subject to the said understanding. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-eighth. WOODROW WILSON By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. INDEX. A. Accession of King Constantine to the throne of Greece.... Aigrettes, egret plumes, etc., prohibition of importation of discriminatory legislation against particular classes of- Page. 551 ix-xvi 12 625-653 639 Argentina: presentation of a statue of Washington to Argentina 15-20 Cuba: scurrilous and libelous attacks on diplomatic officers of the 405-414 Ecuador: discrimination against American bidders on contract for 505 Haiti: rights of Syrian-born citizens of the United States. 575-589 606 Panama- assault. status and protection of American citizens of Chinese race. 1104-1105 American-born children of Portuguese parents- 1069-1081 dual citizenship of 1293 exemption from Portuguese military service. 1290, 1293 Portuguese-born children of native or naturalized American 1290-1303 Russia: House resolution of December 13, 1911, relating to Jewish 638 See also Protection of American life and property in foreign countries. 686 1349, 1352 consular jurisdiction__ 1310-1339 American Conference, Third International: treaties signed at Rio de American- corporation question of nationality of a steamship company. attack on, by Cuban press.... 1310-1339 405-414 1105-1139 as arbitrator of a French claim against the Dominican Republic Chinese in Panama___ foreigners in Mexico. See Mexico: protection by the United in charge of Chinese interests in Panama. 1107, 1115, 1120, 1123, et seq. 1317 1339-1345 vessel legally flying the American flag: status of her captain, a Amnesty: Cuba: amnesty bill; attitude of the United States. 354-365 782 Arbitration-Continued. INDEX. treaties, arbitration of meaning of treaties, negotiation by the United States of arbitration treaties___ Argentina: Page. 286 IX 1310-1339 1198, 1203, 1164-1240 Ecuador and Peru: boundary dispute. 1147-1164 presentation of a statue of George Washington to Argentina by Arms: 15 825-826 commercial sale of arms not prohibited by United States neutrality definition of "arms and munitions of war violations complained of by Mexico-- See also Mexico: policy of the United States. neutrality of the United States in relation to exportation of arms to Arrangements. See Treaties. Arrest: of American citizens in Austria-Hungary--. 867 et seq. place of relation of, to extraterritorial rights of the United Assassination of- King George I of Greece. President Araújo of Salvador___ President Madero of Mexico_. Vice President Pino Suárez of Mexico_. 21 1310-1339 551 1304 731 731 Assault on American citizens in Panama_ Asylum: granted by the American Legation to ex-President Billinghurst of 1141-1147 policy of the United States. 855 right of a political refugee to seek and be accorded asylum at the 1141-1147 See also Temporary refuge. Austria-Hungary: naturalization convention of 1871 violated by the arrest and imprisonment in Austria-Hungary of naturalized American 21 B. Belligerency recognition by the United States of belligerency of the Bolivia: intervention in the Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile and ___1352-1355 extradition treaty of 1897 and protocols of 1898 and 1903 between the 25 |