RECEPTION AT GERMAN LEGATION TO GERMAN COLONY AT CARACAS AND OFFICERS OF GERMAN WAR SHIP “VINETA.”

Mr. Bowen to Mr. Hay.

No. 34.]

LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,

Caracas, October 19, 1901.

SIR: I have the honor to report that I attended this afternoon at the German legation a reception given by the chargé to the German colony at Caracas and the officers of the German war ship Vineta, now at La Guaira. About 250 Germans were present, not counting the band of the Vineta. While there I made a short friendly speech, in which I referred to the pride we Americans take in the German part of our population, and to the good will that exists between us and the Germans whenever and wherever we meet.

Whatever were the shortcomings of my speech, they were evidently completely forgotten when I concluded it by raising my glass on high and proposing the health of the Emperor and his navy. The chargé and the captain of the Vineta replied very gracefully to my speech, and called for cheers-first for the President and people of the United States, and then for the American Navy. The cheers were given with remarkable enthusiasm, and then the band played the Star-Spangled Banner and the German national anthem. HERBERT W. BOWEN.

I have, etc.,

INDEX.

A.

Accession:

of Edward VII of England..

of President Roosevelt..

of President Roosevelt: congratulations of the Shah of Persia
Action, joint, against anarchists: proposed by Germany and Russia
Advent of Commodore Perry, United States Navy, in Japan in July, 1853:

Page.

213

6

425

196

monument erected in commemoration of

378

Africa, South: claims of United States citizens v. Great Britain on ac-
count of deportation from

216

Alien:

law of 1870: rights of British subjects in Cuba are governed by.
parents: citizenship of a child born in the United States of

225

303

Alleged:
Chinese student, Yip Wah, and others: case of

discrimination in the United States against Japanese in the matter of
quarantine

59

375

harsh and unfair enforcement of Chinese-exclusion laws: complaints of
American:

72

Annual award, first, of the Nobel prizes

Baptist Church at Nictheroy, Brazil: sacking of, and payment of
indemnity.

interests in Turkey: protection of, by British consuls.

interests: protection of by British consul in the Congo Free State.
Anarchists: proposed joint action against.

Annapolis, U. S. S.: courtesies to by commandant of French naval station
at Algiers

Anniversary of the birthday of the Shah of Persia: congratulations on
Announcement of death of President McKinley, and accession of President
Roosevelt

Applications:

28

521

205

196

154

425

6

497

for naturalization: construction of words "resided uninterruptedly" in
for passport-

519

of Carl F. Kupfer: passport issued by the Department should
always be accepted prima facie as proof of citizenship.

508

of persons born in the United States: production of certificate of
father's naturalization not to be required

178

of persons claiming United States citizenship through naturaliza-
tion of parents..

of Mrs. Louisa Lassonne, widow of a naturalized United States citi-
zen, residing without the United States

442

Argentine Republic:

announcement of death of President McKinley and accession of Presi-
dent Roosevelt...

condolences on assassination of President McKinley.

passport application of Frank H. Bowers

political disturbances: state of siege declared in Buenos Ayres on account
of public disorder caused by opposition to bill consolidating public
debt.

Arrest:

and ill treatment of Thomas de St. Bris in Belgium

689

2

17

and release of United States consular agent at Barcelona, Venezuela,
and delay in transmission of legation's telegram..

534

Assassination of President McKinley. (See Condolences on.)

Assistance rendered United States transport Hancock by Japanese navy.
Athens, riot at, caused by the translation of the Bible into vulgar Greek
Attachment, writ of: previous notice to consuls of service on merchant ves-
sels not required under Article XII, consular convention of 1871 between
the United States and Germany.

Attempt on German Emperor's life at Bremen

Australasian and British vessels: exclusion from trade between the United
States and Hawaii

Page.

385

250

161

166

201

Austria-Hungary:

condolences on assassination of President McKinley
expulsion of John Richter.

