Convention between the United States and Canada for the final settlement of difficulties arising through complaints of damage done in the State of Washington by fumes discharged from the smelter at Trail, British Columbia Treaty on the protection of artistic and scientific institutions and Special agreement between Belgium and Great Britain for arbitra- tion in the case of Oscar Chinn, a British subject. Decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice . Consular convention between the United States and Greece, Novem- PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL GENERAL TREATY OF INTER-AMERICAN ARBITRATION 1 United States On April 16, 1935, the President ratified and proclaimed the general treaty of inter-American arbitration signed at Washington on January 5, 1929. The ratification was subject to the understanding "that the special agreement in each case shall be made only by the President, and then only by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the Senators present conçur ".. The treaty has been ratified by and is in force between the following countries: United States of America, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. The following countries have ratified, in addition to the abovementioned treaty, the protocol of progressive arbitration signed on January 5, 1929: Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Chile ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF INTER-AMERICAN CONCILIATION 2 By a note dated April 12, 1935, the Ambassador of Chile at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by his Government of the additional protocol to the general convention of inter-American conciliation signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933, was deposited with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Chile on March 10, 1935. Honduras The American Legation at Tegucigalpa reported by a despatch dated March 26, 1935, that the Honduran Congress approved on January 21, 1935, the additional protocol to the general convention 1 See Bulletin No. 56, May 1934, p. 1. on inter-American conciliation signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933. The ratification signed by the President of Honduras on January 22, 1935, was published as Decree No. 41 in La Gaceta of March 22, 1935. GENERAL ACT FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES? Ethiopia (Abyssinia) The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated April 2, 1935, that the instrument of accession by Ethiopia to the general act for the pacific settlement of international disputes signed at Geneva September 26, 1928, was deposited with the Secretariat on March 15, 1935. GENERAL CONVENTION TO IMPROVE THE MEANS OF PREVENTING WAR' Nicaragua ,་ The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated April 9, 1935, that the instrument of accession by Nicaragua to the general convention to improve the means of preventing war, signed at Geneva September 26, 1931, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 1, 1935. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Ethiopia (Abyssinia) 5 By a circular letter dated April 10, 1935, the Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that on March 30, 1935, there was deposited with the Secretariat the instrument of ratification by Ethiopia of the following: protocol concerning the revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, signed at Geneva September 14, 1929, and protocol relating to the accession of the United States of America to the protocol of signature of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, signed at Geneva September 14, 1929. ARTICLE 36 OF THE STATUTE OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF Latvia The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a communication dated March 12, 1935, that the representative of Latvia accredited to the League of Nations signed on January 31, 1935, a declaration renewing the acceptance by Latvia of the optional clause provided in the protocol of signature of the Permanent Court of International Justice, signed at Geneva December 16, 1920. The previous acceptance by the Latvian Government expired on February 26, 1935. The declaration of renewal is worded as follows in the translation of the League of Nations: "On behalf of the Latvian Government and subject to ratification, I recognise as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other Member or State accepting the same obligation, that is to say on condition of reciprocity, the jurisdiction of the Court in conformity with Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court, over all disputes which might have arisen after February 26th." The note from the Secretary General adds that the instrument of ratification by Latvia of the above-mentioned declaration was deposited with the Secretariat on February 26, 1935. Lithuania The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated March 29, 1935, of the receipt by him on March 12, 1935, of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania containing a declaration renewing the acceptance by Lithuania of the optional clause provided in the protocol of signature of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The translation of the declaration contained in the Secretary General's letter is as follows: "Following the declaration of acceptance of the Optional Clause of the Protocol of Signature concerning the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, made by the representative of Lithuania at Geneva on January 14th, 1930, I hereby recognise, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, on condition of reciprocity, the jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of International Justice, in accordance with Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court, for a further period of five years taking effect as from January 14th, 1935." Great Britain ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 The British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated April 8, 1935, of the laying of the keels of 134311-35- -2 |