ECONOMIC AVIATION CONVENTION RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF AERIAL NAVIGATION The tables below have been compiled from information communicated to the Department of State by the Secretary-General of the International Commission for Air Navigation. STATUS ON DECEMBER 2, 1930, OF SIGNATURES AND RATIFICATIONS OF THE PROTOCOL OF JUNE 15, 1929, RELATIVE TO AMENDMENTS TO THE AIR CONVENTION OF OCTOBER 13, 1919 Bulgaria, Chile, Persia, and Uruguay, parties to the air navigation convention of October 13, 1919, have not yet signed the protocol of June 15, 1929. 14 STATUS ON DECEMBER 2, 1930, OF SIGNATURES AND RATIFICATIONS OF THE PROTOCOL OF DECEMBER 11, 1929, RELATIVE TO AMENDMENTS TO THE AIR CONVENTION OF OCTOBER 13, 1919 Bulgaria, Persia, and Uruguay, parties to the air navigation convention of October 13, 1919, have not yet signed the protocol of December 11, 1929. Both protocols require the signature and ratification of all contracting parties enumerated above in order to enter into force. COMMERCE CONVENTION ON THE EXECUTION OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS According to communiqué No. 4708, dated November 12, 1930, of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, the Italian Government has forwarded to the League Secretariat the instrument of its ratification of the convention on the execution of foreign arbitral awards, signed at Geneva, September 26, 1927. Italy is a party to the protocol on arbitration clauses in commercial matters, signed at Geneva, September 24, 1923. FINANCE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF COUNTERFEITING CURRENCY ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONVENTION Rumania According to a communication dated November 20, 1930, from the Secretary-General of the League of Nations the instrument of ratification by Rumania of this convention was deposited on November 10, 1930.1 By Article 25, the convention enters into force ninety days after the deposit of the fifth ratification. The ratifications of Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal, and Spain having been previously deposited, the international convention for the suppression of counterfeiting currency will enter into force on February 8, 1931. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY On December 16, 1930, the Senate of the United States gave its advice and consent to the ratification of the convention for the protection of industrial property, signed at The Hague on November 6, 1925, modifying the convention of March 20, 1883, revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, and at Washington on June 2, 1911. The President ratified this convention on December 27, 1930. GENERAL INTER-AMERICAN TRADE MARK CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL ON THE INTER-AMERICAN REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS On December 16, 1930, the Senate of the United States gave its advice and consent to the ratification of the general inter-American convention for trade mark and commercial protection and the protocol on the inter-American registration of trade marks, signed at Washington on February 20, 1929. NAVIGATION Sweden By an exchange of notes dated October 22 and October 29, 1930, at Stockholm, the Governments of the United States and Sweden have 1See Bulletin No. 14, November, 1930, p. 13. agreed to exempt on the basis of reciprocity the pleasure yachts of the two countries from all navigation dues in their ports. The texts of these notes will shortly be published by the Department of State in the Executive Agreement Series. RADIO INTERNATIONAL RADIOTELEGRAPH CONVENTION Cuba The instrument of ratification by Cuba of the international radiotelegraph convention, signed at Washington, November 25, 1927,2 was deposited with the Government of the United States on December 20, 1930. The ratification of Cuba does not include the general and supplementary regulations appended to the convention. TARIFFS By telegram of December 24, 1930, the American Legation at Oslo informed the Secretary of State that an economic agreement had been concluded on December 22 between the Belgian-Luxemburg Economic Union, Denmark, Holland, Norway, and Sweden, which obligates the parties to refrain from increasing their customs tariffs except upon due notice. According to press reports, there is an additional protocol relative to future negotiations among the signatories by which the parties declare themselves willing to support any further international efforts to diminish obstacles to commercial intercourse between the countries and agree to investigate the possibilities for extending the principle upon which the above agreement is based to other mutual economic relationships. CHANGE TO BE NOTED IN THE LIST OF ECONOMIC TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES Under "Navigation on page 68 of the Third Supplement of the Bulletin of Treaty Information, August 31, 1929, there should be added the following: Sweden: Agreement for mutual exemption of pleasure yachts from all navigation dues Signed at Stockholm, October 22 and October 29, 1930. 'See Bulletin No. 14, November, 1930, p. 17. Panama MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS According to reports received by the Secretary of State from the American Minister at Panama, Mr. Roy T. Davis, the general claims convention between the United States and the Republic of Panama, signed at Washington July 28, 1926, was approved by the Congress of Panama, December 22, 1930. On January 26, 1929, the Senate of the United States gave its advice and consent to ratification of this convention. Sweden On December 17, 1930, the Secretary of State and the Minister of Sweden, Mr. W. Boström, signed a special agreement to submit to arbitration claims presented to the Government of the United States by the Government of Sweden on behalf of a Swedish corporation for losses said to have been incurred as a result of the alleged detention in ports of the United States of two motorships, the Kronprins Gustaf Adolf and the Pacific, in 1917 and 1918. The two Governments having been unable to adjust the matter diplomatically, the arbitration was agreed upon in pursuance of the general treaty of arbitration between the United States and Sweden, signed on October 27, 1928. Colombia CONSULAR OFFICERS CONVENTION ON CONSULAR OFFICERS Law No. 57 of 1930, approving the convention on consular officers, adopted at the Sixth International Conference of American States at Habana, February 20, 1928, was signed by the President of Colombia on November 27, 1930.1 1For text of the law, see El Diario Oficial of Colombia, December 3, 1930. 18 |