14

8

liability of naturalized citizens of the United States under military and
expatriation laws of their native country

7

passport denied to Carl Schimaneck

11

Award:

by Great Britain of £600 to Charles Lillywhite, a naturalized citizen of
the United States, on account of his arrest, false imprisonment, and
deportation from New Zealand to England

231

first annual, of the Nobel prizes

Azores: protection by United States consul of British interests in.

497

224

B.

Balz, Xaver Sylvester: military-service case in Germany.

Baptist Church, American, at Nictheroy, Brazil; sacking of, and payment
of indemnity.

Barcelona, Venezuela: arrest and release of United States consular agent at
Belgium:

arrest and ill treatment of Thomas de St. Bris.
condolences on assassination of President McKinley.

liability of naturalized citizens of the United States under military
and expatriation laws of their native country

Benjamin Constant, Brazilian school-ship: visit to the United States
Bible: translation of into vulgar Greek: riot at Athens caused by

Bill consolidating public debt of Argentine Republic: state of siege declared
in Buenos Ayres on account of public disorder caused by opposition to...
Birthday of the Shah of Persia: congratulations on anniversary of....
Bolivia:

condolences on assassination of President McKinley

good offices of United States minister in behalf of George Melville, a
British subject, imprisoned in Bolivia

massacre of soldiers: punishment of offenders.

Bond for payment of indemnity demanded of China by the powers.
Bowers, Frank H.: passport application of

129

Boycott of business of Chinese subjects residing at Butte, Mont.; claims on
account of..

100

Brazil:

condolences on assassination of President McKinley

missionary troubles; sacking of American Baptist Church at Nicthe-
roy, and payment of indemnity..

riots at Rio de Janeiro over increase in street-railway fares.

visit of Brazilian school-ship Benjamin Constant to the United States..
Brazilian school-ship Benjamin Constant: visit to United States.
Bremen: attempt on German Emperor's life at.

166

167

534

2

425

British:

and Australasian vessels: exclusion of, from trade between the United
States and Hawaii

201

interests in the Azores: protection by United States consul.

224

subjects in Cuba: rights of, are not governed by treaties, either with the
United States or Spain, but by alien law of 1870...

225

Britten, Nick: military-service case in Germany

170

Brooklyn, U. S. S.: visit to Australia and New Zealand on occasion of tour
of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York..

214

Buenos Ayres: state of siege declared in, on account of public disorder
caused by opposition to bill consolidating public debt.

2

Butte, Mont.: claims of Chinese subjects residing at, on account of boycott
of their business..

100

Canal:

C.

interoceanic: treaty

Kaiser Wilhelm: passage of United States naval vessels through
Cancellation of passport of Emile Stolz by United States legation at Berne
because of Stolz's continued residence without the United States...
Castro revolution: claims of foreigners against Venezuela growing out of
the...

Ceded or relinquished territory: royal Spanish degree determining ques-
tions of nationality in

Page.

237

184

509

550

473

Chile:

condolences on assassination of President McKinley.

courtesies of Chilean officials in connection with removal of remains of
the late Lieut. S. E. Woodworth, U. S. Navy

death of President Errázuriz: condolences of the United States
passport application of a Porto Rican

38

33

visit of Chilean training ship General Baquedano to the United States
China:

bond for payment of indemnity demanded of China by the powers.
citizenship of Lam Chung Wa, a Chinese naturalized in Hawaii prior to
August 12, 1898, and subsequently residing in China

claims-

129

130

of Chinese subjects residing at Butte, Mont., on account of boycott
of their business

100

of missionaries: direct settlement with Chinese officials
condolences on assassination of President McKinley.

