UNITED STATES OF AMERICA First General Conference for the Limitation and Reduction of Arma- Convention for the supervision of international trade in arms. Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the sick and wounded of armies in the field and convention relating to the Italy PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION On January 20, 1931, the Secretary of State and the Italian Ambassador at Washington, Nobile Giacomo de Martino, exchanged ratifications of the treaty of arbitration between the United States and Italy, signed at Washington, April 19, 1928. Luxemburg By telegram of January 12, 1931, from the American Legation at Montevideo the Department of State was informed that Dr. Baltasar Brum had accepted the appointment of the Government of the United States as nonnational commissioner under the treaty of conciliation between the United States and Luxemburg, signed at Luxemburg, April 6, 1929.1 Cuba PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE By telegram dated January 6, 1931, the American Consul at Geneva informed the Secretary of State that Cuba deposited its instrument of ratification of the protocol of September 14, 1929, for the revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, which was signed on behalf of Cuba, January 3, 1931, by Señor Don Guillermo de Blanck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations. The instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretariat of the League of Nations on January 5, 1931.2 Cuba's signature and ratification is subject to reservation of Article 4 of the protocol, and of the amended text of Article 23 of the Court Statute.* In the letter accompanying the instrument of ratification, the Government of Cuba states that it considers that the protocol will not affect the position of judges who have already been elected. The Cuban reservations and declaration respecting the protocol of revision will be notified to all states which have ratified the protocol of 1920 and all states which have signed the protocol of revision.5 INTERNATIONAL LAW CONVENTION ON MARITIME NEUTRALITY By a letter dated January 14, 1931, the Assistant Director of the Pan American Union informed the Department of State that the Minister of Nicaragua had, on January 12, 1931, deposited with the Pan American Union the instrument of ratification of the convention on maritime neutrality, signed at Habana, February 20, 1928. Nicaragua is the only signatory which has ratified the convention. CONVENTION ON TREATIES In the above-mentioned communication, the Assistant Director of the Pan American Union stated that the Nicaraguan Minister had also deposited the instrument of ratification by Nicaragua of the convention on treaties, signed at Habana, February 20, 1928. This convention has also been ratified by Panama and Brazil. Art. 4 of the protocol: “The present Protocol shall enter into force on September 1st, 1930, provided that the Council of the League of Nations has satisfied itself that those Members of the League of Nations and States mentioned in the Annex to the Covenant which have ratified the Protocol on December 16th, 1920, and whose ratification of the present Protocol has not been received by that date, have no objection to the coming into force of the amendments to the Statute of the Court which are annexed to the present Protocol." 'Art. 23 of the revised Statute: "The Court shall remain permanently in session except during the judicial vacations, the dates and duration of which shall be fixed by the Court. "Members of the Court whose homes are situated at more than five days' normal journey from The Hague shall be entitled, apart from the judicial vacation, to six months' leave every three years, not including the time spent in travelling. "Members of the Court shall be bound, unless they are on regular leave or prevented from attending by illness or other serious reason duly explained to the President, to hold themselves permanently at the disposal of the Court.” According to the information of the Department of State, this means that all states members of the League and the United States and Brazil will be notified of Cuba's reservations in order that they may state whether they accept them. See Bulletins No. 3, May, 1929, p. 13, and No. 7, September, 1929, p. 9. CONVENTION RELATING TO CONFLICT OF LAWS ON NATIONALITY According to communiqué No. 4799 of December 30, 1930, of the Information Section of the League of Nations Secretariat, the convention relating to conflict of laws on nationality, adopted at the Conference for the Progressive Codification of International Law at The Hague, April 12, 1930, has been signed on behalf of the Hungarian and Swedish Governments." PROTOCOL RELATING TO MILITARY OBLIGATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF DOUBLE NATIONALITY According to the above-mentioned communiqué, the protocol concerning military obligations in certain cases of double nationality, adopted at the Conference for the Progressive Codification of International Law at The Hague, April 12, 1930, has been signed on behalf of the Swedish Government.8 SPECIAL PROTOCOL RELATING TO STATELESSNESS According to communiqué No. 4800 of December 31, 1930, of the Information Section of the League of Nations Secretariat, the special protocol relating to statelessness, adopted at the Conference for the Progressive Codification of International Law at The Hague on April 12, 1930, was signed on behalf of Belgium by the Belgian Minister at Berne on January 12, 1931.9 ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 On January 1, 1931, the President of the United States proclaimed the treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament signed at London, April 22, 1930.10 The text of the proclamation is as follows: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament was concluded and signed at London on April 22, 1930, by the respective plenipotentiaries of the President of the United States of America, the President of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the 8 7 See Bulletin No. 15, December, 1930, p. 8. For the text of the convention, see ibid., p. 20. See also ibid., p. 8. 9 See ibid., p. 8. 10 See Bulletins No. 13, October, 1930, p. 3, and No. 15, December, 1930, p. 5. |