By a note dated August 17, 1932, the Canadian Legation informed the Secretary of State that the standard displacement figures as furnished above should be modified to read as follows: Standard displacement: 1,337 tons (1,359 metric tons). Great Britain. By a note dated August 9, 1932, the British Embassy at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the particulars on completion of H. M. S. Acheron in regard to the standard displacement of the vessel have been found by experiment to be 1,350 tons, or 1,372 metric tons. The particulars on completion of the vessel were notified to this Government by a note dated November 10, 1931, and were published in Bulletin No. 26, November, 1931, page 4. Japan. The Japanese Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated August 1, 1932, of the completion of the construction of the Maya, a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The particulars of the vessel are given as follows: Date of laying keel: December 4, 1928. Classification: Cruiser. 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: June 30, 1932. By a note dated August 1, 1932, the Japanese Ambassador informed the Secretary of State of the completion of the Chokai, a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The particulars of the vessel are as follows: Date of laying keel: March 26, 1928. 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: June 30, 1932. INTERNATIONAL LAW PROTOCOL RELATING TO MILITARY OBLIGATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF DOUBLE NATIONALITY 6 United States. The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Berne informed the Secretary of State by a despatch dated August 10, 1932, that the instrument of ratification by the United States of the protocol relating to military obligations in certain cases of double nationality, signed at The Hague April 12, 1930, was deposited with the Secretariat of the League of Nations on August 3, 1932. MUTUAL GUARANTEES NON AGGRESSION PACT AND CONCILIATION CONVENTION BETWEEN LATVIA AND RUSSIA 7 A translation of a resolution dated July 11, 1932, as published in the Moscow Izvestiya, No. 193, July 14, 1932, reads as follows: RESOLUTION OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE USSR REGARDING THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE USSE AND LATVIA ON FEBRUARY 5, 1932, AND THE CONVENTION REGARDING CONCILIATORY PROCEDURE, CONCLUDED ON JUNE 18, 1932, BETWEEN THE USSR AND LATVIA The Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the U. S. S. R. resolves: To ratify the treaty concluded between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Latvia in Riga on February 5, 1932, and the convention regarding conciliatory procedure, concluded between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Latvia in Riga on June 18, 1932. President of the Central Moscow, KREMLIN, July 11, 1932. The American Minister to Latvia informed the Secretary of State by a despatch dated July 29, 1932, that the exchange of ratifications of the nonaggression pact and the conciliation convention between Latvia and Russia, signed February 5 and June 18, 1932, respectively, took place in Moscow on July 28, 1932. 6 See Bulletin No. 34, July, 1932, p. 4. 7 See ibid., p. 8. TREATY OF NONAGGRESSION BETWEEN POLAND AND RUSSIA The American Embassy at Warsaw reported by a despatch dated August 10, 1932, the signing in Moscow on July 25, 1932, of a treaty of nonaggression between Poland and Russia. RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED OF ARMIES IN THE FIELD AND CONVENTION RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR 8 Denmark-Mexico. The Swiss Minister at Washington forwarded to the Secretary of State with two notes dated August 19, 1932, certified copies of the procès-verbaux of the deposit of the instruments of ratification by Denmark and Mexico on August 5 and August 1, 1932, respectively, of the convention for the amelioration of the condition of the sick and wounded of armies in the field and the convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, signed at Geneva July 27, 1929. The conventions will enter into force for the two countries six months after the date of the deposit of the instruments of ratification in accordance with the terms of articles 33 and 92, respectively, of the conventions. Sweden. In compliance with article 859 of the convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, of July 27, 1929, the Swiss Minister at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated August 6, 1932, a copy of the official Swedish translation of this convention. When transmitting this document to the Swiss Federal Council the Legation of Sweden at Berne made the observation that the adoption of laws or regulations is not considered necessary to assure the application in Sweden of the convention. "Art. 85 reads: "The High Contracting Parties shall communicate to one another, through the Swiss Federal Council, the official translations of the present Convention, as well as of the laws and regulations which they may come to adopt to assure the application of the present Convention." 138937-322 PROTOCOL CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE IN WARFARE OF ASPHYXIATING, POISONOUS, OR OTHER GASES, AND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL METHODS OF WARFARE 10 Switzerland. The American Ambassador to France forwarded to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated July 29, 1932, a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of the ratification by Switzerland of the protocol concerning the prohibition of the use in warfare of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of warfare, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925. The deposit took place on July 12, 1932. CONVENTION FOR THE EXEMPTION IN TIME OF WAR OF HOSPITAL SHIPS FROM THE PAYMENT OF DUES AND TAXES Turkey. By a note dated July 29, 1932, the Netherland Minister at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the adherence of Turkey to the convention for the exemption in time of war of hospital ships from the payment of dues and taxes imposed for the benefit of the state, signed at The Hague December 21, 1904. The notification of the adherence, made in accordance with the terms of article 100 of the treaty of Lausanne of July 24, 1923, was addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at The Hague under date of June 8, 1932. According to the information of the Department, the parties to the convention are the United States of America, Austria, Belgium, China, Danzig, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Persia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey. 10 See Bulletin No. 33, June, 1932, p. 4. POLITICAL INTERNATIONAL WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO1 By the act of July 1, 1932, making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, the Congress abolished the American Section of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico, effective July 1, 1932. At the same time it was stipulated that the powers, duties, and functions of the American Section of the International Water Commission should be exercised by the American Section of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico. The change, therefore, entails no curtailment in fact of the functions of the former American Section of the International Water Commission, and no change in responsibility. Mr. L. M. Lawson, the American Commissioner on the International Boundary Commission, was likewise American Commissioner on the former International Water Commission. 'See Bulletin No. 1, October, 1929, p. 12. 7 |