PREFACE This Supplement to Foreign Relations is the last in the series relating to the World War. The period covered by the volume extends in general from April 6, 1917, when the United States entered the war, to November 11, 1918, the date of the armistice with Germany. The subjects treated were not included in Supplement 2 for 1917 and Supplement 1 for 1918, as they are best considered in their continuous development over the entire period of belligerency. The general principles followed in compiling the volume are given in the preface to Foreign Relations, 1914, Supplement, pp. iii-iv. Brackets, [ ], occurring in the text enclose editorial insertions. These are of two main types: (1) words or phrases, in ordinary type, supplied to fill in omissions or replace obviously garbled passages in telegrams; and (2) suggested corrections, in italics, following words or phrases which appear to be incorrect. 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CONTENTS Treatment of prisoners of war.-- Arrangement for payment of officers.- Proposed repatriation of sanitary personnel.--- Disposition made of prisoners captured by American forces----- The American-German conference at Berne: agreement of November Special treatment of Alsatians and Lorrainers, Czecho-Slovaks, and Persons of German birth naturalized in countries other than the Officers and crews of German merchant ships in American ports---- Officers and crews of captured American merchant ships_- Enemy aliens in Panama, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic: recom- mendations of the United States--- Treatment of enemy and “ally-of-enemy” property------- Enemy interest in patents, copyrights, and trade-marks.- Property of enemy and "ally-of-enemy” governments and officials-- Enemy property in certain Latin American countries: recommenda- tions of the United States----- Dominican Republic and Haiti.. Ecuador: German cacao plantations-- IV. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY---- Trading with the enemy and with allies of the enemy-------- Trading with the enemy in China. Purchase of Austrian ships: the taking over of the Martha Wash- Relief in Turkish territories --- Finnish relief---------------------------------------------- Relief for Russian prisoners of war held by the Central Powers: the VIII. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS--- Marriages of members of American forces in France_--- Alleged violations of the laws of war__ Expatriation and repatriation -- The status in American ports of ships owned or requisitioned by for- eign governments and engaged in commerce- LIST OF PRINCIPAL PERSONS AHLGREN, G., Swedish Counselor of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires in Turkey. d'Affaires from April 25. d'Affaires from July 30. BARTON, James L., Chairman of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. BELDEN, Perry, United States Secretary of Legation in Colombia; Chargé d'Affaires. BELT, John W., United States Secretary of Legation in Honduras; Chargé d'Affaires, January 18 to February 9. BERTRAND, Francisco, President of Honduras. BRUN, Constantin, Danish Minister at Washington. BURLESON, Albert S., Postmaster General of the United States. CALDWELL, John L., United States Minister to Persia. CALONDER, Felix L., President of the Swiss Confederation. CHAMORRO, Gen. Emiliano, President of Nicaragua. CLEMENCEAU, Georges, French Premier and Minister of War. CRAWFORD, Sir Richard, Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy at Wash ington. CROSBY, Oscar T., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States; President of the Inter-Allied Council on War Purchases and Finance. CURTIS, Charles B., United States Secretary of Legation in Honduras; Chargé d'Affaires, February 9 to October 1. DA GAMA, Domicio, Brazilian Ambassador at Washington. DANIELS, Josephus, Secretary of the Navy of the United States. DAVIS, John W., Solicitor General of the United States to November 21; mem ber of the American Commission to the American-German Prisoners of War Conference at Berne, September 24-November 11; United States Ambassador to Great Britain from November 21. DAVIS, Norman H., United States Treasury representative at London and Paris. DAVISON, Henry P., Chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross. DE BROQUEVILLE, Baron Charles, Belgian Prime Minister and Minister of Food Supplies. DE CARTIER DE MARCHIENNE, E., Belgian Minister at Washington; Appointed Ambassador from September 13, 1919. DE CHAMBRUN, Charles, French Counselor of Embassy at Washington; Chargé d'Affaires, December, 1918, to June, 1919. DE IPANEMA MOREIRA, Alberto, Brazilian Counselor of Embassy at Washington; Chargé d'Affaires from October 20. YE |