JAPAN. Copyright convention.

Signed at Tokyo November 10, 1905; ratifications exchanged May 10, 1906; proclaimed May 17, 1906.

Effective May 10, 1906.

34 Stat. (pt. 3), 2890. Treaty Series, No. 450.

Malloy, Treaties, I, 1037.

SPAIN. -Arrangement effected by exchange of notes relative to copyright. Signed at Washington July 6 and 15, 1895.

Effective July 10, 1895.

Treaty Series, No. 342-A.

SPAIN. Exchange of notes restoring copyright arrangement.

Signed at Madrid January 29, 1902, November 18 and 26, 1902. Effective November 26, 1902.

Treaty Series, No. 474.

Malloy, Treaties, II, 1710.

By an act to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright, approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat., pt. 1, 1075), copyright privileges may be extended to nationals of another country (ibid., 1077, sec. 8 b):

When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto.

In accordance with this law, the President has, by proclamation, announced reciprocal copyright relations between the United States and the countries listed in the following table. With the countries are given in each case the date of the proclamation, the reference to its publication in the Statutes at Large, and the date of any earlier proclamation under which cases arising prior to the given proclamation date would be governed.

CUSTOMS

MULTILATERAL TREATIES

Convention for the formation of an international union for the publier tion of customs tariffs, regulations and final declarations. Signed at Brussels July 5, 1890; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of Belgium in 1891;1 proclaimed by the President of the United States December 17, 1890.

Effective April 1, 1891.

The countries in respect of which the convention is now in force as a result of ratification or adherence are the United States of Amer ca, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgian Congo, Belgium. Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombit, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Newfoundland. New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Persia, Pera, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland Turkey, Union of South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. 26 Stat., 1518.

Treaty Series, No. 384.

Malloy, Treaties, II, 1996.

Convention for the publicity of customs documents. (Fifth International Conference of American States.)

Signed at Santiago May 3, 1923; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of Chile May 30, 1924; pr claimed by the President of the United States January 12, 1927 Effective July 10, 1925.

The countries in respect of which the convention is now in force as a result of ratification are the United States of America, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, and Uruguay.

44 Stat. (pt. 3), 2547.

Treaty Series, No. 753.

33 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 11.

Convention for uniformity of nomenclature for classification of merchan dise. (Fifth International Conference of American States.) Signed at Santiago May 3, 1923; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of Chile May 30, 1924; proclaimed by the President of the United States January 12, 1927. Effective October 8, 1924.

The exact date does not appear in the Department's record, but seems to have been between Feb. 12 and Apr. 3.

The countries in respect of which the convention is now in force as a result of ratification are the United States of America, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, and Uruguay.

Treaty Series, No. 754.

33 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 81.

BILATERAL TREATIES

CANADA.-Convention to suppress smuggling.

Signed at Washington June 6, 1924; ratifications exchanged July 17, 1925; proclaimed July 17, 1925.

Effective July 27, 1925.

44 Stat. (pt. 3), 2097. Treaty Series, No. 718.

43 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 225.

CUBA.-Convention to suppress smuggling.

Signed at Habana March 11, 1926; ratifications exchanged June 18, 1926; proclaimed June 19, 1926.

Effective June 28, 1926.

44 Stat. (pt. 3), 2402.

Treaty Series, No. 739.

61 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 383.

FINANCE

MULTILATERAL TREATY

International convention and protocol for the suppression of counterfeiting currency.

[Signed by, but not in force as to, the United States.]

Signed at Geneva April 20, 1929; on behalf of the United States July 20, 1929.

The countries in respect of which the convention is now in force as a result of ratification or adherence are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and Yugoslavia. Treaty Information, Bulletin No. 18, March, 1931, p. 50. 112 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 371.

BILATERAL TREATIES

(a) Special Assistance

LIBERIA.-Financial agreement for the reorganization and rehabilitation of the Government of Liberia.

Signed at Washington October 28, 1921.

Effective "on the day on which the so-called financial plan becomes effective." (Art. XIII.)

Treaty Series, No. 195-A (not printed).

(b) Debt-Funding Agreements

The World War Foreign Debt Commission was created under act of February 9, 1922 (42 Stat., pt. 1, 363), by virtue of which and the act of February 28, 1923 (42 Stat., pt. 1, 1325), it proceeded to negotiate funding agreements with other countries. Agreements signed after its expiration with Austria, Germany, and Greece were authorized by acts of February 4, 1929 (45 Stat., pt. 1, 1149), June 5, 1930 (46 Stat., pt. 1, 500), and February 14, 1929 (45 Stat., pt. 1, 1176). Moratorium agreements were authorized by Public Resolution No. 5, 72d Congress, approved December 23, 1931.

AUSTRIA.-Debt agreement.

Signed at Washington May 8, 1930.
Effective as of January 1, 1929.

Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the United States of America (published by the Treasury Department, 1930).

BELGIUM.-Debt-funding agreement.

Signed at Washington August 18, 1925.

Effective as of June 15, 1925.

Combined Annual Reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission (1927), p. 171.

BELGIUM.-Moratorium agreement.

Signed at Washington June 10, 1932.

Effective as of July 1, 1931.

Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the United States of America (published by the Treasury Department, 1932).

CZECHOSLOVAKIA.-Debt-funding agreement.

Signed at Washington October 13, 1925.

Approved by Congress May 3, 1926; not yet ratified by Czechoslovak Government. Payments are, however, being made.

Combined Annual Reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission (1927), p. 195.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA.-Moratorium agreement.

Signed at Washington June 10, 1932.
Effective as of July 1, 1931.

Agreement between the Czechoslovak Republic and the United States of America (published by the Treasury Department, 1932).

ESTONIA.-Debt-funding agreement.

Signed at Washington October 28, 1925.

Effective as of December 15, 1922.

Combined Annual Reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission (1927), p. 208.