HUMANITARIAN EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY Ratifications of the treaty between the United States and Germany for the extradition of fugitives from justice, signed at Berlin July 12, 1930, were exchanged at Washington on March 26, 1931, by the Secretary of State and the German Ambassador, Herr Friedrich W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron. The treaty will come into force one month from the date of the exchange of ratifications. It will remain in force for a period of 10 years, and unless either of the two Governments gives notice of its intention to terminate the treaty one year before the expiration of that period, it will remain in force until the expiration of one year from the date on which such notice shall have been given by either party. Hong Kong HEALTH INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION The American Ambassador to France reported, under date of February 23, 1931, that, according to a note received by him from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the British Embassy at Paris notified the French Government on February 13, 1931. of the adherence of Hong Kong to the international sanitary convention, signed at Paris June 21, 1926. The American Consulate at Geneva forwarded to the Department, under date of February 28, 1931, a circular letter of February 6, 1931 (C.L. 22. 1931. III. Annex), 22(a), from the Health Organization of the League of Nations, concerning the application of article 10 of the 'The United States is not a party to the international opium convention of 1925. international opium convention of February 19, 1925. The letter contains a list of the governments which have accepted the recommendations formulated by the Health Committee in conformity with the provisions of article 10. These recommendations refer to: (a) Eucodal and dicodide; (b) Dilaudide, benzoylmorphine, and the other esters of mor- (c) Preparations containing eucodal, dicodide, dilaudide or The letter is quoted as follows: I. Eucodal ([C18H21O1N] HC1+3H2O) and dicodide (C19H21NO3). At its session in December 1927 the Council of the League of Nations took note of the following resolution adopted by the Health Committee in November 1927: The Health Committee, Having taken note of the recommendation formulated by the Permanent Committee of the Office international d'Hygiène publique, in its report of May 6th, 1926, Decides to adopt the conclusions of this report, and in consequence to inform the Council of the League of Nations, in conformity with the stipulations of article 10 of the international opium convention of February 19th, 1925, that eucodal and dicodide are narcotics liable to produce injurious effects analogous to those of the drugs expressly referred to by that convention, and that consequently they should come under the said convention. The Secretary-General communicated this recommendation to the contracting parties in a letter dated January 27th, 1928, requesting them to let him know whether they were willing to accept it. Up to the present affirmative replies have been received from the Governments of the following countries: 1. Australia 2. Austria 3. Belgium 4. Bulgaria 5. Canada 12. Greece 22. Portugal 24. Siam ELE 6. Czechoslovakia 7. Danzig 8. Egypt 9. Finland 10. Germany 11. Great Britain 18. Luxemburg 21. Poland 28. Switzerland Africa 30. Venezuela II. Dilaudide (C17H19O3NHCl), benzoylmorphine and other esters of morphine. At its session in December 1928, the Council of the League of Nations took note of the following resolution adopted by the Health Committee in October 1928: The Health Committee: Having taken note of the opinion formulated by the Permanent Committee of the Office international d'Hygiène publique in its report of May 15th, 1928; Having noted that dilaudide, on the one hand, and benzoylmorphine and, iz general, the morphine esters, on the other hand, are capable of producing toxicomania ; Decides to inform the Council of the League of Nations, in conformity with article 10 of the international opium convention of February 19th, 1925, that dilaudide, on the one hand, and benzoylmorphine and the morphine esters generally, on the other hand are narcotics capable of producing harmful effects similar to those produced by the products envisaged by the convention, and tha: they should, in consequence, be brought within the scope of the convention. The Secretary-General communicated this recommendation to the contracting parties in a letter dated January 11th, 1929, and asked them to let him know whether they were willing to accept it. Up to the present the Governments of the following countries have replied in the affirmative: III. Preparations containing esters of morphine, eucodal, dicodide or dilaudide, and salts of these substances. At its session of May 1930 the Council of the League of Nations took note of the following resolution adopted by the Health Committee in March 1930: The Health Committee. Considers that preparations which contain esters of morphine, di-hydrooxycodeinone, di-hydro-codeinone (dicodide), di-hydro-morphinone (dilaudide) should be treated in the same manner as those which contain diacetylmorphine, that is to say, they should come within the scope of the convention, whatever the percentage of narcotic substances contained may be. It also considers that all salts of these substances should come within the scope of the convention according to the provisions of article 10 of the said convention. The Secretary-General communicated this recommendation to the contracting parties in a letter dated June 7th, 1930. Up to the present only one Government, that of Portugal, has informed the Secretariat that it was willing to accept this recommendation. * A supplementary resolution of the Health Committee (14th session), which was noted by the Council at its 55th session and communicated to the contracting parties by letter dated July 24th, 1929, explains that the words “benzoylmorphine and the morphine esters generally" include all the esters of morphine without exception. [Footnote in the original.] In its reply, the Government of Venezuela accepts the Health Committee's recommendation as regards dilaudide and benzoylmorphine, but does not mention the other morphine esters. [Footnote in the original.] IV. Acedicone (C20H23NO4) At its session of October 1930 the Council of the League of Nations took note of the following resolution adopted by the Health Committee in October 1930. The Health Committee decides, in virtue of article 10 of the convention, to inform the Council of the League of Nations that acedicone (acetylo-demethylodihydro-thebaine) is liable to similar abuse and productive of similar illeffects as the substances to which Chapter III of the international opium convention of 1925 applies, and recommends that the provisions of the said convention should be applied to it. The Secretary-General communicated this recommendation to the contracting parties in a letter dated November 21st, 1930, requesting them to let him know whether they were willing to accept it. Up to the present affirmative replies have been received from the Governments of the following countries: The Secretariat of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a note dated December 15, 1930, that the accession of Colombia to the international opium convention, signed at Geneva February 19, 1925, was recorded by the Secretariat on December 3, 1930. Lithuania The American Chargé d'Affaires in Lithuania has transmitted to the Secretary of State a copy of Lithuanian Official Bulletin No. 347, of January 17, 1931, publishing the ratification by the Lithuanian Government, December 20, 1930, of the international opium convention signed at the Second Opium Conference at Geneva on February 19, 1925. CONFERENCE ON THE LIMITATION OF THE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS The Government of the United States has accepted an invitation. from the Secretary-General of the League of Nations dated June 14, 1930, to participate in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs to be held at Geneva on May 27, 1931. The delegates from the United States will be: *The acceptance of the Danish Government is given on condition that the majority of the contracting powers accept the resolution of the Health Committee. [Footnote in the original.] Mr. John K. Caldwell, Foreign Service officer on duty in the Mr. Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics; Dr. Walter Lewis Treadway, Assistant Surgeon General; Chief. Mr. Sanborn Young, Member of the Senate of the State of Mr. Winthrop Greene, Third Secretary of the American Legation at Berne, will act as secretary of the American Delegation, and Vice Consul Marc Smith, of the American Consulate at Geneva, will act as disbursing officer. |