Pan American convention signed at Washington October 6, 1930, for the regulation of automotive traffic... Convention signed at Paris, October 11, 1909, with respect to the international circulation of motor vehicles... International convention signed at Paris, April 24, 1926, relative to PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL TREATY TO AVOID OR PREVENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN AMERICAN STATES Colombia The Colombian Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington, Señor Don José M. Coronado, informed Mr. Francis White, Assistant Secretary of State, on October 23, 1930, that the Colombian Congress had approved the treaty to avoid or prevent conflicts between American states, signed at Santiago, May 3, 1923. Cuba GENERAL CONVENTION OF INTER-AMERICAN CONCILIATION The Chilean Ambassador at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State a communication dated September 16, 1930, addressed to him by the Chilean Minister of State, by which the latter advised the Government of the United States of the deposit on August 7, 1930, of the instrument of ratification of Cuba of the general convention of inter-American conciliation, signed January 5, 1929.1 Iceland BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION The Secretary of State, Mr. Henry L. Stimson, and the Danish Minister, Mr. Constantin Brun, exchanged on October 2, 1930, ratifications of the treaty of arbitration between the United States and Iceland, signed at Washington, May 15, 1930.2 The treaty was proclaimed by the President of the United States on October 3, 1930. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ARTICLE 36 OF THE STATUTE OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF Australia By note dated September 6, 1930, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instru ment of ratification of the declaration made on behalf of Australia, September 20, 1929, accepting the optional clause as provided in the protocol of signature of the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, was deposited with the Secretariat of the League on August 18, 1930.3 Colombia Dr. Francisco José Urrutia, first delegate of Colombia, notified the President of the Assembly of the League of Nations that the Colombian Congress had given its legal sanction to the compulsory jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of International Justice in relation to any other country accepting the same obligations, in conformity with Article 36 of the Statute of the court. Rumania According to communiqué No. 4659, October 9, 1930, of the Information Section of the League of Nations, the Rumanian Minister accredited to the League of Nations, M. Constantin Antoniade, signed on October 8, 1930, the optional clause recognizing the compulsory jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of International Justice, and made the following declaration:* The Roumanian Government declares that it accedes to the Optional Clause of Article 36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice for a period of five years in relation to Governments recognised by Roumania and subject to reciprocity for legal disputes arising from situations or facts subsequent to the ratification of the present accession by the Roumanian Parliament, reserving questions submitted to a special procedure established or to be established and Roumania's right to submit the dispute to the Council of the League of Nations before having recourse to the Court. An exception is nevertheless made: 3 (a) For any question of substance or of procedure that may lead directly or indirectly to the discussion of the present territorial integrity and the sovereign rights of Roumania including those concerning her ports and routes of communication; (b) For disputes relating to questions which, under international law, belong to Roumania's internal jurisdiction. See Bulletin No. 11, August, 1930, p. 3. 'Official translation of the League of Nations. Japan ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 5 On October 7, 1930, the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, Mr. Katsuji Debuchi, informed the Secretary of State that on October 2, 1930, the Emperor of Japan ratified the London Naval Treaty, signed April 22, 1930. DEPOSIT OF RATIFICATIONS A simple ceremony of the deposit of the instruments of ratification of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, presided over by the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, was carried out at noon on October 27, 1930, in the Locarno room of the British Foreign Office. The ratifications deposited were those of the United States, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and His Majesty the King, in respect of the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, with the exception of the Irish Free State. The treaty will come into force, as between the above-mentioned parties, when the ratification of His Majesty the King in respect of the Irish Free State has been deposited. It is expected that the Dail Eireann will approve the treaty at its session beginning in November. In accordance with article 24 of the treaty, Parts I, II, IV and V of the treaty will come into force at the same time in respect of France and Italy provided their ratifications have been deposited on or before the date of the deposit of the ratification of the Irish Free State; otherwise these parts will come into force in respect of each of those powers on the deposit of its ratification. The rights and obligations resulting from Part III of the treaty are limited to the United States, Japan and the British Commonwealth of Nations. The parties are to agree as to the date on which and the conditions under which the obligations assumed under Part III by the United States, Japan, and the British Commonwealth of Nations will bind them in relation to France and Italy. Such agreement will determine at the same time the corresponding obligations of France and Italy in relation to the other parties to the treaty. See Bulletin No. 10, July, 1930, p. 3. For text of this treaty, see London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Publications of the Department of State, No. 66, Conference Series, No. 2), pp. 1-18. The following procès verbal of deposit was signed by the representatives of the United States, Great Britain, the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, India, and Japan: The undersigned, having met together for the purpose of proceeding to the deposit of ratifications of the treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armaments, signed at London the 22d day of April 1930, Have produced the instruments whereby the said treaty has been ratified by the President of the United States of America, by His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations, of the Dominion of Canada, of the Commonwealth of Australia, of the Dominion of New Zealand, of the Union of South Africa, and of India; and by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and the respective ratifications of the said treaty having been carefully compared and found to be in due form, the said deposit in accordance with the provisions of article 24(1) of the treaty took place this day in the customary form. The representative of the United States of America declared that the instrument of ratification of the United States of America was deposited subject to the distinct and explicit understandings set forth in the resolution of July 21, 1930, of the Senate of the United States of America advising and consenting to ratification, that there are no secret files, documents, letters, understandings or agreements which in any way, directly or indirectly, modify, change, add to, or take from any of the stipulations, agreements, or statements in said treaty; and that, excepting the agreement brought about through the exchange of notes between the Governments of the United States, Great Britain and Japan having reference to article 19, there is no agreement, secret or otherwise, expressed or implied, between any of the parties to said treaty as to any construction that shall hereafter be given to any statement or provision contained therein. In witness whereof they have signed the procès verbal, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at London, [etc.]' PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE Mr. Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambassador to Belgium, and Mr. Hugh R. Wilson, American Minister to Switzerland, have been appointed American delegates to the second part of the sixth session of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference at Geneva, November 6, 1930. They will be assisted by the following: 'Text as cabled by the American Ambassador at London and approved by the Secretary of State prior to signature. |