Page ECONOMIC.. 12 Aviation. International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts.---. International convention for the suppression of counterfeiting cur- Treaty between the United States and France concerning double 15: Lausanne agreement of July 9, 1932.. 15 Navigation---. Fisheries___. Convention for the regulation of whaling. Labor... Convention for the marking of the weight on heavy packages transported by vessels.. International load line convention.... Treaty for the construction of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Postal... Universal postal convention and subsidiary agreements---. Parcel post convention between the United States and Sweden.... Visa fees.. MISCELLANEOUS.. Claims... 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 Agreement with Sweden for the arbitration of certain claims.... TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS_ Lausanne agreement of July 9, 1932. Treaty for the construction of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway.. RECENT PUBLICATIONS_ 22 28 37 2 22 2 2 2 5 20 20 20 PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION Bulgaria-Spain The American Minister to Bulgaria reported in a despatch dated June 14, 1932, the ratification by Bulgaria of the treaty of conciliation, judicial settlement, and arbitration between Bulgaria and Spain, signed at Sofia June 26, 1931. The treaty was approved by the Bulgarian Parliament April 13, 1932, and was ratified by Decree No. 11, published in the Bulgarian Official Gazette, No. 49, of June 3, 1932. Bulgaria-Norway By a despatch dated June 14, 1932, the American Minister to Bulgaria reported that the treaty of conciliation, judicial settlement, and arbitration, signed November 26, 1931, between Bulgaria and Norway, was approved by the Bulgarian Parliament April 13, 1932, and was ratified by Decree No. 9, published in the Official Gazette, No. 51, of June 6, 1932. Spain-France According to information contained in a despatch dated June 13, 1932, from the American Embassy at Madrid, the Gaceta de Madrid of June 7, 1932, publishes the decree of the Cortes, dated May 31, 1932, approving the treaty of arbitration between Spain and France, signed at Paris June 10, 1929. TREATY TO AVOID OR PREVENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN AMERICAN Nicaragua STATES 1 The American Minister to Nicaragua forwarded to the Department with a despatch dated June 25, 1932, a copy of La Gaceta No. 100, of May 14, 1932, in which is published the instrument of ratification by Nicaragua of the treaty to avoid or prevent conflicts between See Bulletin No. 27, December, 1931, p. 1. American states, signed May 3, 1923, at the Fifth International Conference of American States. The treaty was approved by the Nicaraguan Congress January 11, 1929, and ratified by the President January 10, 1931. The Department has not been informed of the deposit of the instrument of ratification with the Chilean Government as provided for by article 9 of the treaty. GENERAL TREATY OF INTER-AMERICAN ARBITRATION 2 PROTOCOL OF PROGRESSIVE ARBITRATION The Nicaraguan Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington forwarded to the Secretary of State with a note dated July 16, 1932, the instrument of ratification by Nicaragua of the protocol of progressive arbitration signed at Washington January 5, 1929, at the International Conference of Conciliation and Arbitration. The instrument was deposited in the archives of the Department of State on July 18, 1932. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ARTICLE 36 OF THE STATUTE OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Ethiopia The League of Nations has circularized an erratum to C.L.61.1932.V. of April 29, 1932, concerning the taking of effect of the renewal of the declaration of the accession of Ethiopia to the optional clause provided in the protocol of signature concerning the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The letter was quoted on page 3 of Bulletin No. 32, May, 1932. The second paragraph, line 6, should read "as from July 16th, 1931." Great Britain ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 By a note dated July 19, 1932, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the figures previously given for the standard displacement on the completion of H.M.S. Cygnet, Crescent, and Crusader are confirmed." Particulars on completion of H.M.S. Kempenfelt and Comet were also transmitted with the above note and are as follows: H.M.S." Comet" Classification: Destroyer Date of laying keel: September 12, 1930 Standard displacement: 1,375 tons (1,397 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: Caliber of largest gun: 4.7 inches Date of completion: May 31, 1932 H.M.S." Kempenfelt" Japan Classification: Flotilla leader Date of laying keel: October 18, 1930 8 feet, 6 inches Standard displacement: 1,390 tons (1,412 metric tons) Length at water line: 326 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 8 feet, 7 inches By a note dated July 6, 1932, the Japanese Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State, in accordance with the provisions of article 10(b) of the London naval treaty, that the construction of the Takao, a crusier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is now completed. The particulars of the vessel are given as follows: Classification: Cruiser Date of laying keel: April 28, 1927 Standard displacement: 9,850 tons (10,008 metric tons) Extreme beam: 19 meters Mean draft at standard displacement: 5 meters Caliber of largest gun: 20 centimeters Date of completion: May 31, 1932 WASHINGTON NAVAL TREATY OF 1922 The British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated June 22, 1932, of the completion of the flotilla leader constructed by Messrs. Yarrow & Co., Ltd., of Scotstoun, Glasgow, for the Government of Yugoslavia. The particulars at completion of this vessel were communicated as follows in accordance with the provisions of the Washington naval treaty of 1922: Standard displacement: 1,852 tons (1,881.63 metric tons) Mean draft at standard displacement: 9.93 feet INTERNATIONAL LAW PROTOCOL RELATING TO MILITARY OBLIGATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF DOUBLE NATIONALITY 4 United States On July 5, 1932, the President ratified 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. According to the provisions of articles 11 and 12 of the protocol it will enter into force 90 days after the date on which a procèsverbal shall have been drawn up by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations stating that ratifications or accessions of ten members of the League of Nations or nonmember states have been deposited with the Secretariat. According to the information of the Department the states which have to date deposited ratifications of or adherences to the protocol are Brazil and Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not. separate members of the League of Nations. NATIONALITY OF WOMEN The Secretary-General of the League of Nations addressed the following communication to the Secretary of State under date of October 24, 1931, requesting this Government's observations on the general question of nationality of women, and its views regarding the nationality convention which was concluded at the Conference for the Progressive Codification of International Law at The Hague, March-April 1930: SIR, On September 26, 1931, the Assembly of the League of Nations adopted the following resolution concerning the question of the nationality of Women: "The Assembly, "Having examined with the greatest interest the report of the Secretary-General on the question of the nationality of See Bulletin No. 33, June, 1932, p. 3. See Bulletin No. 8, May, 1930, pp. 2 and 21. |