128

death of Earl Li Hung Chang

132

Emperor of: special envoy of, Na Tung: expiatory mission to Japan.
exclusion laws-

case of alleged Chinese student Yip Wah, and others.
case of Chinese student Tong Tseng.

complaints of alleged harsh and unfair enforcement of

representations against reenactment as affecting the United States
and Territories, and extension to the Philippine Islands..

foreign settlements: encroachments of various powers at Tientsin.
Prince Tschun: expiatory mission to Germany

187

Chinese-exclusion laws:

complaints of alleged harsh and unfair enforcement of

question as to whether they have proved to be for the best interests of
the United States.

representations against application to Hawaiian Islands

72

68

72

75

39

85

question as to whether they have worked hardships to the subjects of
China

78

representations against reenactment as affecting the United States and
Territories, and extension to the Philippine Islands..

75, 91, 93

Chinese:

immigration treaties: diplomatic history of

officials: direct settlement of claims of missionaries against China
with

persons: exclusion from the Philippine Islands

question as to whether the laws of the United States have worked hard-
ships to

213

residing at Butte, Mont.: claims on account of boycott to their business
student, alleged: case of Yip Wah and others.

student Tong Tseng: case of

Chong, Tong, Chinese student: case of

Chryssanthides, Demetrius, passport of: construction of words "resided
uninterruptedly" in applications for naturalization

Church, American Baptist, at Nictheroy, Brazil: sacking of, and payment
of indemnity ...

Citizens:

American, railway employees: imprisonment in Mexico.
American: treaty rights in interior of Korea

387

American, naturalized. of Jewish faith: protection of, in Russia
naturalized, of the United States: liability of. under military and expa-
triation laws of their native country. (See Liability of naturalized
citizens, etc.)

446

of the United States: Filipino seamen held not to be.

199

Citizenship:

Page.

of a child born in the United States and taken abroad during its minor-
ity
of a child born in the United States of alien parents

174

303

of a son born in France of an American father and a French mother
prior to their marriage.......

511

of a son born of American parents temporarily sojourning in Germany.
of Guilloid, Julienne, born in Haiti of a mulatto, former resident of
Louisiana

179

of Hine, Rafael F., born in Costa Rica of an American father.
of Jensen, Lars Chris., a former subject of Denmark

279
420

135

of Lam Chung Wa, a Chinese naturalized in Hawaii prior to August 12,
1898, and subsequently residing in China...

130

of minor son of a United States citizen, born and residing without the
United States..

531

passport applications of persons claiming, through naturalization of
parents...

206

proof of: passport issued by the Department should always be accepted
as prima facie (application of Carl F. Kupfer)

508

Claims:

assumed by the United States Government under the treaty of peace:
consent of Spanish Government to assist the United States Govern-
ment in procuring evidence to defend

indemnity, of United States citizens against Turkey: settlement of

of Chinese subjects residing at Butte, Mont., on account of boycott of
their business

477

518

100

of foreigners against Venezuela growing out of the Castro revolution..
of Fowks, William, v. Peru.

550

430

of Hayball, James H., v. Peru

427

of Marty & d'Abbadie v. United States on account of detention of steam-
ship Sullberg at Manila...

147

of Metzger & Co., John D., v. Haiti.

262

of missionaries against China: direct settlement with Chinese officials
of United States citizens v. Great Britain on account of deportation from
South Africa

97

216

Clayton-Bulwer treaty of April 19, 1850

Coin, silver, which Siegfried Koenigsberger attempted to smuggle out of
Guatemala: confiscation of

Cole, Rev. R. M.: refusal of Turkish officials to issue traveling teskéréh to.
Colombia:

condolences on assassination of President McKinley

interests of, in Venezuela: protection by United States representatives of
Commandant of French naval station at Algiers: courtesies to U. S. S.
Annapolis

Complaints of alleged harsh and unfair enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion
laws

Compulsory insurance tax, German: liability of employees of United States
consulates to .

Condolences:

on account of the death of President Errázuriz, of Chile.

on assassination of President McKinley-

of Argentine Republic

of Austria-Hungary

of Belgium

of Bolivia

of Brazil

of Chile

of China

of Colombia

of Costa Rica.

of Denmark

of Dominican Republic

of Ecuador

of France

238

252

523

134

551

154

72

172

36

6

14

23

26

31

38

128

134

422

142

143

146

156