POLITICAL

TREATY REVISING THE GENERAL ACT OF BERLIN OF FEBRUARY 26, 1885, AND THE GENERAL ACT AND DECLARATION OF BRUSSELS OF JULY 2, 1890

Italy

By a despatch dated May 8, 1931, the American Ambassador to France informed the Secretary of State that he had received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a certified copy of the procès verbal of the deposit of ratification by Italy of the convention revising the general act of Berlin of February 26, 1885, and of the general act and declaration of Brussels of July 2, 1890, signed at Saint-Germainen-Laye on September 10, 1919. The instrument of ratification was deposited in the archives of the French Government on April 14, 1931.

The deposit of Italy's ratification makes complete the deposit of ratifications of all the signatory states except the United States. The signatory states are Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and the United States. Article 15 of the convention provides that it will come into force for each signatory state from the date of the deposit of its ratification. Article 14 provides that states exercising authority over African territories, and other states, members of the League of Nations, which were parties either to the act of Berlin or to the act of Brussels or to the declaration annexed thereto, may adhere to the present convention. The notification of adherence shall be made to the French Government and it shall notify the signatory or adhering states. The adherence will come into force from the date of the notification to the French Government.

Ethiopia adhered to the convention on September 27, 1923—the only state which, according to the records of the Department of State, has so far adhered to the convention. The deposit of ratification of the United States has not yet been completed, as notification of the acceptance of the reservations made by the United States regarding arbitration of disputes has not been received from the other signatory states.1

HUMANITARIAN

ASYLUM

CONVENTION FIXING THE RULES FOR THE GRANTING OF ASYLUM

Cuba

On May 4, 1931, the Chargé d'Affaires of Cuba at Washington, Señor Don José T. Barón, deposited with the Pan American Union the instrument of ratification of Cuba of the convention fixing the rules for the granting of asylum, adopted at the Sixth International Conference of American States, February 20, 1928.

According to the information of the Department of State, the countries which have deposited their ratifications of this convention are, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.1

EXTRADITION

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREECE

On May 6, 1931, the American Minister to Greece telegraphed that the extradition treaty with Greece was signed on that day.

NATURALIZATION

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ALBANIA 2

The American Minister to Albania reported that the Albanian Parliament ratified on April 7, 1931, the naturalization treaty with the United States which was signed on January 21, 1931. The decree was signed by the King on April 27, 1931.

OPIUM

CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ABUSE OF OPIUM AND OTHER DRUGS

Dominican Republic

By a note dated May 11, 1931, the Minister of the Netherlands in Washington informed the Secretary of State that, on April 14, 1931,

a representative of the Dominican Republic signed the protocol concerning the coming into force of the opium convention originally signed at The Hague, January 23, 1912. The convention therefore became operative in the Dominican Republic on that date.

El Salvador

By a telegram dated May 18, 1931, the American Minister to El Salvador reported that the Government of El Salvador had adhered to the international opium convention signed at The Hague, January 23, 1912.

Norway

INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION

The Acting Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated April 10, 1931, that the instrument of accession of Norway to the international opium convention of February 19, 1925, was deposited on March 16, 1931.3

SLAVERY

INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY CONVENTION

France

By a circular letter dated April 24, 1931, the Acting Legal Adviser of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by France of the international slavery convention, signed at Geneva, September 25, 1926, was deposited with the Secretariat on March 28, 1931.3

3 See Bulletin No. 19, April, 1931, p. 9. 61462-31-2

ECONOMIC

COMMERCE

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND CONSULAR RIGHTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRIA

On May 27, 1931, the instruments of ratification of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights, of June 19, 1928, and the supplementary agreement of January 20, 1931, between the United States and Austria were exchanged at Vienna. The treaty became effective on the exchange of ratifications and under the supplementary agreement may be terminated on February 11, 1935, or on any date thereafter by one year's notice given by either Government to the other. The President proclaimed the treaty and the supplementary agreement on May 28, 1931. They will shortly be printed as Treaty Series, Nos. 838 and 839.

COPYRIGHT

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS 1

CONVENTION AS REVISED AT ROME, JUNE 2, 1928

Switzerland

By a telegram dated May 21, 1931, the American Minister to Switzerland informed the Secretary of State that Switzerland had ratified the copyright convention as revised at Rome, June 2, 1928. This is the first ratification of the convention of which the term for ratification ends July 1, 1931. Article 28 of the convention provides: (1) The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be deposited at Rome not later than July 1, 1931.

(2) It will go into effect between the countries of the Union which have ratified it one month after that date. However, if, before that date, it has been ratified by at least six countries of the Union it will go into effect as between those countries of the Union one month after the deposit of the sixth ratification has been notified to them

'See Bulletin No. 11, August, 1930, pp. 9-11.

by the Government of the Swiss Confederation and, for the countries of the Union which shall later ratify, one month after the notification of each such ratification.

(3) Countries that are not within the Union may, until August 1, 1931, enter the Union, by means of adhesion, either to the Convention signed at Berlin November 13, 1908, or to the present Convention. After August 1, 1931, they can adhere only to the present Convention.

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia has declared its adherence to the convention as revised at Rome. The adherence will become effective upon the entry into force of the convention.2

By a note dated April 8, 1931, the Ambassador of Chile in Washington informed the Secretary of State that on February 10, 1931, the instruments of ratification of the Republic of Panama of the convention for publicity of customs documents and the convention for uniformity of nomenclature for classification of merchandise were deposited with the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both conventions were signed during the Fifth International Conference of American States at Santiago, Chile, May 3, 1923.3

FINANCE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF COUNTERFEITING CURRENCY

Norway

By a circular letter dated April 13, 1931, the Acting Legal Adviser of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification of Norway of the international convention for the suppression of counterfeiting currency and protocol, signed at Geneva, April 20, 1929, was deposited with the Secretariat on March 16, 1931.*

2 See Bulletin No. 12, September, 1930, p. 12.

See Bulletin No. 6, August, 1929, Third Supplement, pp. 11-12.

4 See Bulletin No. 19, April, 1931, p. 12.