of the appointments being made as at present to specified posts. There should be an adequate inspection service, so that the Department may be able to inform itself how the business of each consulate is being done, instead of depending upon casual private information or rumor. The fee system should be entirely abolished, and a due equivalent made in salary to the officers who now eke out their subsistence by means of fees. Sufficient provision should be made for a clerical force in every consulate, composed entirely of Americans, instead of the insufficient provision now made, which compels the employment of great numbers of citizens of foreign countries whose services can be obtained for less money. At a large part of our consulates the office quarters and the clerical force are inadequate to the performance of the onerous duties imposed by the recent provisions of our immigration laws as well as by our increasing trade. In many parts.of the world the lack of suitable quarters for our embassies, legations, and consulates detracts from the respect in which our officers ought to be held, and seriously impairs their weight and influence.

Suitable provision should be made for the expense of keeping our diplomatic officers more fully informed of what is being done from day to day in the progress of our diplomatic affairs with other countries. The lack of such information, caused by insufficient appropriations available for cable tolls and for clerical and messenger service, frequently puts our officers at a great disadvantage and detracts from their usefulness. The salary list should be readjusted. It does not now correspond either to the importance of the service to be rendered and the degrees of ability and experience required in the different positions, or to the differences in the cost of living. In many cases the salaries are quite inadequate.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 5, 1905.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

The Austro-Hungarian Em

1905. Jan.

1

bassy to the Department
of State.

130

Mr. Hay to Mr. Storer.

Jan.

3

Mr. Hay to Mr. Hengel- Jan. 5 muller.

208

Mr. Storer to Mr. Hay..

Jan. 24

214

Same to same..

Feb. 17

142

Mr. Hay to Mr. Storer.

Mar. 11

221

165

170

Transportation of emigrants from Hungary.
Calls attention to the principles on which the
Hungarian emigration law and its administra-
tion are based.

Same subject. Incloses papers relating to the
complaint of Miss Ella Burger and Miss Esther
Schenker.

Same subject. Expresses hope that an effective
remedy has been applied in regard to the com-
plaints which have been presented to the De-
partment.

Territorial integrity of China. The Austro-Hun-
garian Government concurs with the views of
the United States.

Commercial and tariff treaty between Austria-
Hungary and Germany. Text.
Transportation of emigrants from Hungary. Ad-
ditional papers in the complaint of Mrs. Anna
Tirpak.
Liabilities of American citizens of Austro-Hun-
garian origin upon their return to Austria-
Hungary. Incloses laws relating to.

Mr. Hay to Mr. Storer...... June 23 Transportation of emigrants from Hungary. In

Mr. Peirce to Mr. Storer.... June 28

Baron Giskra to Mr. Peirce July 1 (telegram).

closes letter relating to an alleged discrimina-
tion against the American line.
Same subject. Incloses letter relating to an
alleged discrimination against the Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine Company.
Death of Secretary of State John Hay. Con-
dolences of the Austro-Hungarian Govern-
ment.

Transportation of emigrants from Hungary.
Department's instructions Nos. 165 and 170
have been carried out.

July 30 Transportation of emigrants from Hungary. In-
closes communication from the foreign office
giving the views of the Hungarian Govern-
ment on the subject.

Oct.

7

Same subject. Incloses correspondence with the
foreign office relating to.

211 Mr. Hay to Mr. Townsend.. Feb. 9

The Belgian Legation to
the Department of State.

Mar. 14

Same subject. Incloses letter from the Maritime
Law Association embodying suggestions in re-
gard to the projects to be considered.

Same subject. Incloses a protocol agreed to by
the delegates for submission to their respective
governments.

Mr. Adee to Mr. Townsend....do... Same subject. Authorizes him to sign the proto-
(telegram).

253 Mr. Townsend to Mr. Hay.. Mar. 16

col ad referendum.

Same subject. Reports that he has signed the
protocol.

Arbitration treaties with Russia, Switzerland,
Sweden and Norway, Spain, Denmark, and
Greece. Incloses texts of.

Death of Secretary of State John Hay. Condo-
lences.
Maritime conference. Appointment as delegate
to the adjourned conference. Instructions.
Same subject. Authorizes him to sign the proto-
col adopted by the conference.

69

69

Same subject. Reports the names of the countries
represented at the conference.

Oct. 30

Same subject. Reports that he has signed the
protocol.

Nov. 30

Dec. 2 Kongo Free State. Incloses report of the com-
mission appointed to investigate the adminis-
tration of King Leopold in the.

Same subject. Incloses full report and copy of
protocol and conventions.

1905.

BOLIVIA.

Death of Secretary of State John Hay. Condo-
lences.

Commercial relations between Bolivia and Peru.
Reports that Bolivia has denounced the treaty
of June 7, 1881, with Peru, and that Peru has
protested against this act.

Same subject. Reports that the two countries
have not as yet come to any agreement to set-
tle the difficulties.

Same subject. Reports that a new commercial
agreement between the two governments has
been signed.

65 Mr. Root to Mr. Sorsby..... Dec. 18 Same subject. Expresses hope that the two

countries may be able to come to an under-
standing in regard to the termination of the
treaty of 1881.

Same to same..

1905. Jan.

2

Jan.

4

Mr. Hay to Sir Chentung....do...
Liang-Cheng.

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger | Jan. 5
(telegram).

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Conger.. Jan. 6
Mr. Loomis to Sir Chentung ....do...
Liang-Cheng.

Mr. Hay to Sir Chentung....do...
Liang-Cheng.

Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng....do...
to Mr. Hay.

54 Mr. Loomis to Sir Chentung

Jan. 9

Liang-Cheng.

Jan. 14

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Coolidge
(telegram).

Same subject. Telegram from Chang Chih-tung
and Sheng Hsuan-hwai requesting an early re-
ply to above notice.
Murder of Ho Choy Yeen. Incloses papers giv-
ing an account of the incident and requests
favorable action by the Department.
Cancellation of the railway concession of the
American China Development Company. Asks
that the Chinese Government be urged not to
take any action in the matter until all the in-
terested parties have been heard from.
Same subject. Instructs him to urge upon the
Chinese Government not to take any action in
the matter until all the interested parties have
been heard from.
Same subject. Incloses correspondence with the
Chinese minister at Washington.
Same subject. Advises him of Department's No.
868, of January 6, 1905, to Mr. Conger.
Same subject. Advises him that the proprietors
of the Canton and Hankau Railway have re-
gained control of the ownership of a clear
bona fide majority of the entire stock of that
company.

Same subject. Above note has been cabled to
the Chinese Government.
Murder of Ho Choy Yeen. The matter will be
given immediate attention.

Conservancy of the Whangpu River. Incloses a
counter agreement presented by the diplo-
matic corps.

.do... Neutrality of China in the war between Russia
and Japan. Advises him of Russia's declara-
tion of China's persistent violation of her obli-
gations of neutrality, and instructs him to urge
upon the Chinese Government the necessity of
scrupulous observance of neutrality.
Same subject. Department's telegram of the
14th instant was not intended to mean that
this Government had adopted the view of the
Russian Government.

Mr. Hay to Mr. Coolidge Jan. 17
(telegram).

Mr. Hay to Sir Chentung ....do ...
Liang-Cheng.

Same subject. Incloses copy of a translation of the note of the Russian ambassador of the 13th instant.

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117

124

126

113

127

127

127

128

128

128

114

119

135

195

136