PROMOTION OF PEACE CONTENTS ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT Article 36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International ARMAMENT REDUCTION London naval treaty of 1930. Washington naval treaty of 1922. INTERNATIONAL LAW` Convention and protocols adopted at the Conference for the Codification of International Law, The Hague, 1930. Convention on rights and duties of states MUTUAL GUARANTEES Nonaggression pact between Poland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Nonaggression pact and conciliation convention between Estonia and International agreement relating to statistics of causes of death NATIONALITY Convention on the nationality of women 9 OPIUM AND OTHER Dangerous DrugS Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs. 9 SOCIAL Convention and statute establishing an international relief union. WOMEN AND CHILDREN Convention for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age. 12 ECONOMIC AVIATION Convention relating to the regulation of aerial navigation ECONOMIC-Continued COMMERCE Treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the Foreign trade agreements Committee for Reciprocity Information Page 15 15 17 18 19 19 19 20 21 Agreement to refrain from invoking the obligations of the most- FINANCE International convention for the suppression of counterfeiting currency, and protocol. . . Conventions of the International Conferences for the Unification of Laws on Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Cheques. Certain conventions of the International Labor Conference Amendment to article 393 of the Treaty of Versailles and the corresponding articles of the other treaties of peace NAVIGATION Load line convention between the United States and Canada.. POSTAL Universal postal convention and subsidiary agreements TELECOMMUNICATIONS International telecommunication convention International radio convention. 222 223 24 225 24 25 Convention. on the protection of movable property of historic value. TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS Agreement to refrain from invoking the obligations of the mostfavored-nation clause in respect of certain multilateral conventions. RECENT PUBLICATIONS 28 30 PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION United States-Albania The American Minister to Albania informed the Secretary of State by a despatch dated June 14, 1934, that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs had advised the Legation by a note verbale of June 12, 1934, of the appointment of Mr. Albert Calmes, of Luxemburg, as the nonnational member for Albania on the commission of inquiry provided for by the conciliation treaty between the United States and Albania, signed October 22, 1928. The membership of the commission is as follows: United States commissioners: National: Mr. Allen W. Dulles Nonnational: Señor Victor M. Maúrtua, of Peru National: Mr. Faik Konitza Nonnational: Mr. Albert Calmes, of Luxemburg Señor Manuel Márquez Sterling, of Cuba Denmark-Greece The American Legation at Copenhagen transmitted to the Department of State with a despatch dated June 30, 1934, copies of a treaty of conciliation, arbitration, and judicial settlement between Denmark and Greece, signed April 13, 1933. The treaty, which has been ratified by the Danish Rigsdag, will enter into force upon the exchange of ratifications. Denmark-Venezuela The American Minister to Denmark transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated June 30, 1934, copies of a treaty of arbitration, judicial settlement, and conciliation between Denmark and Venezuela, signed December 19, 1933. The treaty was ratified. by the Danish Rigsdag in May 1934. It will enter into force upon the exchange of ratifications and will remain in force for a period of 10 years. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ARTICLE 36 OF THE STATUTE OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTER- Hungary The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated June 14, 1934, that a declaration renewing the acceptance by the Hungarian Government of the optional clause provided in the protocol of signature of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, Geneva, December 16, 1920, was signed by the Hungarian Delegate to the League of Nations on May 30, 1934. The declaration is quoted below from the translation as furnished by the League of Nations: "On behalf of the Royal Hungarian Government and subject to ratification, I recognise, in relation to any other Member or State accepting the same obligation, that is to say, on condition of reciprocity, the jurisdiction of the Court as compulsory ipso facto and without special convention, in conformity with Article 36, paragraph 2 of the Statute of the Court, for a further period of five years as from August 13, 1934. "Geneva, May 30, 1934. 66 LADISLAS DE TAHY." ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 Great Britain By a note dated June 27, 1934, the British Embassy at Washington informed the Department of State, in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty, of the laying of the keels of His Majesty's ships Narwhal, Sea Wolf, and Penelope. Particulars of these vessels are given as follows: H.M.S. Narwhal Classification: Submarine Date of laying keel: May 29, 1934 Standard displacement: 1,520 tons (1,544 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below waterline: 25 feet 6 inches |