UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS Page Arbitration, conciliation, and judicial settlement.. General act of September 26, 1928.... Bilateral treaties of arbitration and conciliation Permanent Court of International Justice.. Acceptance of reservations made by Cuba when ratifying the International union for the protection of literary and artistic works__ Convention as revised at Rome, June 2, 1928.. Convention for publicity of customs documents-Convention for uniformity of nomenclature for classification of merchandise___ Arrangement concerning the international registration of trade- marks-Arrangement concerning the suppression of false indica- Universal postal convention and the arrangement concerning letters and parcels of declared value__ International convention and protocol relating to economic statistics. Reservation made by the Commonwealth of Australia when adhering to the convention relating to economic statistics.... International convention for the unification of certain rules relating to the limitation of the liability of owners of seagoing vessels.... Italy PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT 1 GENERAL ACT OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1928 1 The American Ambassador to Italy has informed the Secretary of State that the Council of Ministers in its session on April 15, 1931, approved Italy's adherence to the general act for the pacific settlement of international disputes, signed at Geneva September 26, 1928. It is expected that a bill to this effect will be presented to the Italian Parliament which reconvenes in May. Latvia BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION By a despatch dated April 11, 1931, the American Minister to Latvia informed the Secretary of State that he had received a note from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, dated April 8, 1931, informing him of the appointment by the Latvian Government of its national and nonnational commissioners to the international commission provided for in article 2 of the treaty of conciliation between the United States and Latvia.2 The Latvian national member chosen by the Latvian Government is Mr. Fridrichs Vesmanis, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Great Britain. The nonnational member is Mr. Rafael W. Erich, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Finland to Sweden. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ACCEPTANCE OF RESERVATIONS MADE BY CUBA WHEN RATIFYING THE PROTOCOL OF REVISION OF THE STATUTE 3 Greece The Secretary-General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated April 13, 1931, that See Bulletins No. 11, August, 1930, p. 1, and No. 18, March, 1931, p. 1. 1 2 See Bulletin No. 17, February, 1931, p. 1. 3 See Bulletin No. 19, April, 1931, p. 2. the permanent delegate of the Government of Greece accredited to the League of Nations had informed him in a communication dated March 20, 1931, that the Hellenic Government had accepted the reservations made by the Government of Cuba when ratifying the protocol concerning the revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and expressed "the hope that the Republic of Cuba may, in future, desire to withdraw these reservations." Venezuela By a circular letter dated April 13, 1931, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations also informed the Secretary of State that he had received a communication dated February 25, 1931, informing him that the Government of Venezuela has no objections to make regarding the reservations made by the Government of Cuba when ratifying the protocol concerning the revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. ARMAMENT REDUCTION LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 The Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State by a note dated March 2, 1931, of the completion of the U.S.S. Augusta on January 30, 1931. In accordance with article 10 of the London naval treaty, the following information in respect of the vessel was furnished to the Governments of France, Great Britain, and Japan:* Classification: cruiser Standard displacement: 9,050 tons (9,195 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 66 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 16 feet, 4 inches Colombia RENUNCIATION OF WAR On May 28, 1931, Señor Doctor Fabio Lozano, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States, deposited with the Department of State the instrument of definitive adherence of the Government of Colombia to the treaty for the renunciation of war, signed at Paris, August 27, 1928. Colombia is the 59th party to the treaty.5 4 5 See Bulletin No. 19. April, 1931, p. 4. See Bulletins No. 7, April, 1930, p. 3, No. 13, October, 1930, p. 6, and No. 14, November, 1930, p. 5. |