UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Page 1 1 Arbitration, conciliation, and judicial settlement. Treaty to avoid or prevent conflicts between American states.. Bilateral treaties of arbitration and conciliation__ Permanent Court of International Justice.__. Acceptance of reservations made by Cuba when ratifying the protocol of revision of the Statute... Article 36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the sick and wounded of armies in the field and convention relating to the Protocol concerning the prohibition of the use in warfare of asphyxiat- ing, poisonous, or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of International convention and protocol concerning economic statistics. Acceptance of reservations made by Great Britain in respect of the PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL TREATY TO AVOID OR PREVENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN AMERICAN STATES Honduras On July 8, 1931, the Ambassador of Chile informed the Secretary of State that on April 30, 1931, there was deposited in the Chilean Ministry of State the instrument of ratification by the Government of Honduras of the treaty to avoid or prevent conflicts between American states, signed May 3, 1923, at the Fifth International Conference of American States. According to the information in the Department of State the following countries are parties to the treaty: Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION The Swiss Federal Assembly on June 15, 1931, approved the treaty of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Switzerland, signed at Washington February 16, 1931.1 ACCEPTANCE OF RESERVATIONS MADE BY CUBA WHEN RATIFYING THE PROTOCOL OF REVISION OF THE STATUTE Denmark By a letter dated June 20, 1931, the Legal Adviser of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State of the reply which he had received from the Danish Government under date of May 30, 1931, concerning the reservations made by Cuba when ratifying the protocol of revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The text of the note as it appears in the official translation by the League of Nations follows: In your letter C.L.4.1931.V., of January 22 last you asked the Danish Government to state whether it agreed to the reservations 'See Bulletin No. 17, February, 1931, p. 2. formulated by the Republic of Cuba as regards ratification of the protocol concerning the revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, signed at Geneva on September 14, 1929. In reply I have the honour, acting on instructions received from my Government, to inform you that, as the conditions laid down in article 4 of the aforesaid protocol for the entry into force of that instrument on September 1, 1930, have not been fulfilled, the Danish Government considers that the article in question is no longer of practical interest. The scope and significance of the Cuban Government's reservation regarding article 23 are not clear to my Government. ARTICLE 36 OF THE STATUTE OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL Italy JUSTICE By a despatch dated July 16, 1931, the American Ambassador to Italy reported that the Gazzetta Ufficiale of June 24, 1931, published Law No. 743 of June 1, 1931, approving the acceptance by Italy of the optional clause contained in article 36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The following is a translation from the Gazzetta Ufficiale of the declaration formulated by Italy for the acceptance of the optional provision prescribed in the protocol of signature relating to the Permanent Court of International Justice: The Government of Italy declares that it recognizes as obligatory, ipso facto, with regard to any other member or state accepting the same obligation, and for the period of five years, subject to any means of solution prescribed by a special convention, and in case a solution should not be reached through diplomatic means or possibly through the action of the Council of the League of Nations, the jurisdiction of the Court over the following categories of controversies of a legal nature, which might occur after the ratification of this declaration, the object of which is: (a) Interpretation of a treaty; (b) Any point of international law; (c) The reality of any fact which, were it established, would Rumania By a communication dated June 30, 1931, the Acting Legal Adviser of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by His Majesty the King of Rumania of the declaration of accession by Rumania to the optional clause provided for in the protocol of signature of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, was deposited with the Secretariat on June 9, 1931. ARMAMENT REDUCTION FIRST GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION AND REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS On June 13, 1931, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations addressed the following letter to the Secretary of State: SIR: With reference to my letter of February 17th, 1931,2 C.L.13 (13a) 1931.IX., I have the honour to inform you that, at its meeting on May 22nd, the Council of the League of Nations adopted a resolution which included the following passage: (b) to invite to the General Disarmament Conference, convened at Geneva for February 2nd. 1932, the Government of the States Members of the League and those of the following States non-Members:-Afghanistan, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Mexico, Turkey, Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and the United States of America. In pursuance of this resolution, I have the honour to invite your Government to send representatives to the General Disarmament Conference and to request you to inform me, at your early convenience, of the composition of the delegation which you appoint for this purpose. You will find enclosed extracts of the Minutes of the 3rd, 4th and 5th meetings of the last session of the Council, at which questions relative to the preparation and organisation of the Conference were discussed. Certain documents (C.201 and C.201a.1931.IX) referring to the facilities offered by the City of Geneva for the organisation of the Conference, together with a schedule (c.201a. Annex) of the prices to be charged by the hotel proprietors during this Conference, will be sent you under separate cover. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant. ERIC DRUMMOND The Acting Secretary of State on July 8, 1931, acknowledged the receipt of the note of the Secretary-General as follows: The Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America has received the note of the Secretary-General of the League of Nations dated June 13, 1931, in which, pursuant to a resolution of the Council adopted on May 22, he extended an invitation to the American Government to participate in the General Disarmament Conference to be convened at Geneva on February 2, 1932. |