COPYRIGHT, 1916

BY

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

FEB 17 1922

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

CONTENTS OF VOLUME TEN

NUMBER 1, JANUARY, 1916

CHINA-JAPAN. Treaties and exchanges of notes of May 25, 1915:

Treaty respecting the province of Shantung.

Exchange of notes respecting Shantung....

Exchange of notes respecting the opening of ports in Shantung.

Exchange of notes respecting the restoration of the leased territory of

Kiaochow Bay...

Treaty respecting South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia..

Exchange of notes respecting the terms of lease of Port Arthur and Dalny

and the terms of South Manchurian and Antung-Mukden Railways.....

Exchange of notes respecting the opening of ports in Eastern Inner Mongo-

lia...

Exchange of notes respecting South Manchuria.

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Exchange of notes respecting railways and taxes in South Manchuria and

Eastern Inner Mongolia....

Exchange of notes respecting the employment of advisers in South Man-

churia....

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Exchange of notes respecting the explanation of "lease by negotiation" in

South Manchuria.

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Exchange of notes respecting the arrangement for police laws and ordi-

nances and taxation in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia...

The postponement of Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the treaty respecting South

Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia. . . . . .

Exchange of notes respecting the matter of Hanyehping.

Exchange of notes respecting the Fukien question....

EUROPEAN WAR:

Accession of Japan to the Declaration of September 5, 1914, between

Great Britain, France and Russia, engaging not to conclude separate

peace. October 19, 1915....

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Convention between Great Britain and France relating to captured prizes.

November 9, 1914...

Instructions to commanders of warships..

Accession of Russia to the above convention..

Rules and Regulations for the operation and navigation of. July 9, 1914..

Executive order amending the above. November 4, 1914. .

PANAMA-UNITED STATES. Boundary convention. September 2, 1914.....

NUMBER 2, APRIL, 1916

AUSTRIA-FRANCE-PRUSSIA-UNITED STATES. Notes regarding the Trent Affair

1861....

CHILE-GREAT BRITAIN. Notes exchanged respecting the sinking of the Ger

man Cruiser Dresden in Chilean territorial waters. March 26-30, 1915. .

FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN. Exchange of notes respecting the trade in arms and

ammunition at Muscat. February 4, 1914...

GERMANY-GREAT BRITAIN. Memorandum and reply regarding the destruc-

tion of a German submarine by the British cruiser Baralong. Decem-

ber 6-14, 1915...

GREAT BRITAIN. Declaration withdrawing reservations in respect of Articles

23, 27 and 28 of the Red Cross Convention, 1906. July 7, 1914....

Statement of measures adopted to intercept the sea-borne commerce

of Germany. January, 1916.....

HONDURAS-GREAT BRITAIN. Arrangements for the arbitration of the Masica

incident. August 13, 1910-April 4, 1914.....

ITALY:

Treaty of commerce and navigation. May 5, 1910. .

Decrees relative to enemy merchant vessels:

May 30, 1915...

June 17, 1915.

June 24, 1915. .

Naval Prize Regulations. July 15, 1915.

NUMBER 3, JULY, 1916

Regulations governing the visits of men-of-war to foreign ports.

Correspondence between Mexico and the United States regarding the American

punitive expedition, 1916....

NUMBER 4, OCTOBER, 1916

ALLIED GOVERNMENTS (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Portugal,

Russia, Serbia). Recommendations of the economic conference.

June 17, 1916...

HAITI-UNITED STATES. Finances, economic development and tranquility of

Haiti. September 16, 1915....

JAPAN-RUSSIA. Maintenance of peace in the Far East. July 3/June 20, 1916

MONGOLIA:

Mongolia-Russia. Agreement of October 21/November 3, 1912.

Protocol annexed to foregoing agreement..

China-Russia. Declaration and exchange of notes. October 23/November

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5, 1913..

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Mongolia-Russia. Railway agreement. September 30, 1914.

China-Russia-Mongolia. Agreement of June 7/ May 25, 1915.

China-Russia. Declarations of June 7 May 25, 1915 . .

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257

NICARAGUA-UNITED STATES. Canal route and naval base on Gulf of Fonseca.

August 5, 1914..

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PANAMA-UNITED STATES. Damages caused by riot at Panama City on