3d article of which these acts are in clear contravention. It is no less an offense against the principles of public law and the civilization of the age. This government would be wanting in that duty which it owes to its citizens, and regardless of its own dignity, were it lightly to pass over so flagrant an outrage.

You will lose no time in bringing these views to the attention of Mr. Saavedra, expressing at the same time the earnest wish entertained by the President that the subject may receive the early and earnest consideration of the Venezuelan Government, and result in a speedy adjustment of Mr. Wheelock's claim for pecuniary indemnity. When the Government of Venezuela shall signify its willingness to make such reparation the amount of that indemnity may properly become a matter for further consideration by this Department.

I am, &c.,

WM. M. EVARTS.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

A.

Acapulco: arrest, trial, and acquittal of Captain Jacobson, of American schooner
Dreadnaught, for alleged violation of Mexican contraband law; letter
by United States Consul Sutter....
contract for construction of railroad and telegraph line between city of
Mexico and, approved by the President; terms of the contract...............
Adams, Moses: schooner; claim against Great Britain................

(See Fortune Bay outrage.)

Adams: United States ship; entry of a closed port of Colombia by......

Page.

732-734

766, 767

549

326, 327,

335, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343

(See Coaling Stations.)
Address: of the governor of Buenos Ayres to the people of the province....
of the President of Mexico to Congress; foreign relations; commerce;
public debt; railroads; military training; Indians....

Agriculture:
Belgium: damage to crops from heavy rains and inundations......
Brazil: the minister of agriculture recommends the government to grant
subsidy of $50,000 per annum to line of steamers between the United
States, Canada, and Brazilian ports...

Hungary: results of the harvest in....

Morocco: hopeful prospects for harvest; misery and desolation from famine
in southern provinces...

tithes demanded of all persons engaged in agricultural pursuits....
Netherlands..
Albania: repudiation of the government of the Porte; rejection of the anti-

Albanian decrees of the Powers; a syndicate of bankers offer large con-
tributions for the maintenance of the forces under arms; Ottoman em-
ployés expelled from the public bureaus; Turkish troops in citadel at
Scutari..

Albania and Montenegro: affairs causing anxiety; proclamation concerning
extension of Austria's power...

32

768-774

66

97

60

790, 791

801

817

55

55

Alcock, Sir Rutherford: convention with Chinese Government in 1869; 50 per
cent. additional import duty; regulations agreed to by, to be put in
force; proposal that this convention, concluded but not ratified, be
adopted by all the powers..
183, 184, 218, 255

Allegiance: naturalization; cases of citizens of the United States in Germany.
(See Naturalization.)

Alliance rumors regarding, between Austria-Hungary and Germany..
Alsace-Lorraine: treaty with Germany of 1868 does not extend to; cases of
John Schehr, Michal Pacquet, the brothers Franz, Theobald Hess, and
Joseph Lauber; cases of Lester, Fischer, and Schaug; new decision of
the questions involved..

450

390

441-443, 445

Amar, Isaac: a Jew persecuted in Morocco; his illegal imprisonment and
subsequent release...

794

American doctrine as to what entitles a blockade to the recognition of
neutrals.....

833, 834

life insurance companies in France; letter of Mr. Merrill..

355, 356

oil company at Talara; destruction of their property; the Chilian navy
warned by the government against repetitions of such acts....
property destroyed by Chilian fleet at Talara..

125, 131

125

students in straitened circumstances charged passport fees in Germany;
necessity for passport; such persons deserving of aid; free passports;
statistics..

423, 424, 433, 434

American citizens: Henry Pinkos, a Jewish citizen of the United States,
ordered to leave St. Petersburg....

873-882

impressment for service in Mexican army (see Army).
loans forced upon, in Chihuahua...

776-780

722-724

1045

Page.

American citizens-Continued.

739-744,745-752

441-461

murder of three, in Mexico, State of Michoacan..
naturalized German, fined or prosecuted for non-performance of military
duty on return to Germany; settlement in cases of...........
outrage upon Mr. John E. Wheelock, by an official of the Venezuelan
Government.
1028-1032, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040–1044
right of consul-general to administer upon effects of, denied; case of Mr.
Gentil....

359, 360, 364
296, 299

sale or lease of land to, in Fukien (see Fukien).
transfer of foreign-built vessels to, not to be considered as an evidence
of bad faith; the presumption rather the other way.
under the control of the consular courts; their rights as to person and
property under sole jurisdiction of the United States authorities...... 149, 150
American flag right of foreign-built ships, alleged to have been purchased

by American citizens, to sail under....

