CONTENTS Page PROMOTION OF PEACE... Arbitration, conciliation, and judicial settlement... General convention of inter-American conciliation.. Armament reduction___. London naval treaty of 1930. International law.... Protocol relating to military obligations in certain cases of double nationality Organization____ Covenant of the League of Nations.. Protocols concerning the amendments to the Covenant adopted Restriction of war... Protocol concerning the prohibition of the use in warfare of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of warfare.. POLITICAL... Treaty of Versailles... HUMANITARIAN_. Establishment__. Treaty of residence and establishment between the United States and Health.... Eighth Conference of the International Union against Tuberculosis__ Liquor... Convention between the United States and Panama modifying the convention for the prevention of smuggling of intoxicating liquors, signed at Washington June 6, 1924.... Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs... Women and children__ International convention for the suppression of traffic in women and iii Page ECONOMIC_ 8 Commerce Treaty of Versailles, article 435, paragraph 2-Interpretation by the Finance... International convention for the suppression of counterfeiting cur- 8 8 12 12 Foreign exchange clearing agreement between Germany and Hun- Trade clearing agreement between Switzerland and Yugoslavia____ Exchange of notes between Germany and the Union of South Africa Labor___ Draft conventions and recommendations adopted by the Sixteenth Navigation..- Arrangements for the reciprocal recognition of load-line certificates between the United States and Italy and Sweden.. Postal... 13 13 14 3334 Postal Union of the Americas and Spain: Agreement relative to money orders____ 15 Parcel post agreement between the United States and Switzerland... Radio_.. PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION Estonia-Russia According to a telegram dated June 18, 1932, from the American Legation at Tallinn, a conciliation convention was signed at Moscow on June 16, 1932, by the representatives of the Estonian and Russian Governments. The convention is said to follow in its important provisions the Franco-Russian conciliation convention. Portugal-Norway The American Minister to Portugal forwarded to the Department of State with a despatch dated May 12, 1932, a copy of the Diario do Governo, of May 9, 1932, Series I, No. 108, which contains the Portuguese instrument of ratification of the treaty of conciliation, judicial settlement, and arbitration between Portugal and Norway, signed at Lisbon July 26, 1930. The ratifications of the treaty were exchanged at Lisbon on November 24, 1931. United States-Italy On June 18, 1932, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the treaty between the United States and Italy signed September 23, 1931, modifying the terms of article 2 of the treaty to advance the cause of general peace, signed May 5, 1914. The President ratified the treaty on June 25, 1932.1 GENERAL TREATY OF INTER-AMERICAN ARBITRATION 2 Nicaragua On June 15, 1932, the Nicaraguan Chargé d'Affaires at Washington deposited with the Department of State the instrument of rati fication by Nicaragua of the general treaty of inter-American arbitration, signed at Washington at the International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration, January 5, 1929. GENERAL CONVENTION OF INTER-AMERICAN CONCILIATION & Nicaragua The American Minister to Nicaragua forwarded to the Department of State with a despatch dated May 23, 1932, a copy of La Gaceta, No. 99, of May 13, 1932, on page 946 of which is published the instrument of ratification by Nicaragua of the general convention of inter-American conciliation, signed at Washington at the International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration, January 5, 1929. Article 16 of the treaty provides that the instruments of ratification shall be deposited in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile and that notice of the ratifications shall be made to the other signatory governments. Notice of the deposit of the instrument of ratification has not been received by this Government. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE A summary of the judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice in the case of the Free Zones of Upper Savoy and the District of Gex, June 7, 1932, is given on page 8. Great Britain ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 By a note dated June 4, 1932, the British Ambassador at Washington, referring to his communication of May 20, 1932, concerning the particulars on completion of H.M.S. Cygnet and Crescent, informed the Secretary of State, that as the figures for standard displacement for these ships are based upon design data, it is possible that they may require some modification when the actual tonnage has been ascertained.1 By a communication dated June 4, 1932, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State, in accordance with 'See Bulletin No. 30, March, 1932, p. 1. 'See Bulletin No. 32, May, 1932, p. 5. the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty, of the particulars on completion of H.M.S. Crusader as follows: Classification: Destroyer Date of laying keel: September 12, 1930 Standard displacement: 1,375 tons (1,397 metric tons) Mean draft at standard displacement: 8 feet, 6 inches The Ambassador also stated that as the figures for standard displacement of this ship are based on design data it is possible that they may require some modification when the actual tonnage has been ascertained. Japan By a note dated June 20, 1932, the Japanese Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the completion of the Sazanami, a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The particulars communicated in accordance with the provisions of article 10(b) of the London naval treaty are given as follows: Classification: Destroyer Date of laying keel: February 21, 1930 Standard displacement: 1,700 tons (1,727 metric tons) Extreme beam: 10.3 meters Mean draft at standard displacement: 2.97 meters Caliber of largest gun: 12.7 centimeters Date of completion: May 19, 1932 INTERNATIONAL LAW PROTOCOL RELATING TO MILITARY OBLIGATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF DOUBLE NATIONALITY 5 On June 18, 1932, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the protocol relating to military obligations in certain cases of double nationality, signed April 12, 1930, at the Conference for the Progressive Codification of International Law, which met at The Hague from March 13 to April 12, 1930. 'See Bulletin No. 29, February, 1932, p. 5. |