CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 2 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics By a note dated October 17, 1934, the Polish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by the Central Executive Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international transportation by air, and protocol, signed at Warsaw October 12, 1929, was deposited with the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs on August 20, 1934. COMMERCE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND CONSULAR RIGHTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY 3 The German Ambassador at Washington handed to the Under Secretary of State on October 13, 1934, an aide-mémoire regarding the treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the United States and Germany, signed December 8, 1923. A translation of the aide-mémoire follows: "The German Embassy has the honor, pursuant to instructions from its Government, in conformity with article 31, paragraph 2, of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the United States and Germany of October 14, 1925, to inform the Department of State that the German Government intends to bring about changes in the provisions of article 7 of the aforementioned treaty. As has already been repeatedly stated to the Government of the United States, Germany is ready at any time to engage in negotiations concerning the future shaping of German-American commercial relations." The Acting Secretary of State acknowledged the aide-mémoire on October 19, 1934, as follows: "The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the German Ambassador and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Embassy's communication of October 13, 1934, giving notice of the intention of the German Government to bring about changes in the provisions of Article VII of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights, between the United States and Germany of October 14, 1925. "Due note has been taken of the notice thus given by the German Government and of the statement that Germany is ready at any time 2 See Bulletin No. 59, August 1934, p. 7. See Treaty Series, No. 725. Date of exchange of ratifications, and of proclamation by the President of the United States; effective date of the treaty. to engage in negotiations concerning the future shaping of GermanAmerican commercial relations." FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS 5 PUBLIC NOTICES AND PRESENTATION OF VIEWS IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS Switzerland Notice was given by this Government on October 22, 1934, of its intention to negotiate a trade agreement with Switzerland. The Committee for Reciprocity Information has prescribed that all information and views in writing and all applications for supplemental oral presentation of views, in connection with the proposed agreement above mentioned, shall be submitted to the chairman of the Committee, in care of the United States Tariff Commission, not later than 12 o'clock noon, December 10, 1934. Oral presentation of views by persons whose applications therefor have been approved will be heard December 17, 1934. AGREEMENT TO REFRAIN FROM INVOKING THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE MOST-FAVORED-NATION CLAUSE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS 6 Cuba The Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State by a communication dated October 17, 1934, that the Cuban Ambassador at Washington signed ad referendum, on behalf of his Government, on October 16, 1934, the agreement to refrain from invoking the obligations of the most-favored-nation clause in respect of certain multilateral conventions, which was opened for signature on July 15, 1934, at the Pan American Union. COPYRIGHT RECIPROCAL COPYRIGHT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN On October 10, 1934, the President issued a proclamation effective on that date, extending the benefits of section 1 (e) of the Copyright Act of the United States, approved March 4, 1909 (ch. 320, 35 Stat. 1075), to nationals of Spain. Pursuant to the provisions of the copyright law in force in Spain, similar rights under the copyright laws of Spain were extended to citizens of the United States simultanecusly with the issuance of the President's proclamation in the United States on October 10, 1934. Reciprocal copyright relations were established between the United States and Spain by a proclamation of the President on April 9, 1910. This proclamation, however, did not include the extension of copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce musical compositions mechanically. Section 1 (e) of the Copyright Act of the United States accords this right to American authors or composers and provides for its extension to foreign authors or composers whenever the foreign state or nation of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants similar rights to American citizens. FINANCE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF COUNTERFEITING CURRENCY? Belgium-Denmark-Norway According to communications dated September 29 and October 8, 1934, from the League of Nations, the Governments of Belgium, Denmark, and Norway have notified the Secretary General that they have no objections to the reservation which the Polish Government, on behalf of the Free City of Danzig, desires to make in regard to its ratification of the convention for the suppression of counterfeiting currency, signed at Geneva April 20, 1929. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY GENERAL INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION FOR TRADE-MARK AND COMMERCIAL PROTECTION 8 Nicaragua The American Legation at Managua reported by a despatch dated September 25, 1934, that a decree signed by the President of Nicaragua on September 4, 1934, ratifying the general inter-American convention for trade-mark and commercial protection signed at Washington, February 20, 1929, was published in La Gaceta of September 18, 1934. LABOR CERTAIN CONVENTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE Cuba According to a communication from the League of Nations dated October 2, 1934, the instrument of ratification by Cuba of the convention limiting the hours of work in industrial undertakings to 8 in the day and 48 in the week, adopted by the International Labor Conference, was registered with the Secretariat on September 20, 1934. Lithuania According to communications dated October 15 and 17, 1934, from the League of Nations, the instruments of ratification by Lithuania of the following two conventions were registered with the Secretariat on September 28, 1934: Convention concerning equality of treatment for national and United States POSTAL UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION On October 4, 1934, the President approved and ratified the universal postal convention signed at the Tenth Universal Postal Congress, Cairo, March 20, 1934. The convention is a revision of the postal convention signed at London on June 28, 1929. This Government is a party to the convention only and did not sign the subsidiary agreements adopted by the Postal Congress. The convention was signed on behalf of the following countries: AGREEMENT MODIFYING THE CONVENTION FOR THE EXCHANGE OF MONEY ORDERS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SYRIA AND THE LEBANON On October 8, 1934, a supplementary agreement modifying the convention of July 29, 1929, for the exchange of money orders between the Postal Administration of the United States of America and that of the countries of the Levant under French mandate was signed at Paris by the American Ambassador and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The agreement modifies articles 4, 5, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of the earlier convention, and the appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, and G of the convention are superseded by the appendices A, B, C, D and E attached to the agreement. The agreement will take effect at a date to be agreed upon by the Inspector General of Posts and Telegraphs at Beirut and the Postal Administration of the United States and will be promulgated in accordance with the respective laws of the two countries. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NETHERLAND INDIA CONCERNING THE EXCHANGE OF PARCEL POST An agreement concerning the exchange of parcel post between the United States and Netherland India was signed at Bandoeng on June 14, and at Washington on October 4, 1934. This agreement substitutes and abrogates the agreement signed October 2, 1922, and February 15, 1924, between the two countries. On October 11, 1934, the President approved and ratified the agreement and the detailed regulations annexed thereto. Article XXV of the agreement provides that it shall become effective on ratification, and shall remain in force until one of the Postal Administrations of the two countries has given notice to the other, six months in advance, of its intention to terminate it. Persia TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION 10 By a note dated October 5, 1934, the Spanish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the ratification by Persia of the international telecommunication convention signed at Madrid December 9, 1932, includes also the radio regulations and the telegraph regulations annexed to the convention. The instrument of ratification by Persia was deposited on July 20, 1934. 10 See Bulletin No. 60, September 1934, p. 13. |