Date of laying keel: June 12, 1933 Standard displacement: 670 tons (681 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 24 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 10 feet 6 inches Date of completion: December 31, 1934 H. M. S. Sealion Classification: Submarine Date of laying keel: May 16, 1933 Standard displacement: 670 tons (681 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 24 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 10 feet 6 inches Date of completion: December 21, 1934 Date of laying keel: July 17, 1933 Standard displacement: 1,375 tons (1,397 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet 3 inches Date of completion: December 19, 1934 By a note dated February 11, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of particulars on the completion of His Majesty's Ship Severn. The particulars furnished in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty are as follows: Classification: Submarine Date of laying keel: March 27, 1933 Standard displacement: 1,850 tons (1,880 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 28 feet 2 inches Date of completion: January 12, 1935 United States By a letter dated January 31, 1935, the Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State that the keel of the U. S. S. Nashville was laid on January 24, 1935. In accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty the Governments parties to the treaty have been informed of the following particulars concerning this vessel: Classification: Cruiser Standard displacement (estimated): 10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons) Length at water line: 600 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 61 feet 7 inches RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND THE SICK OF ARMIES IN THE FIELD 2 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics By a note dated February 25, 1935, the Soviet Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the names of the societies which have been authorized, in accordance with the provisions of article 10, paragraph 2, of the convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and the sick of armies in the field, signed July 27, 1929, to lend their assistance to the official sanitary service of the Soviet Armies. The societies so authorized are the following: The Union of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Red Cross Society of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Red Crescent Society of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic The Red Cross Society of the Georgian Soviet Socialist The Red Cross Society of the Russian Federated Soviet Social- The Red Cross Society of the White Russian Soviet Socialist The Red Crescent Society of the Tajik Soviet Socialist The Red Crescent Society of the Turkman Soviet Socialist Republic The Red Cross Society of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Red Cross Society of the Uzbeck Soviet Socialist Republic "See Bulletin No. 64, January 1935, p. 6. HUMANITARIAN EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ALBANIA 1 The Albanian Minister at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated January 31, 1935, that he had received a radiogram from Tirana, dated January 31, 1935, stating that the Albanian Parliament had ratified the extradition treaty between the United States and Albania, signed March 1, 1933. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ESTONIA 2 On February 6, 1935, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Estonia, signed October 10, 1934. The President ratified the treaty on February 14, 1935, and it will enter into force upon the exchange of ratifications, which will take place at Tallinn. EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAQ 3 3 On February 6, 1935, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the extradition treaty between the United States and Iraq, signed June 7, 1934. The President ratified the treaty on February 25, 1935. Ratifications of the treaty will be exchanged at Baghdad, and it will take effect from the day of the exchange of the ratifications. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND LATVIA On February 14, 1935, the President ratified the supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Latvia, signed October 10, 1934. The treaty will enter into force upon the exchange of ratifications, which will take place at Riga. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SAN MARINO 5 On February 25, 1935, the President ratified the supplementary extradition convention between the United States and San Marino, signed October 10, 1934. The convention will enter into force upon the exchange of ratifications, which will take place at Washington. HEALTH NINTH PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE The Chairman of the American Delegation to the Ninth Pan American Sanitary Conference transmitted to the Secretary of State with a letter dated January 19, 1935, his report on the Conference, which was held at Buenos Aires from November 12 to 22, 1934. Representatives attended the Conference from each of the 21 American republics and, in addition, representatives, as observers, were sent by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, the International Office of Public Hygiene at Paris, the Health Committee of the League of Nations, and the Rockefeller Foundation. The following topics were included in the agenda of the Conference: 1. The Pan American Sanitary Code. Its ratification. Consideration of articles to which reservations or objections have been made. 2. Public health organization. "Per capita" amount in health budgets. 2a. Coordination of Federal, State, and municipal health services. 3. Vital statistics. Uniform bases for all American countries. 4. Hospital care. Its relation to the public health. 5. The organization in city health departments of divisions of epidemiology and control of communicable diseases. 6. Plague. Its eradication in America. Methods for combating it. 7. Campaigns against venereal diseases. 8. Smallpox vaccination. Different methods. Postvaccination complications. 9. Malaria. Organization of campaigns for combating this disease. 10. Rural sanitation. 11. Narcotics and "patent" medicines. 12. The problem of alimentation of the masses in America. See Bulletin No. 64, January 1934, p. 9. 120616-35--2 15. Protection of pre-school children. 16. School hygiene. Organization and necessary reforms. 18. Undulant fever in American countries. 19. Tropical diseases. 20. Yellow fever. 21. Leprosy. 22. Snake and spider bites in American countries. Description of the most important poisonous species. 23. The most efficient means of combating alcoholism. 24. Typhus fever. 25. Creation of the Finlay Pan-American Institute of Tropical Medicine. 26. International convention for aerial navigation. 27. The control of typhoid fever. 28. Water supplies and best methods for the purification of water. 29. Popular education as an aid in public-health campaigns. No treaties or conventions were concluded by the Conference nor were any amendments to the Pan American Sanitary Code effected other than the following changes adopted in the form of resolutions of interpretation: 1. Certain diseases that are now reportable by cable need be 3. Methods of deratization of vessels other than fumigation are The Tenth Pan American Sanitary Conference is scheduled to be held at Bogotá, Colombia, probably during the year 1938. NATIONALITY CONVENTION RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF MILITARY OBLIGATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF DOUBLE NATIONALITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SWEDEN 6 On February 20, 1935, there were exchanged at Washington ratifications of the convention between the United States and Sweden relating to the exemption of military obligations in certain cases of |