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American Journal of International Law

VOLUME 11

1917

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: 35 WEST 32D STREET, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
Agent for Great Britain: Oxford University Press, Amen Corner, London
Agent for Toronto, Melbourne and Bombay: Oxford University Press

No.

BRAZIL-UNITED STATES. Treaty for advancement of peace, July 24, 1914.....

CENTRAL AMERICAN COURT OF JUSTICE. Note regarding protest of Nicaragua

against decision involving treaty with United States granting canal rights,

November 9, 1916....

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF Trade Marks, August

20, 1910

SWEDEN-GREAT BRITAIN. Correspondence regarding the search and detention

of mails:

List of Papers

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Name

2 Count Wrangel...

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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

CONTENTS OF VOLUME ELEVEN

NUMBER 1, JANUARY, 1917

1 To Count Wrangel Dec. 15, 1915 Fifty-eight bags of parcels mail are be-

ing removed from the Swedish steam-

ship Stockholm for examination.....

Swedish Government formally protest

against seizure of parcels mail on the

steamships Hellig Olaf and Stockholm,

and as a reprisal parcels mail to or
from England in transit through
Sweden will be detained......
Swedish Government protest against:
(1) Seizure of postal parcels on steam-
ship Frederik VIII; (2) Seizure of
mail-bags on steamship Tubantia;
(3) Censoring of parcels sent from
Gothenburg to New York; (4) Seiz-
ure of letter mail on steamship Frisia.
Steamship Hellig Olaf. 109 bags con-
taining rubber have been found in
parcels mail.....

Jan. 1, 1916 Steamships Hellig Olaf and Stockholm.

Justifies the action of His Majesty's

Government and requests immediate

release of British mails detained in

Sweden.....

4 To Count Wrangel

Date

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List of Papers Continued

Date

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9 Count Wrangel... Feb. 11,

14 To Count Wrangel

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26,

11 M. Boström...... Mar. 13,

12 To Count Wrangel Apr. 25,

13 Sir E. Howard.... June 5,

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Subject

Detention of British mails in Sweden.

When may an answer be expected

from Swedish Government to the re-

quest of 1st January for release of

British mail?.....

Steamships Hellig Olaf and Stockholm.

Reasons of the Swedish Government

for their protest against search of par-

cels mail in certain Danish and Swed-

ish vessels, and seizure of parcels

containing rubber......

Reply to Swedish arguments against

search of parcel mail and seizure of

rubber.......

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Swedish Government's reply to No. 8.

They will release detained parcels

mail on condition that His Majesty's

Government submit question of legal-

ity of measures taken by Great Brit-

ain to a court of arbitration ....

Memorandum to Swedish Minister for

Foreign Affairs stating that His

Majesty's Government cannot sub-

mit the question to arbitration during

the war. Decision of prize court can

always be renewed or reversed by

court of arbitration after the war....

Swedish Government hope an arrange-

ment will be made with regard to

arbitration after the war..

Acknowledges No. 11. Explains final

extent of arrangement which His

Majesty's Government are prepared

to offer in settlement of present dis-

cussion....

Note verbale to Swedish Minister for
Foreign Affairs interpreting precise
meaning of No. 12......

No satisfaction received in regard to de-

tention of parcels from Great Britain

in transit to Russia. Demands imme-

diate release..

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. Final Act of the Havana

Meeting. January 27, 1917.....

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DENMARK-UNITED STATES. Convention providing for the cession of the West

Indies. August 4, 1916.....

53

GREAT BRITAIN-UNITED STATES. Convention for the protection of migratory

birds. August 16, 1916.....

62

UNITED STATES:

An act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico and for other purposes.

March 2, 1917.....

66

Proclamation of the military occupation of Santo Domingo by the United

States. November 29, 1916.......

94

An act to provide a temporary government for the West Indian Islands

acquired by the United States from Denmark. March 3, 1917......

96

NUMBER 3, JULY, 1917

BELGIUM. Memoire in regard to the deportation and forced labor of the Belgian

civil population ordered by the German Government.

CHINA-JAPAN. Documents regarding the Chengchia Tun Affair..

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