DEPOSITED BY THE Convention between the United States, Great Britain, and Iraq----- Correspondence with the British Government regarding American Treaty between the United States and Greece. International sanitary convention.......... Declaration of quarantine by the Netherlands against the Hawaiian Arrangement between the United States and Belgium providing for the acceptance by each country of certificates of airworthiness for 18 ECONOMIC-Continued. Navigation --- International load line convention.. Postal_ Parcel post convention between the United States and Finland....... Postal Union of the Americas and Spain. Spanish-American postal convention... Radio. International radio convention.. Statistics.... International convention relating to economic statistics. MISCELLANEOUS Claims... United States and Mexico: Commissions.. Consular... Convention on consular agents. Expositions... International convention relating to international exhibitions.. TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS. Trade agreements signed at the Imperial Economic Conference, United Kingdom-Australia.. United Kingdom-Union of South Africa_ United Kingdom-New Zealand-- RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 25 25 United States PROMOTION OF PEACE ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 By a letter dated November 10, 1932, the Secretary of the Navy, in conformity with article 10 of the London naval treaty, informed the Secretary of State of the completion of the U.S.S. Dolphin on October 14, 1932. The particulars with respect to this vessel are given as follows: Classification: Submarine Standard displacement: 1,540 tons (1,565 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 27 feet 10 inches By a letter dated November 25, 1932, the Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State, in accordance with the terms of article 10 of the London naval treaty, of the completion on November 14, 1932, of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. The particulars with respect to this vessel are given as follows: Classification: Cruiser Standard displacement: 9,950 tons (10,109 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 66 feet 1 inch Mean draft at standard displacement: 17 feet 4 inches The information in regard to the two vessels has been furnished to the governments signatory to the treaty, namely, Australia, Canada, France, Great Britain, India, Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa. INTERNATIONAL LAW PROTOCOLS ADOPTED AT THE CONFERENCE FOR THE CODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE HAGUE, 1930 1 India By a communication dated October 12, 1932, the Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations informed the Secretary 1 See Bulletins No. 29, February, 1932, p. 5, and No. 35, August, 1932, p. 4. of State of the deposit on September 28, 1932, of the instrument of ratification by Great Britain, in respect of India, of the following protocols signed at The Hague on April 12, 1930: 1. Protocol relating to military obligations in certain cases of double nationality; 2. Protocol relating to a certain case of statelessness; 3. Special protocol concerning statelessness. The ratification is subject to the declarations relating to the Indian States made by the representative of India at the time of signature under articles 15, 13, and 13, respectively, of the three protocols. In accordance with the provisions of these protocols, the ratification will become effective 90 days after the date on which a procès-verbal shall have been drawn up by the Secretary-General stating that ratifications or accessions of ten members of the League of Nations or nonmember states have been deposited with the Secretariat. MUTUAL GUARANTEES NONAGGRESSION PACT AND CONCILIATION CONVENTION BETWEEN POLAND AND RUSSIA 2 By a telegram dated November 28, 1932, the American Embassy at Warsaw reported that the nonaggression pact between Poland and Russia signed at Moscow July 25, 1932, and the conciliation convention between those countries, had been ratified by the President of Poland on November 27, 1932, and that the exchange of ratifications. was expected to take place within 30 days. RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF War The Netherlands In compliance with article 85 of the convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, signed at Geneva July 27, 1929, the Swiss Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated November 11, 1932, a copy of the official Dutch translation of this convention." 2 See Bulletin No. 35, August, 1932, p. 5. "See Bulletin No. 37, October, 1932, p. 5. POLITICAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND IRAQ CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REGARDING AMERICAN INTERESTS IN IRAQ On October 11, 1932, the British Government transmitted to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, with a request that they be communicated to the Permanent Mandates Commission, copies of the correspondence which has recently been exchanged between the American and British Governments with regard to the right of the United States to be consulted with respect to the conditions under which Iraq is to be administered upon the termination of the mandatory régime in that territory. It is understood that this correspondence was laid before the Permanent Mandates Commission at its session opening on November 3, 1932. The correspondence in question is as follows: Letter of March 1, 1932, from the First Secretary of the American Embassy at London to an Official of the Eastern Department of the British Foreign Office As I told you today in our conversation, the Department of State is of the opinion that although by the terms of Article 6 of the Tri-partite Convention of January 9, 1930, between the United States, Great Britain and Iraq, the United States waived its right with respect to consultation regarding the termination of the "special relations" between Great Britain and Iraq, it nevertheless retains the right to demand consultation with respect to the conditions under which Iraq is to be administered upon the cessation of the mandatory relationship. Since the termination of a régime in a mandated territory necessarily involves the "disposition" of the territory and affects the interests of American nationals therein, the right of the United States to be consulted with respect to the conditions under which the territory is subsequently to be administered is on precisely the same basis as its right to be consulted with regard to the establishment of a mandatory régime. 1On Oct. 3, 1932, Iraq became a member of the League of Nations. Great Britain's mandate terminated on that date. See Bulletin No. 37, October, 1932, p. 5. |