Liberia and the First World War 1914–1926

Falkner R. P. , The United States and Liberia, The American Journal of International Law, IV, 1910.

West H. L. , Liberia, the Negro Republic, Records of the American Colonization Society, Series 6, Box 11, Library of Congress.

Cablegram Johnson , President of American Colonization Society to Daniel Howard, President of Liberia, August 14, 1914, Records of the American Colonization Society, Series 6, Vol. 10, Reel 309.

Text in Liberia Official Gazette, II , No. 16, p. 10, 1915.

Letter, Lt. William Roundtree to Isaac Mort, the Secretary of War, March 16, 1916 in RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 4; Mower R. H. , The Republic of Liberia, Journal of Negro History, XXXII: 3, p. 276, 1947; Buell Raymond L. , Liberia a Century of Survival, The University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, p. 25, 1947; Reeve Henry Fenwick , The Black Republic, H. F. and G. Witherly, London, p. 78, 1923.

Buell , Liberia, A Century of Survival, p. 25.

Tel., Bundy to the Secretary of State, October 19, 1915, RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 4.

Henry Litchfield West, The Liberian Crisis, American Colonization Society, Washington, D.C., p. 8, May 1933.

Liebenow Gus J. , Liberia, in African One Party States, Carter Gwendolyn (ed.), Cornell University Press, Ithaca, p. 328, 1962.

The same letter is in Foreign Relations of the United States 1915 , p. 629.

Mower, The Republic of Liberia, p. 276; West , The Liberian Crisis, p. 8.

Liebenow, Liberia, p. 328; Mower, The Republic of Liberia, p. 276; Padmore George , American Imperialism Enslaves Liberia, Published by Centrizdat, Moscow, pp. 11–12, 1931.

Letter James L. Curtis to the Sec. of State, June 13, 1916 in Foreign Relations of the United States, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., p. 456, 1924.

The Times, London, p. 5, February 6, 1913.

Letter, Lt. Roundtree to Isaac Mort, the Hon. Sec. of War, March 16, 1916, in RG59, NA, M613, Roll 4.

Buell Raymond , The Native Problem in Africa, MacMillian Company, New York, II, p. 741, 1928; Letter, James Curtis to the Secretary of State, June 13, 1916, in FR, p. 456, 1916.

Letter, Bundy to the Sec. of State, December 18, 1915, in FR, p. 633, 1915.

Tel., Bundy to the Sec. of State, September 28, 1915, in FR, p. 627, 1915; Tel., Bundy to the Sec. of State, December 1, 1915, in FR, p. 632, 1915.

King C. D. B. , the Secretary of State of Liberia to the American Minister in Liberia, January 8, 1916, in FR, p. 453, 1916.

Washington Post, p. 14, August 3, 1914.

Huberich Charles , Political and Legislative History of Liberia, Central Book Company, Inc., New York, pp. 1176–77, 1947.

Report, Benjamin Brawley to Dr. E. C. Sage, President, New York State Colonialization Society, May 10, 1920, in R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11.

Memorandum, RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 4; R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Reel 309; Washington Post, August 30, 1914, quoted in R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Reel 309.

Washington Post, p. 13, August 30, 1914.

Memorandum, RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 4.

R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11.

Richard and Bank-Henriess Doris , Liberia in the West African Republic, Franklin and Bruns, New York, p. 57, 1950; Villard Henry S. , War Comes to Negro Republic, Travel, 80, p. 32, March 1943.

Letter, C. D. B. King to the Sec. of State, February 3, 1917, in R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11.

Germany's Last Foothold in Africa, The Times, London, p. 6, May 11, 1917; Liberia Declares War on Germany, New York Times, p. 3, August 8, 1917.

West , The Liberian Crisis, p. 9; Liberian Capital Bombarded, The Times, London, p. 8, April 15, 1918.

Submarine off West African Coast, The Times, London, p. 16, May 16, 1917; Liberian Capital Bombarded, The Times, London, p. 8, April 15, 1918; Villard, War Comes to Negro Republic, p. 32; Overs W. H. , Seeking to Make a New Liberia, Current History, pp. 291–92, November 17, 1922.

Henry Litchfield West, Liberia, the Negro Republic, in R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11.

Germany's Newest Enemy, The Literary Digest, p. 1913, June 23, 1917; Joseph Sey Guannu, Liberia and the League of Nations.

Padmore , American Imperialism Enslaves Liberia, p. 13.

Letter, Frank L. Polk, Act. Sec. of State to the Sec. of the Treasury, McAdoo, July 25, 1918, in FR, pp. 533–34, 1918; Liberia and the German Empire, West Africa, p. 518, September 1, 1917; Liberia in the Limelight, West Africa, p. 421, July 21, 1917.

RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 1, File 881/504; Liberia at War, p. 484. After the conclusion of the Agreement, Liberia requested the United States to permit the American Consul at Dakar to undertake for Liberian Government the protection of Liberian laborers while employed. The U. S. willingly consented.

Liberia in the Limelight, West Africa, p. 421, July 21, 1917.

R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11.

Starr Frederick , Liberia After the World War, Journal of Negro History, X, pp. 113–14, April 1925; Great Britain and Liberia: Commerce and Industrial Opportunities, West Africa, p. 424, July 21, 1917.

Liberia Fired on a German Vessel, The Times, London, p. 8, January 18, 1909; German Steamer Fired on by a Gunboat Liberian , The Times, London, p. 8, January 16, 1909; Disturbance in Liberia, The Times, London, p. 5, January 1, 1913.

The Times, London, p. 8, January 18, 1909.

Germany and Liberia, The Times, London, p. 6, January 29, 1909.

Letter, Richard Bundy to the Sec. of State, December 31, 1912, in RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 3, File number 882.00/460; Disturbances in Liberia, The Times, London, p. 5, November 7, 1912.

Tel., Knox to Bundy, January 10, 1913, in FR, p. 664, 1913.

Letter, Bundy to the Sec. of State, December 31, 1912 in RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 3, Rile number 772.00/460; Tel., Bundy to Sec. of State, December 26, 1912, in FR, pp. 662–63, 1913.

Overs W. H. , Seeking to Make a New Liberia, Current History, 17, p. 291, November 1922; Villard, War Comes to the Negro Republic, p. 32.

Polk Frank L. , the Acting Sec. of State to McAdoo, Sec. of the Treasury, July 25, 1918, in FR, p. 534, 1918; Ernest Lyon to H. L. E. Johnson, President of the American Colonization Society, September 21, 1914, in R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11; Frederick Starr, Liberia After the World War, Journal of Negro History, X, pp. 113–14, April 1925.

Henry Litchfield West, Liberia, the Negro Republic, in R. A. C. S., Series 6, Vol. 10, Box 11; U. S. Congress, Senate, Proposed Loan to the Republic of Liberia, Message from the President of the U. S. transmitting a Letter from Sec. of State relative to the Proposed Loan to the Republic of Liberia, Senate Doc. 58, 67th Cong., 1st Sess.

Letter, Bundy to the Sec. of State, September 3, 1915, NA, M613, Roll 4.

U. S. Acting Sec. of State to the Sec. of the Navy, March 8, 1919, in File 9574-Liberia 1916–1925, Box 504, Entry 19. The arms were delivered on April 19, 1919. See RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 1.

Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Liberia, 1910–1929, Record Group 59, National Archives Microfilm Publication 613, Roll 1.

Memorandum, Sec. of the Navy to All Who May Concern, January 10, 1920, File 9574, Liberia 1916–1925, Box 504, Entry 19; Letter, Sec. of the Navy to Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 29, 1919, in Ibid.

Letter, Bundy to Acting Sec. of State, June 9, 1919, in FR, p. 528, 1919.

Bixler Raymond W. , The Foreign Policy of the United States, Pageant Press, New York, p. 38, 1957.

Buell Raymond Leslie , Liberia: A Century of Survival, The University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, p. 31, 1947.

Tel., Amer. Sec. of State, Hughes, to the American Minister in Liberia, Hood , December 26, 1922, in FR, p. 633, 1922.

Chalk Robert Frank , The United States and the International Struggle for Rubber, Photo Distribution, University of Wisconsin, pp. 26–27, 1970.

Azikiwe , Liberia in World Politics, p. 141.

Rubber Farm to Cut Cost of Tires: World's Need for Lower Prices Brings Life to Liberia, Popular Mechanics Magazine, p. 751, May 1926.

The Text is in FR, II, pp. 583–84, 1926.

Joint Resolution Passed by the Liberian Legislature December 7, 1926, Ratifying the Loan Agreement between the Government of Liberia, the Finance Corporation of America, and the National Bank of New York, Art. XII, Section III, p. 583–84.

Sec. of State to the National City Bank of New York, February 25, 1929, in FR, III, 193, p. 445.

United States Works for Liberia: The Frontier Force Trained by U. S. Officers, West Africa, p. 1374, January 24, 1920.

Howard Daniel , Inaugural Address, 1912, RG 59, NA, M613, Roll 7.

The Times, London, p. 16, May 19, 1919; C. D. K. King who was then President-Elect headed the Liberian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.