PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL GENERAL ACT OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1928 France; Great Britain The American Ambassador to France reported in a despatch dated March 9, 1931, that the French Senate on March 5, 1931, had approved, with reservations, a bill authorizing the Government to adhere to the general act of September 26, 1928. The American Ambassador to Great Britain reported on March 10, 1931, that the British House of Commons had approved it, with reservations. The general act came into force on August 16, 1929, in accordance with the provisions of article 44.1 According to the information of the Department of State, the parties to the whole or part of the general act are as follows: 1 To all the provisions of the act: Belgium (May 18, 1929). Subject to the reservation provided in article 39 (2a), with the effect of excluding from the procedures described in this act disputes arising out of facts prior to the accession of Belgium or prior to the accession of any other party with which Belgium may have a dispute. Denmark (April 14, 1930). Finland (September 6, 1930). Luxemburg (September 15, 1930). Norway (June 11, 1930). Spain (September 16, 1930). Subject to reservations (a) and (b) provided for in article 39, paragraph 2. To provisions relating to conciliation and judicial settlement The Netherlands, including Netherland Indies, Surinam, Text: League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. XCIII, p. 343. Canada BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION On February 28, 1931, a unanimous agreement was reached by the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, and a report was submitted by the Commission on the results of the investigation instigated by complaints of residents of the State of Washington regarding the injury to property by drifting fumes from a smelter at Trail, British Columbia. The complaint was referred to the Commission on August 7, 1928, pursuant to article 9 of the treaty of January 11, 1909.3 The Commission's jurisdiction is to make investigations and recommendations in cases referred to it, and it then becomes the function of both Governments to determine whether the recommendations shall be accepted. This agreement provides for payment for past damages and describes the remedial works which have been installed by the company in the smelter to reduce the amount and concentration of the sulphur fumes to a point where no damage will be caused in the United States. In case of damages occurring in the future, the report provides for a new presentation of claims by the United States. This is believed to be the first question referred to the Commission which is not strictly a question of waterways. Luxemburg The international commission provided for in article 2 of the treaty of conciliation between the United States and Luxemburg, signed at Luxemburg April 6, 1929, has been partially established by the appointment of the following members: Joint commissioner: Mr. Alejandro Lira, of Chile, professor of law, former Cabinet minister and Chilean Minister at the Vatican. Commissioners on the part of the United States: National: Mr. Millard K. Shaler, of Ellsworth, Kans., now residing in Brussels, and formerly active in Belgian relief work. Nonnational: Mr. Baltasar Brum, of Montevideo, Uruguay, several times a Cabinet member, and, from 1919 to 1923, President of Uruguay. The Government of the United States has not been informed whether the appointments of national and nonnational members on the part of the Government of Luxemburg have as yet been made. 2 For text of the report see Press Releases, Weekly Issue No. 75, Mar. 7, 1931, pp. 164–168. Venezuela The international commission provided for in article 2 of the treaty for the advancement of peace, between the United States and Venezuela, signed at Caracas March 21, 1914, has been established by the appointment of the following members: Joint commissioner: Count Yasuya Uchida, of Japan, member of the Japanese Privy Council, signer of the Kellogg Pact, former Ambassador to the United States, Russia, and Austria-Hungary, and twice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. Commissioners on the part of the United States: National: Mr. Charles C. Hyde, professor of international law at Columbia University. Nonnational: Sir James Rennell Rodd, of Great Britain, former British Ambassador to Italy. Commissioners on the part of Venezuela: National: Dr. Pedro Miguel Reyes, of Venezuela, representative of the Venezuelan Government at the Fourteenth International Labor Conference at Geneva in 1930. Nonnational: Prof. Gaston Jèze, of France, economist, president of the New International Institute of Public Law, and professor at the Paris Faculty of Law. ARMS TRAFFIC EMBARGO ON THE SHIPMENT OF ARMS TO BRAZIL On March 2, 1931, the President issued a proclamation which raised the embargo on the shipment of arms and munitions of war to Brazil. The embargo was proclaimed on October 22, 1930, at the request of the Brazilian Government under a joint resolution of Congress, approved January 31, 1922, and in keeping with the multilateral convention on the rights and duties of states in the event of civil strife, signed at Habana on February 20, 1928, to which convention the United States and Brazil are parties. The proclamation of March 2 is in accordance with a request of the Brazilian Government. The text is as follows: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 1923, issued on October 22, 1930, under a joint resolution of Congress entitled "Joint resolution to prohibit the exportation of arms or munitions of war from the United States to certain countries, and for other purposes," approved January 31, 1922 (42 Stat. 361), it was declared that there existed in Brazil such conditions of domestic violence as were or might be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States; and WHEREAS, by the joint resolution above mentioned, it thereupon became unlawful to export arms or munitions of war from the United States to Brazi except under such limitations and exceptions as were prescribed in the said proclamation; NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United States of America, do hereby find, as has been formally represented to this GoverLment by the Government of Brazil, that the conditions on which the proclamation of October 22, 1930, was based no longer obtain, and I do hereby declare and proclaim that the said proclamation of October 22, 1930, is accordingly hereby revoked. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 24 day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one and of the Independence of [SEAL] the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fifth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of State. ORGANIZATION PAN AMERICAN UNION CONVENTION* On March 6, 1931, the President ratified the convention relating to the organization of the Pan American Union, adopted at the Sixth International Conference of American States, held at Habana, Cuba, January 16 to February 20, 1928. The ratification was deposited with the Pan American Union on March 18, 1931. * See Bulletin No. 17, February, 1931, p. 4. POLITICAL BOUNDARY CONTROVERSY: GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS The American Minister to Guatemala reported on March 4, 1931, that the treaty submitting the boundary dispute to arbitration and the additional convention regarding the delimitation of the boundary between Guatemala and Honduras, which was signed July 16, 1930, had on March 3 been sent to the assembly of Guatemala for ratification. These instruments were approved by the Honduran Congress on February 23, 1931.1 CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND IRAQ1 On March 11, 1931, the convention and protocol between the United States, Great Britain, and Iraq, defining the rights of the United States and its nationals in Iraq, signed at London January 9, 1930, was proclaimed by the President. It will shortly be printed as Treaty Series, No. 835. See Bulletin No. 17, February, 1931, p. 5. 51397-31-2 5 |