In this file may be found petitions sent to the Minorities Section of the League of Nations regarding the situation of the German minority residing in Czechoslovakia, as well as the Czechoslovakian government's responses to the said petitions.
This file contains correspondence, treaty excerpts, and other documents concerning the treatment of minorities in Czechoslovakia. This includes agreements on minority rights as stipulated in the Treaty of St.-Germain-en-Laye, and letters regarding the status of Hungarian minorities - as well as, more specifically, that of Hungarian-speaking Greek Catholic minorities - in the newly-established country of Czechoslovakia.
In this file may be found petitions sent to the Minorities Section of the League of Nations by members of the German minority residing in Polish Upper Silesia, as well as the Polish government's responses to the said petitions.
This file contains petitions submitted to the Minorities Section of the League of Nations regarding the situation of Polish and Jewish minorities in German Upper Silesia, as well as the responses to these petitions by the German government.
This file contains papers from the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice regarding a petition submitted by Prince Hans of Pless, on the matter of the administration of his father's holdings in the Silesian Voivodeship, as well as the petition itself, supplementary petitions, and the response of the Polish government to the said petitions.
In this file may be found petitions and appeals submitted to the Minorities Section of the League of Nations by the Deutscher Volksbund [German People's League] on behalf of the German minority in Polish Upper Silesia, as well as the Polish government's observations on the said documents.
This file contains various documents gathered by Protestant missionaries about the overall political situation (governance, education, military occupation, etc.) in Mukden and in Manchuria in 1932. It contains the following documents: No. 1. Directory of the names of Japanese appointed by Japanese military authorities to the Government of the Three Eastern Provinces of China since 18th Sept. 1931; No. 2. Retaliation by force and Shidehara hardens his attitude; No. 3. Inspecting of troops and "remarkable" instructions given; No. 4. Important Instructions to Kwantung Army and Doihara; No. 5: Doihara's Remarks on his way back to Mukden; No. 6. Japanese on the crenellated wall, Mukden; No. 7. The occupation of Board of Finance, Mukden, with Japanese flag hoisted on the building; No. 8. Lt.-Gen. Honjo's Proclamation on Sept. 19th 1931; No. 9. List of innocent citizens shot by Japanese soldiers since 18th Sept. 1931; Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14. Innocent citizens shot by Japanese; No. 15. Japanese soldier on guard of the Provincial Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces; No. 16. Instructions re reopening of the Banks of Mukden by Lt.- Gen. Honjo; No. 17. Special Regulations re reopening of Frontier Bank. Note the names of those people who present at the meeting for drafting of these regulations; No. 18. Special Regulations re re-opening of the Provincial Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces; No. 19. Re-opening of the Board of Finance of Liaoning Province; No. 20. List of alterations and deletions of school text-books; Nos.21.22, 23, & 24. showing some of the alterations in the textbooks; No. 25. Slogans: Teach in Japanese (of the so-called New State); No.26. Educational policy of the New State; No.27. Notification of Col. Doihara re his assumption of office as the Managing Superintendent of the Mukden-Hailung Railway; No.28. Instruction of the Controlling Department of Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters re appointment of Vice-Super-intendent to the Mukden-Hailung Railway; No.29. Japanese telegram system used at Chinchow in place of Chinese system; No.30. Mail matters detained by Japanese censors; No.31. Letters censored by Japanese Gendarmerie, Mukden; No.32. Mukden Spinning and Weaving Works to be merged with Manchurian Cotton Mill, Liaoyang (Japanese); No.33. Lt.-Gen. Honjo's proclamation re amnesty; No.34. Lt.-Gen. Honjo's notification re appointments of Japanese Mayor and other staff for Mukden; No. 35. Harataki appointed Chief of General Executive Bureau of Kirin Provincial Government; No.36. Photo of arm badge with stamps of Japanese Gendarmerie worn by Local Chinese-Police in Mukden; No.37. Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters recruiting soldiers for Peace Preservation Corps, for the Provincial Government of Liaoning Province; No. 38. Watahin’s visiting card; No.39. Mr. [?] signed statement re Chamber of Commerce meeting; No.40. Kawashiri's visiting card; No.41. Self-Government Guidance Dept. Proclamation; No.42. One of the Big Posters showing typical Japanese style of writing and wording; No.43. Dragon Book; No.44. One of the pamphlets; No.45. Special number of "North-Eastern Civilization Half-Monthly; No.46. Red Scrolls; Nos.47 & 48. Cover and Letters of Self-Government Guidance Department; No.49. Signed receipt re slogans despatched by Self-Government Guidance Dept. and the slogans written on a piece of red Japanese cloth; No.50. Note from Mayor Chao to Chamber of Commerce re G.Yen 1’500 from Japanese military Headquarters; No.51. "Manchurian Representatives" appealing the Japanese Army Headquarters for establishment of the New State; No.52. Lama representatives calling on Mayor Chao and Commander in chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army; No.53. Penhsihu's appeal to the Japanese Kwanttung Army Headquarter for the establishment of New State;
This file contains documents produced by the Minorities Committee in the course of its work for the years 1932 through 1939. Documents in this file are primarily annual compilations of Committee rulings in response to various petitions, but the file also contains assorted memos and reports submitted to the Committee.
This file contains documents produced by the Minorities Committee between 1930 and 1931, including reports on the protection of minorities, League of Nations resolutions, meeting minutes, and correspondence from delegates regarding the petitions they reviewed.
This file contains documents produced by the Minorities Committee between 1925 and 1929, including reports on the protection of minorities, League of Nations resolutions, meeting minutes, procedural questions, and memos and correspondence related to the application of the minorities treaties to Upper Silesia.