CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE LEGATION OF THE NETHERLANDS AT WASHINGTON.

898 Mr. de Weckherlin to Mr.

1887. Nov. 16

Bayard.

899

Mr. Bayard to Mr. de Weckherlin.

1888. Feb. 6

900

Mr. de Weckherlin to Mr.
Bayard.

Emigration of Belgian soldiers: Soldiers on leave
shipped on foreign vessels to avoid service;
probability that the documents required by law
governing emigration are not demanded by
United States consuls; requests instructions to
the consuls.

Emigration of Belgian soldiers: The functions
of consuls prescribed by statute; the instruc-
tion requested to be given United States consuls
in Belgium would make them pro tanto quasi-
judicial officers of the Belgian Government,
and therefore can not be given.

Mar. 17 Citizenship of Alexander Menist: Requests to
know his status under the laws of the United
States. He was born in the United States, his
father being a naturalized citizen, but returned
to live in the Netherlands in 1878 and wishes
to enter the Belgian militia; copy of register
of his birth of the naturalization of his father
under the name of Alexander, and affidavit of
identity of Alexander and Menist inclosed.

901 Mr. Bayard to Mr. de Weck- Apr. 7 Citizenship of Alexander Menist: The Department
herlin.

902 Mr. de Weckherlin to Mr. May 9 Bayard.

can not decide in this particular case, but a
naturalized citizen may renounce his allegi.
ance by returning to his native country, animo
manendi; his son born in the United States
partakes of his father's domicile, until he be
come sui juris, when he may elect to claim citi-
zenship in his native country.

Tonnage dues levied on the Prins Mauritz, a
steamer of a new regular line from the Nether-
lands to the United States via Guiana and the
West Indies. claimed by Messrs. Kunhardt &
Co, to be in violation of the proclamation of
the President suspending such dues on vessels
coming from Dutch ports, and return of the
duty of 6 cents per ton collected requested.
May 23 Tonnage dues levied on the Scheidam and Leer-
dam, of the Netherlands. American Steam Navi-
gation Company running directly from the Neth-
erlands to New York, because those vessels
stopped at Plymouth to receive the cargo and
passengers of the disabled steamer P. Caland;
the return asked of the duty of 6 cents per ton
collected.

Mr. Bayard to Mr. de Weck- June 6
herlin.

905 Same to same.....

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1342

Tonnage dues levied on the Prins Mauritz: Let-
ter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the
subject inclosed.

1343

June 18

Tonnage dues levied on the Scheidam and Leer-
dam will be returned; decision of the commis-
sioner of navigation.

1344

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE LEGATION OF NICARAGUA AT WASHINGTON.

1888.

906 Mr. Guzman to Mr. Bayard Mar. 25

Boundary treaty between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica: Expresses the thanks of his Government
to the President of the United States for act-
ing as arbitrator.

1345

Claim of the United States and Paraguayan Navi.
gation Company: Demand for settlement to be
renewed; interest since August 9, 1881, to be
added to the sum asked.

Claim of the United States and Paraguayan Navi-
gation Company: Resignation of Mr. Decoud,
minister for foreign affairs, owing to opposition
to the claim, and its subsequent withdrawal;
new protocol for a settlement signed; hostility
of the press; copy of protocol inclosed.
Claim of the United States and Paraguayan Navi-
gation Company: Mr. Bacon's action in regard
to the claim and in denying the newspaper re-
ports approved.

"Chaco" limits, dispute in regard to the, has re-
sulted in open rupture between Paraguay and
Bolivia: Particulars of the disturbance; the
papers of Paraguay consider its claim indispu-
table and expect no war; nature and value of
the "Chaco.'

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1357

May 27
June 23
July 3

Imperial firman: guarantying life and property
inclosed.

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1361

1361

Persian minister about to start for America:
Honors requested to be paid him on his arrival.
Persian minister to the United States Hodji Hos
sein Kouli Khan Motamed-el-Vésaré, appointed
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary; copies of the official announcement of his
appointment and Mr. Pratt's reply inclosed.
Aug. 28 Massacre of Christians in Tiary and Tehoman
threatened: Americans warned to avoid those
neighborhoods; action of the British minister;
copies telegrams from the British consul at Ta
briz announcing the threatened trouble, and
L. H. Drumond Wolf's note covering it to Mr.
Pratt inclosed.

