Status of American corporations in the Chinese Empire................ Taxes levied in Manchuria upon foreign goods certified as exempt there- Messages of President of Ecuador to the Ecuadorian Congress.. Arbitration convention between the United States and Ecuador..... Boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru-Mediation of the United The North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration-Decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in the case submitted by the United Declarations by the United States and Great Britain exempting commer- Proposed alternative procedure for the International Prize Court and the investment of the International Prize Court with the functions of a court Marriage of American women to the subjects of Greece... Trial in Greece of Greek subjects for extraditable crimes committed in the Message of the President of Guatemala to the Guatemalan Congress.. Message of the President of Honduras to the Honduranean Congress . Extradition of Charles Vandenberg from Honduras to the United States Alleged discrimination against Italian subjects by courts of Pennsylvania.. Alleged violation of article 6 of the consular convention of 1878 between the Message of the President of Mexico to the Mexican Congress.... Death of the President of Panama.... Convention for the settlement of the boundary dispute between Costa Agreement between Japan and Russia relative to Manchuria.... Jurisdiction of treaty powers over citizens of nontreaty nations.. Interpretation of article 23 of the treaty of friendship and general relations Message of the President of Uruguay to the Uruguayan Congress.. Message of the President of Paraguay to the Paraguayan Congress. Celebration of the first centenary of the independence of Venezuela............. Message of the President of Venezuela to the Venezuelan Congress.. International conferences and conventions...... Conventions of the Second International Peace Conference held at The MESSAGE. To the Senate and House of Representatives: During the past year the foreign relations of the United States have continued upon a basis of friendship and good understanding. ARBITRATION. The year has been notable as witnessing the pacific settlement of two important international controversies before the Permanent Court of The Hague. The arbitration of the Fisheries dispute between the United States and Great Britain, which has been the source of nearly continuous diplomatic correspondence since the Fisheries Convention of 1818, has given an award which is satisfactory to both parties. This arbitration is particularly noteworthy not only because of the eminently just results secured, but also because it is the first arbitration held under the general arbitration treaty of April 4, 1908, between the United States and Great Britain, and disposes of a controversy the settlement of which has resisted every other resource of diplomacy, and which for nearly ninety years has been the cause of friction between two countries whose common interest lies in maintaining the most friendly and cordial relations with each other. The United States was ably represented before the tribunal. The complicated history of the questions arising made the issue depend, more than ordinarily in such cases, upon the care and skill with which our case was presented, and I should be wanting in proper recognition of a great patriotic service if I did not refer to the lucid historical analysis of the facts and the signal ability and force of the argument-six days in length-presented to the Court in support of our case by Mr. Elihu Root. As Secretary of State, Mr. Root had given close study to the intricate facts bearing on the controversy, and by diplomatic correspondence had helped to frame the issues. At the solicitation of the Secretary of State and myself, Mr. Root, though burdened by his duties as Senator from New York, undertook the preparation of the case as leading counsel, with the condition imposed by himself that, in view of his position as Senator, he should not receive any compensation. |