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MUTUAL GUARANTEES

NONAGGRESSION PACT BETWEEN LATVIA AND RUSSIA 5

The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Riga reported by a despatch dated April 13, 1934, that the Latvian Minister at Moscow signed on April 4, 1934, an agreement extending the duration of the nonaggression pact of February 5, 1932, between Latvia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. By the terms of this agreement the nonaggression pact will remain in effect until December 31, 1945.

Turkey

CONVENTIONS DEFINING AGGRESSION

The American Legation at Riga reported to the Department by a despatch dated April 13, 1934, that the Moscow Pravda, no. 82, March 24, 1934, published a statement to the effect that the instruments of ratification by Turkey of the conventions defining aggression signed at London July 3 and 4, 1933, were deposited at Moscow on March 23, 1934. This completes the deposit of ratifications by all the countries signatory to the two conventions, which have now become effective between all of their signatories.

Brazil

RENUNCIATION OF WAR

TREATY FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF WAR 7

The Brazilian Ambassador at Washington deposited with the Department of State on May 10, 1934, the definitive instrument of adherence of Brazil to the treaty for the renunciation of war, signed at Paris August 27, 1928. Brazil is thus the 63d state to become a party to this treaty and the first of the American states to adhere under the resolution of the Seventh International Conference of American States concerning adherence to and ratification of peace instruments.

RESTRICTION OF WAR

CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND THE SICK OF ARMIES IN THE FIELD-CONVENTION RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR 8

Germany

The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Berlin informed the Secretary of State by a despatch dated May 2, 1934, that an

'See Bulletin No. 35, August 1932, p. 4.

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announcement was published in the Reichsgesetzblatt, part II, no. 21. of April 30, 1934, of the deposit on February 21, 1934, of the ratifications by Germany of the convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and the sick of armies in the field and the convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, both of which were signed at Geneva July 27, 1929. The ratifications will become effective 6 months from the date of the deposit, namely, August 21, 1934.

PROTOCOL CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE IN Warfare of ASPHYXIATING, POISONOUS, OR OTHER GASES, AND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL METHODS OF WARFARE 9

Bulgaria

The Counselor of the American Embassy at Paris transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated May 2, 1934, a certified copy of the procès-verbal of deposit of the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria 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 instrument of ratification, which was deposited March 7, 1934, was subject to the reservation that Bulgaria is bound by the protocol only toward those states which have signed and ratified the protocol or have adhered thereto and that it will cease to be bound by the protocol toward any power at enmity with it whose armed forces, or the armed forces of whose allies, do not respect the protocol.

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POLITICAL

ALLIANCE

TREATY BETWEEN LATVIA AND ESTONIA FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF AN ALLIANCE

The American Legation at Riga transmitted to the Department of State with a despatch dated April 12, 1934, a copy with translation of a treaty between Latvia and Estonia for the organization of an alliance, which was signed at Riga on February 17, 1934.

The treaty provides for periodic conference between the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the two countries for the purpose of coordinating the policies of the two countries on international questions of common interest. A permanent council is to be established to coordinate the legislation of the two countries, and in case of need a special commission is to be established to deal with economic matters. Representation at international conferences by a common mixed delegation or by the delegation or the delegate of one of the two countries is provided for. Both parties agree to coordinate the work of their diplomatic and consular representatives abroad to the greatest extent possible. It is stipulated that third states may become contracting parties to the treaty. The treaty will enter into force on the exchange of ratifications and will remain in force for the same length of time and on the same conditions as the treaty for a defensive alliance between Estonia and Latvia, signed at Tallinn November 1, 1923. The treaty for a defensive alliance, which entered into effect on February 21, 1924, provides that it remain in effect for a period of 10 years from the date of the exchange of ratifications, and that at the expiration of the 10-year period either party may denounce the treaty by giving notice one year in advance.

AMITY

TREATY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA

On May 29, 1934, the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, signed with Señor Dr. Manuel Márquez Sterling, Cuban Ambassador at Washington, a treaty of relations between the United States and Cuba.

The new treaty will abrogate the treaty of relations concluded between the United States and Cuba on May 22, 1903,1 embracing the Platt Amendment, which was an act of Congress of the United States approved March 2, 1901. It perpetuates all acts effected in Cuba by the United States during its military occupation of the island up to the establishment of the Republic of Cuba, including the rights legally acquired by virtue of those acts, and likewise continues in effect the stipulations in agreements signed on behalf of the United States and Cuba on February 16/23, 1903,2 and July 2, 1903,3 under which the naval station of the United States was established and maintained at Guantánamo. The treaty will enter into force on the date of the exchange of ratifications.

On May 31, 1934, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the treaty without amendment. The text of the treaty is printed in the section of this Bulletin entitled "Texts of Treaties and Agreements ".

FRIENDLY RELATIONS

TREATY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN FRATERNITY

On April 12, 1934, the delegates attending the Central American Conference of 1934, which met at Guatemala, signed a treaty of Central American fraternity. A translation of the text of the treaty is printed in the section of this Bulletin entitled "Texts of Treaties and Agreements ".

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HUMANITARIAN

EDUCATION

CONVENTION FOR FACILITATING THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF FILMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER 1

The Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State with a circular letter dated May 3, 1934, a certified copy of the convention for facilitating the international circulation of films of an educational character, bearing all the sig natures affixed up to April 11, 1934. The convention was opened for signature at Geneva on October 11, 1933, and remained open until April 11, 1934. In addition to the original signatories, which were listed on page 5 of Bulletin No. 50, for November 1933, the following countries signed the convention: United States of America, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, France, Hungary, Latvia, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Rumania, and Sweden.

Articles XVII and XVIII of the convention provide that the Secretary General of the League of Nations will draw up a procèsverbal when ratifications or accession of five states have been received. Ninety days after the date of the procès-verbal the convention will be registered by the Secretary General and it will enter into force on that date. Subsequent ratifications or accessions will enter into force 90 days after the date of the deposit of such instrument with the League of Nations.

Switzerland

By a circular letter dated May 4, 1934, the Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Switzerland of the convention for facilitating the international circulation of films of an educational character, signed at Geneva October 11, 1933, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 20, 1934.

See Bulletin No. 55, April 1934, p. 5.

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