Massacre of Christians: Letter from Rev. F. G.
Cohn to Rev. I. H. Shedd, giving an account of
the disturbance inclosed.

Railroads: A concession to be asked of the
Shah to connect the cities of Koum, Teheran,
and Cassine by a railroad, with the privilege of
extending it to the Caspian Sea and Persian
Gulf.

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1363

1364

Sept. 12

Sept. 28

until the seizure of the railroads by the Peru-
vian Government; Mr. MacCord was at the
time and is United States consular agent, but
his resignation tendered before the cause of
complaint occurred; letter from Mr. Gibbs to
Mr. MacCord, from Mr. MacCord to Mr. Buck,
and the protest of Mr. MacCord inclosed.
Claim of V. H. MacCord: Review of the facts in
the case; Mr. MacCord's explanation of the
facts satisfactory, and an explanation to be
asked of the Peruvian Government.
Claim of V. H. MacCord: Letter of S. N. Pettis in
regard to MacCord's complaint inclosed.
Claim of V. H. MacCord: Note from the Peruvian
foreign office, stating the impossibility of ascer
taining the facts after so long a time; that Mac-
Cord only made the complaint when removed
from his position, and in the interval good rela-
tions had subsisted between him and San Ro-
man; that this can not be made a diplomatic
question after so long a silence; that the Gov-
ernment is not responsible, as it was the act of
one in rebellion; the only recourse for Mac-
Cord through the courts; the information asked
can not be given.

Claim of V. H. MacCord: Another note present-
ing the claim at length sent to the Peravian
foreign office; Minister Denegri interrogated
in regard to this matter in the Senate; the notes
of the Peruvian foreign office, Mr. Buck's reply,
and the interrogation of the Peruvian minister
in the Senate inclosed.
Claim of V. H. MacCord: Mr. Buck's note gen-
erally approved by the Department, but its state-
ments as to the liability of a government for
the acts of insurgents and mobs should be qual-
ified; a government not strictly accountable for
the violence of mobs; the Chinese indemnity
an act of generosity, not of obligation; the same
position held relative to the attack on the
Spanish consulate at New Orleans in 1850; con-
trariety in previous opinions of the Depart-
ment as to liability for acts of insurgents; the
United States denied its responsibility for the
destruction of a Peruvian vessel in Chesapeake
Bay in 1862, which Peru claimed; letter from
Mr.Pettis, with accompanying papers, inclosed.

PORTUGAL.

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1371

1377

$27 Mr. Bavard to Mr. Lewis (No. 68).

1887. Dec.

928 Same to same (No. 78)

7

1888. June 4

Discrimination against the direct trade of the
United States with the Cape Verde Islands in
favor of that through Lisbon: Complaint of
Messrs. Butman & Co. that greater duties are
levied on the direct importations from foreign
countries; no discrimination of flag presumed
and goods imported in American vessels by way
of a Portuguese port entitled to the reduction
of 30 per cent. that Portuguese vessels are;
analogy to the coast wise trade; re-exportation
of goods on which duty has been paid and of
goods in bond, or with drawback, very different;
the case complained of a discrimination against
our home port: the flag of importance in the
second case: a report to be made; letter of Mr.
Butman inclosed.

Discrimination against the direct trade of the
United States with the Cape Verde Islands in
favor of that through Lisbon: The report called
for in No. 68 desired as soon as possible.

929 Mr. Lewis to Mr. Bayard... July 7 Discrimination against American direct trade in

the Cape Verde Islands: The same duties levied
on the trade of all nations; contemplated re-
duction from 30 to 20 per cent.

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1887. Sept. 22

1888. Jan. 10

Jan. 18

Supplies for war vessels: Desires to know
whether provisions imported for foreign war
Vessels are free from duty, and whether by law

or custom.

