PAPERS

RELATING TO THE

FOREIGN RELATIONS

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

WITH

THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT

TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS

DECEMBER 6, 1904.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1905.

140518

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

[For alphabetical index see end of volume.]

Message of the President

List of papers, with subjects of correspondence_

Circulars

Protection of Panaman interests by consular officers of the United

States

Neutrality of China in the war between Russia and Japan_.

Neutral commerce in articles conditionally contraband of war..

Designation of the diplomatic and consular service as "American"

instead of "United States

Opening of the Canal Zone of the Isthmus of Panama to commerce__

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Proposal for a second Hague Conference_.

Page.

IX

XLIX

1-35

123

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Proclamations and decrees of neutrality issued during the war be-

tween Russia and Japan_-----

14

Argentine Republic...--

36-41

Passport application of William A. Tappen and his son Charles L.

Tappen

36

Message of the President of the Argentine Republic to the Argentine

Congress

337

Treaty of friendship and commerce between the Argentine Republic

and Persia -----

38

Boundary conventions between the Argentine Republic and Chile....

Austria-Hungary

40

42-94

Neutrality of China in the war between Japan and Russia.

Visit of an American fleet to Austrian ports_

Neutrality of China in the war between Russia and Japan.

95

Bolivia

Termination of the dispute with Brazil over the Acre territory.

Message of the President to the Bolivian Congress..

98-100

98

98

Brazil

101-111

Misuse of the flag of the United States.

101

Treaty with Bolivia terminating the dispute over the Acre territory.

Message of the President of Brazil to the Brazilian Congress___

Provisional agreement between Brazil and Peru terminating boundary

dispute, and convention for the arbitration of Alto Juruá and

Alto Purús claims.

104

108

109