convention signed at London July 5, 1930, to be effective for Curaçao and the Netherland Indies as from January 1, 1933. Spain The American Ambassador to Spain forwarded to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated January 3, 1933, a translation of an order published in the Gaceta de Madrid of December 27, 1932. granting a period of grace of three months, from January 1 to April 1, 1933, for putting into effect in Spain certain provisions of the international load line convention signed at London July 5, 1930. The order is quoted from the translation as follows: EXCELLENCY: In order that the merchant vessels included in the dispositions of the International Load Line Convention, which will enter into force on January 1, 1933, may be in a position to avoid any inconveniences, The Government of the Republic has been pleased to dispose the following: 1. To grant a period of grace of three months, namely, from January 1, 1933, to April 1st of the same year, for the fulfilment of the provision of part two of the instructions for putting into effect in Spain the above mentioned Convention, published in the D.O. (Diario Oficial) No. 297 of December 17, 1932, it being understood that during this period national vessels, which for any special justifiable reasons have been unable to obtain certificates of the Convention, shall be able to produce the present load line certificates. 2. Vessels belonging to all other contracting parties for which the Agreement shall enter into force on January 1, 1933, visiting Spanish ports during the three months referred to in the preceding paragraph and which have been unable to obtain certificates of the Convention, may produce the load line certificates actually existing in force. Madrid, December 22, 1932. United States By direction: The international load line convention was proclaimed by the President of the United States of America on January 5, 1933. It will shortly be printed as Treaty Series, No 858. TREATY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE DEEP WATERWAY The following is an exchange of notes between the Secretary of State and the Canadian Minister at Washington concerning the effect of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway on the diversion of water for power purposes through the Massena Canal and Grass River: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 13, 1933. THE HONORABLE WILLIAM DUNCAN HERRIDGE, K.C., D.S.O., Minister of the Dominion of Canada. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that during the senatorial inquiry into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty, signed July 18, 1932, a suggestion has been made that an indirect effect of the terms of the treaty might be to commit this Government or the State of New York or other authorities concerned, if any, to the continuance of the diversion for the private power installation now using the Massena Canal and the Grass River. The suggestion is based on the circumstance that the reports of the Joint Board of Engineers in outlining the general engineering project which is adopted as a basis for the treaty include an estimate for the continuance of diversion facilities at the present location of the Massena Canal intake. I do not agree that any such consequence arises from the terms of the treaty, and I am confident that the Canadian Government, like our own, has no desire or intention that the treaty should even remotely produce such consequences. This Government believes that the treaty does not, and desires that it should not in any respect, fix the policy to be pursued within the United States in regard to the recognition of or maintenance of the diversion referred to above, and is confident that the Treaty does not operate to limit the freedom of the United States to deal with this diversion as a domestic question involving only the use of this Government's share of the flow of the river. In order, however, to remove all doubt as to the purpose and effect of the treaty, I request the Government of Canada to state whether it will join this Government in a statement of the following principles: 1. The effect of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty, signed at Washington, July 18th, 1932, is not in any respect to recognize, confirm, or establish any rights or claims of any person or corporation in respect to the diversion. of water for power purposes through the Massena Canal and Grass River, or to limit the freedom of the United States or the State of New York, or other competent authority to treat the question of the continuance, control, or elimination of such diversion as a domestic question. 2. The Canadian Government does hereby, and will, upon request, formally consent to the modification or elimination of the works provided for in the Report of the Joint Board of Engineers in connection with the said diversion through the Massena Canal. 