Oct 21 Supplies for war vessels of those countries which
have reciprocal regulations admitted free.
Protectorate over Dahomey: Object of the pro-
tectorate to increase European influence and
stop human sacrifices; this purpose defeated
by the refusal of the King of Dahomey to abide
by the treaty, and the protectorate renounced.
Protectorate over Dahomey: The announcement
of the renunciation of it by Portugal received.
Mar. 23 Industrial property convention: Copies of laws of
the States and the act of 1881 relative to trade-
marks requested, also information whether ar-
ticles 3 to 12 of the convention, and 1 to 4 of
the final protocol are executed in the United
States, and whether the same usage is accorded
to foreigners as to American citizens.
Extradition of Maria da Luz Baptista, alias Mrs.
Botelho, requested: No extradition treaty be
tween Portugal and the United States; but the
request based upon the desire of the United
States and reciprocal action of Italy.
Industrial property convention: Letter from the
Secretary of the Interior covering a report to
the Commissioner of Patents in regard to the
construction placed by the United States upon
certain articles of the convention, as requested
by Baron d'Almeirim, inclosed.
Extradition of Maria da Luz Baptista, alias Mrs.
Botelho, can not be granted by the President as
it is contrary to precedent where there is no
extradition treaty; the act of Congress to pre-
vent criminal immigration not a general extra-
dition act.

May 14

937

Mr. Bayard to Baron d'Al- May 17

meirim.

June 4

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1394

1887.

945 Mr. Lothrop to Mr. Bayard Nov. 29 (No. 150).

1888.

946 Mr. Bayard to Mr Lothrop Feb. (No. 109).

4

Feb. 10

Feb. 22

1

950

Mr. Lothrop to Mr. Bayard Mar.
(No. 163).

Subject.

Expulsion of Jews from Russia: The law strictly
enforced; appeals from American Jews an
swered by the information that nothing could
be done as long as there was no discrimination
against Americans; the right to grant permis-
sion to remain is in certain of the ministry; ap-
plication made to them in the case of Mr. Wol-
denberg; no answer received.

Entry refused by Russian customs officers of
American goods shipped by Mr. Linden, and de-
scribed as surgical instruments and oil: Inquir-
ies to be made.
Case of Isidore Albert: A petition to the Emperor
for pardon sent to the legation; thinks Mr. Al-
bert not a native American citizen, and that he
took an oath of allegiance to Russia; no step
will be taken without instructions; severity of
the sentence; copy of Mr. Albert's letter and
the reply to it inclosed.
Exclusion of American medicines from Russia:
Mr. Linden's case; no pharmaceutical prepara-
tions allowed to enter Russia unless examined
and approved by the medical board or counsel
of the Empire.

Case of Isidore Albert: He is a naturalized Amer-
ican citizen born in Russia, to which country he
returned, entering the military service; his
American citizenship apparently renounced, and
proof of the opposite intention necessary before
the Department can intervene to ask his pardon.
7 Kailways: Their extent, private and public; not
remunerative; the Transcaspian Railway; few
new roads, and their building not favored ow-
ing to the financial condition of the country.
Extradition of Hercules A. Proios: Extradited by
the Russian Government at the request of that of
Turkey, on the charge of having stolen money
from the Turkish Government in January, 1888;
letter from Proios asking intervention, an-
swered by request for information; telegram
from Mr. Heenan; his demand for the release of
Proios approved, but instructed to go no fur-
ther and make a report; intervention can only
go to the extent of seeing that proceedings
are regular.

Mar. 31

Extradition of H. A. Proios, who claims to be an
American citizen, by the Russian Government
to that of Turkey, on the charge of embezzle-
ment while in the service of the Turkish Gov.
ernment: No ground for remonstrance appears
from the facts known.
Railways: Opening of the Transcaspian Rail-
way to Samarcand; a road to the Pacific con-
templated.
Railways: The railway to Samarcand; a road con-
templated through Siberia to the Pacific Ocean;
its military and commercial importance and as
sistance in colonizing Siberia; extract from the
St. Petersburg Journal on the Samarcand road
inclosed.

Refusal to allow American whaling vessels to ob-
tain supplies or repair in the Behring and
Okotsk Seas except at Petropaulowski: The
prevention of illicit liquor traffic assigned as the
reason; whale fishing impossible under such a
law, on account of the distance of Petropaul.
owski from the fishing grounds; the matter to
be called to the attention of the Russian Gov-
ernment, with a view of securing American
vessels protection when legitimately entering
other harbors; letter of the Secretary of the
Navy covering a notice of the above regulations
inclosed.

Rev. Mr. Easton refused a visa of his passport, or
permission to pass through Russian territory:
The permission to be obtained for him.

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