American independence: commemorated at Tunis by display of flags at all
the consulates; the Bey sends assurances of his friendship...
"American University at Philadelphia": sale of diplomas by.

(See Diplomas.)

American vessels: boarded and searched by Spanish naval officers; Spanish
Government orders an immediate investigation......

question of granting clearances to, in Peru, during the war between that
country and Chili.............

Amoy: war power of; report of Consul Goldsborough (see Education)
Anderson, John: case of, at Calcutta; Earl Granville admits lack of juris-
diction of the Calcutta court

824-826

1026

397,4:0

929,

274,291

479,49

tried for murder at Calentta; in custody of local police: jurisdictional
rights of the United States in case of; question of jurisdiction not
raised at trial; extradition applied for..
... 480, 481, 494
Anganqueo, State of Michoacan, Mexico; murder of three American citizens
in
... 739-744,745-752

Arctic Expedition: stores for British, placed at disposal of, from the United
States...

Arendt memorandum of rules regulating official intercourse in China..
Argentine Republic: actual war begun on the 17th of June; engagement
between the provincial troops of Buenos Ayres and the national troops
near Merlar, twenty miles from the city....
anarchy and revolution in almost all the provinces; as yet, no fighting...
Buenos Ayres declared the permanent capital; election of deputies to
Congress held on Sunday, resulted in the election of distinguished and
prominent men; return of Congress from Belgrano to Buenos Ayres...
chamber of national deputies at deadlock, and unable to organize...
civil war temporarily averted; continued peace conditional upon resig-
nation of General Roca....

492,43
150-180

25

24

34

21

16

conference between the President and Ex-President Sarmiento; commis-
sion appointed to confer with General Roca; conference at Rosario with
Roca results unsatisfactorily.......

critical political situation; concentration of troops at Buenos Ayres; ap-
prehension of civil war

discussion of the question of mediation in the difficuties between Chili
and Peru, by this government

division of the chamber of deputies, the majority act with the rebels; the
minority acting with the national government, declare the seats of the
rebellious majority vacant, and order new elections............

General Roca reported elected president: Madero vice-president..

gold fallen in the market; Argentine stocks advanced; confidence of busi-
ness men in the coming administration of General Roca...............
hostility in, to Chili...

interview between Roca and Tejedor, opposing presidential candidates;
probability that a solution of the difficulties will be arrived at without
reference to the candidature of either
intimidation at the polls...

peace established...

political situation unchanged; the city of Buenos Ayres in possession of

the municipal troops

preparations to oppose Chili, should the case require it..

proclamation of the President...

prospects of revolution upon the coming presidential election

Argentine Republic-Continued.

prospects of war with Chili; reconciling conflicting political elements...
questions by national senate, sent to the President; answers of the Presi-
dent.

quiet election of members of Congress..

refusal of Roca party to vote

resignation of Gonzales, minister of foreign affairs..
South American continental exhibition...

(See Exhibitions.)

Page.

9

30

10

10

23

steady progress towards establishment of better feeling; Buenos Ayres
under martial law until 30th of October, after inauguration of the Presi-
dent elect; no conditions offered the revolutionists; the names of all
officers concerned in the revolution dropped from the lists by President's

decree

11

29

want of harmony between governor of Buenos Ayres province and legisla-
ture
Arias, Commander of provincial forces of Buenos Ayres: engagement with
national troops under General Racedo; communication with the city
opened
Armenians: their character as a people; their position under Turkish rule.. 971, 972
Army: additions to German; infantry; field artillery; light artillery; pioneers;
statistics..

bill for the extension of military enrollment in Sweden and Norway de-
feated; consequent resignation of the ministry and organization of new
ministry
impressment of American citizens for service in that of Mexico; report of
Consul Schuchardt thereupon; the United States minister instructed to
demand their instant release and indemnity.

increase, consolidation, and discipline of Haytien troops..
maneuvers of the French, witnessed by officers of the United States
of Germany: military and naval expenditures; comparison between such
expenditures in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and
Austria-Hungary

of Japan.

(See Conscription law.)

parade of troops at Berlin; unequalled training of German soldiers.....
vain efforts of the United States minister to obtain permission of the
President of Mexico for the entry upon her soil of United States troops
in pursuit of hostile Indians and other marauders escaping across the
borders

25

396

935

776-780

638, 639

367

402

669-676

434

774-776
817

and navy, Netherlands
Arnold, George: an American citizen, murdered in Michoacan, Mexico. 739-744, 745-752
Arosemena, Dr.: his special mission offering mediation for the settlement of
the war between Chili and Peru and Bolivia; his hope for intervention
on the part of the United States
(See Colombia.)

