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PUBLICATION No. 100

ITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

PROMOTION OF PEACE...

Arbitration, conciliation, and judicial settlement..
Bilateral treaties of arbitration and conciliation.
Permanent Court of International Justice..
Armament reduction__.

London Naval Treaty of 1930

Restriction of war..

Protocol concerning the prohibition of the use in warfare of asphyxiat-
ing, poisonous, or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of
warfare...

POLITICAL..

Boundary controversy: Guatemala-Honduras

International Water Commission, United States and Mexico...---

HUMANITARIAN

Extradition....

Treaty between the United States and Austria..

Treaty between the United States and Germany

Health...

International sanitary convention_

Liquor....

Convention between the United States and Poland for the prevention of the smuggling of alcoholic beverages into the United States____ Safety ---

International convention for the safety of life at sea..

Slavery...

International slavery convention....

ECONOMIC..

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Aviation..

Convention relating to the regulation of aerial navigation_ Commerce...

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International convention for the abolition of import and export pro-
hibitions and restrictions__

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Finance....

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International conference for the unification of laws on bills of exchange,
promissory notes, and checks___

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PROMOTION OF PEACE

ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL
SETTLEMENT

BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION

Belgium. On July 1, 1930, Belgium ratified the treaty of arbitration and the treaty of conciliation, signed at Washington, March 20, 1929. These treaties were ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, June 4, 1929. They will come into force on the date of exchange of ratifications at Washington.

Costa Rica. By a despatch dated July 7, 1930, the American Minister at San José informed the Secretary of State that Señor Carlos Lara was appointed by the President of Costa Rica to the Central American Commission of Inquiry, created in compliance with the convention for the establishment of international commissions of inquiry, signed at Washington, February 7, 1923. Señor Lara will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Señor Alejandro Alvarado Quirós.

Iceland. The treaty of arbitration between the United States and Iceland, signed at Washington, May 15, 1930, was ratified by the President of the United States on June 28, 1930.2 This treaty will come into force on the date of exchange of ratifications at

Washington.

Latvia. On July 10, 1930, the Secretary of State, Mr. Henry L. Stimson, and the Consul General of Latvia at New York, Mr. Arthur B. Lule, exchanged ratifications of the treaty of arbitration and the treaty of conciliation between the United States and Latvia, signed at Riga, January 14, 1930. The treaties were proclaimed by the President of the United States on July 14, 1930. arbitration and the treaty of conciliation between the United States Luxemburg. On July 29, 1930, Luxemburg ratified the treaty of and Luxemburg, signed at Luxemburg, April 6, 1929. These treaties, which were ratified by the President of the United States on May 28, 1929, will come into force on the date of the exchange

'See Bulletin of June, 1929, p. 8.
'See Bulletin No. 9, June, 1930, p. 1.
'See Bulletin No. 7, April, 1930, p. 1.

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