3. The Canadian Government recognizes that the competent authorities in the United States are free to eliminate the diversion of water for power purposes through the Massena Canal and Grass River, and to use the water so released through the main river works in conformity with the provisions of Article IV of the said Treaty. Accept [etc.] HENRY L. STIMSON CANADIAN LEGATION, Washington, January 13th, 1933. THE HONORABLE HENRY L. STIMSON, SIR: I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of January 13th, 1933, relating to the effect of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty upon the diversion of the waters of the St. Lawrence River at Massena. My Government shares the views of the United States Government that it was not the purpose of the Treaty to fix, in any respect, the policy to be pursued in regard to the maintenance of such diversion. It is the view of the Canadian Government that the continuance or discontinuance of that diversion is a purely domestic matter for determination by competent authorities in the United States. The Canadian Government, therefore, joins with the United States Government in a declaration of the following principles: 1. The effect of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway Treaty, signed at Washington July 18th, 1932, is not, in any respect, to recognize, confirm, or establish any rights or claims of any person or corporation, in respect to the diversion of water for power purposes through the Massena Canal and Grass River. or to limit the freedom of the United States or the State of New York, or other competent authority, to treat the question of the continuance, control or elimination of such diversion as a domestic question; 2. The Canadian Government does hereby and will, upon request, formally consent to the modification or elimination of the works provided for in the report of the Joint Board of Engineers, in connection with the said diversion through the Massena Canal; 3. The Canadian Government recognizes that the competent authorities in the United States are free to eliminate the diversion of water for power purposes through the Massena Canal and Grass River, and to use the water so released through the main river works in conformity with the provisions of Article IV of the said Treaty. I have [etc.] W. D. HERRIDGE POSTAL Mexico POSTAL UNION OF THE AMERICAS AND SPAIN 10 The American Ambassador to Mexico transmitted to the Department of State with a despatch dated January 20, 1933, a translation of a presidential decree promulgating on the part of the Mexican 10 See Bulletin No. 39, December, 1932, p. 15. Government the convention, final protocol, regulations of the execution of the convention, the provisions relating to the transportation of correspondence by air, the agreement relating to money orders, the final protocol of the convention, and the reservations which the Mexican Government made to the convention, all of which were signed at the Conference of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain at Madrid, November 10, 1931. UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION AND SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS El Salvador By a note dated January 19, 1933, the Swiss Chargé d'Affaires ad interim informed the Secretary of State that by a communication of November 24, 1932, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of El Salvador notified the Swiss Federal Council of the adherence of his Government to the arrangement on postal money orders, signed at London June 28, 1929, at the Ninth Universal Postal Congress. The adherence became effective as from December 29, 1932. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND DENMARK A parcel post agreement between the United States and Denmark was signed at Copenhagen on December 9, 1932, and at Washington on December 28, 1932. This agreement replaces and abrogates that signed between the two countries on April 28 and June 8, 1922. The agreement was approved and ratified by the President on January 9, 1933. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 11 Australia By a note dated January 26, 1933, the Swiss Chargé d'Affaires ad interim informed the Secretary of State that the British Legation at Berne gave notice to the Swiss Federal Council on December 29, 1932, of the adherence of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to the convention of March 20, 1883, revised at the Hague November 6, 1925, for the protection of industrial property. The note also states that in compliance with article 16 bis of the convention, Australia adheres to the convention in respect of Papua and the New Guinea territory under mandate. In conformity with "See Bulletin No. 28, January, 1932, p. 20. article 16 of the convention, these adherences will become effective on February 12, 1933. ARRANGEMENT CONCERNING THE SUPPRESSION OF FALSE INDICATIONS OF ORIGIN 12 New Zealand By a note dated December 29, 1932, the Swiss Chargé d'Affaires ad interim informed the Secretary of State that the British Legation at Berne notified the Swiss Federal Council on November 25, 1932, of the adherence of New Zealand to the arrangement concern ing the suppression of false indications of origin, signed at Madrid April 14, 1891, and revised at The Hague November 6, 1925. The adherence is effective as of January 10, 1933. STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO ECONOMIC STATISTICS RESERVATIONS MADE BY THE NETHERLANDS IN RESPECT OF THE NETHER Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Rumania; Switzerland According to communications dated December 14 and 29, 1932, and January 3, 1933, from the League of Nations, the Governments of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Rumania, and Switzerland have notified the Secretary-General that they have no objection to the reservations which the Netherland Government desires to make to render applicable to the Netherland Indies the international convention rerelating to economic statistics, of December 14, 1928. Panama TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL RADIO CONVENTION On January 20, 1933, the Panamanian Minister at Washington deposited with the Department of State the instrument of ratification by Panama of the international radio convention signed at Washington November 25, 1927. |