.......

76, 120, 121
Arreola leader of a band of cattle thieves in Mexico, consigned with part of
his band to district judge of Coahuila for trial....

Assiout: Slave trade at; description of the place and of the vicinal facilities
for carrying on trade in slaves; arrest of slave traders; commotion
among interested Europeans on question of slave-trade in Egypt; ideas
of the dominant native classes

763

1008-1012

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé (see Railroads, Mexico)
Atwater, Dorence, United States consul: French protectorate flag at Tahiti.
Austria-Hungary: Civil Engineer Eads' desire for information touching river

improvements in the empire; memorandum transmitted by Minister
Kasson..

effect of the English election; apprehensions concerning the observance
of certain articles of the treaty of Berlin; change in the heads of many
governments; the feeling against Mr. Gladstone.

emigration from Upper Hungary to the United States, the Government
of Hungary recommended to take steps to prevent it

growing cloud of war east of the Adriatic; repudiation of the Government
of the Porte by Albania; the anti-Albanian decrees of the powers
rejected..

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Austria-Hungary-Continued.
Roumanian recognition; interest of the United States Government in the
Hebrew race in foreign countries; desire to secure terms favorable to
them in Roumania

rumors regarding alliance between, and German Empire.

State railways

(See Railroads.)

statistics of the population of "the new annexed provinces".
Avellaneda, President of the Argentine Republic: demands for his resignation;
proclamation and decree ordering disarmament of troops.....

he asks permission of Congress to place the province of Buenos Ayres under
martial law; permission refused; he leaves the city....

he declares Tejedor a rebel, and refuses to return to the city until the
insurrection is suppressed...

Avalos, Zeferino: convicted and executed for the murder of a fellow-citizen in

12, 13, 15

Texas; record of his trial and conviction; application for pardon re-
fused; review of the case; the sentence; article 186 of the Mexican
penal code; value of precedent established by the case.... 707,708,713–719,730
B.

Babson, F. J.: (see Fortune Bay outrage.)
Bailey, David H., United States consul-general at Shanghai: transmits letter
to Mr. Seward

Baird: (see Fishery Exhibition, &c.)

letters with reference to international exchange of works of science and

art

Balt, Mark: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage

Bancroft: late minister to Germany from the United States; his interpreta-
tion of treaty of 1868...

(See Treaty.)

Bandinel, J. J. F., United States consul (see war power of China)..........

Bandman, C. J., of New York: contract with Venezuelan Government for
construction of railways...

Bank, National: establishment of in Hayti

report of the Imperial Ottoman..

884,85

106

628,629,6322

Barcelona, Venezuela: decree substituting port of, for that of Ciudad Bolivar.
Bavaria: opposition to imperial control of railroads

(See Railroads.)

Bayley, S. P., United States consul at Palermo: report on Mormon emigra-
tion from Italy..

644

Becker, Benjamin: naturalization case of, at Berlin

Belgium: accessions from, to Mormon colony in Utah..

(See Mormon.)

heavy rainfalls and inundation; great danger to the crops..

proposition to suppress the word "alone" in Article XII of the Consular
Convention with the United States....

72,73

737

resumption of diplomatic relations with Mexico

return of the Belgian ambassador to Rome; passage of the school bill;
manifesto of the priesthood; attempts against the life of the King....
the opening and management of a permanent exhibition of arts, science,
commerce, and industry in Brussels; the establishment of sample-rooms
for American products....

Belgrano: government removed to; reply to United States minister's offers of
mediation, by national government....

Berlin International Fishery Exhibition

Berlin treaty: Austria's benefits from, causing a change in the apparent rela-
tions between Russia and Germany; Germany and Austria form an
alliance for the execution of; England's interest in the alliance; ap-
prehensions of war..

conference of the powers at Berlin; countries represented; names of the
representatives; direction and position of boundary; Austria's ten-
dency to hold back; decision of the conference not acceptable to the
Porte; to what power can the succession at Constantinople be given.. 439–441
Bismarck: arguments on the railroad bill, 1876....

413

(See Railroads; history of, in Prussia.)

tenders his resignation to the Emperor; cause of this action; dispropor-
tionate representation in the Federal Council; the Emperor declines to
accept his resignation; reform needed in representation....

405-407