In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages and have thereunto affixed their seals. Done at the city of Washington this twenty-seventh day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty. En testimonio de lo cual, los respectivos Plenipotenciarios han firmado el presente Convenio en duplicado en los idiomas inglés y español y puestos sus sellos respectivos. Hecho en la ciudad de Washington, a los veinte y siete dias de mayo de mil novecientos treinta. [SEAL] HENRY L STIMSON AND WHEREAS the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirty; Now, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN THAT I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this twenty-sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fifth. By the President: HL STIMSON Secretary of State. HERBERT HOOVER О TREATY SERIES, No. 830 LIMITATION AND REDUCTION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OTHER POWERS Signed at London, April 22, 1930. Ratification advised by the Senate of the United States, July 21, 1930. By the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great By the Irish Free State, December 31, 1930. Proclaimed by the President of the United States, January 1, 1931. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 10 cents INSERT [TREATY SERIES, No. 830] TREATY FOR THE LIMITATION AND REDUCTION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY, AND JAPAN, SIGNED AT LONDON, APRIL 22, 1930 [Note by the Department of State] With the exception of part IV which, under the first exception in article 23, "shall remain in force without limit of time", and of the provisions of articles 3, 4, and 5, and of article 11 and annex II to part II so far as they relate to aircraft carriers, the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, signed on the part of the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan at London on April 22, 1930, and ratified by the United States, the British Empire, and Japan, ceased to be in force on December 31, 1936, in accordance with the provision of article 23 thereof, that the treaty should remain in force until that date. The provisions of articles 3, 4, and 5, and of article 11 and annex II to part II so far as they relate to aircraft carriers, terminated on December 31, 1936, under the second exception in article 23, that they should remain in force for the same period as the "Washington Treaty" (Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament, between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan, signed at Washington on February 6, 1922), by reason of the termination of the "Washington Treaty" pursuant to a notice given by Japan on December 29, 1934. The Governments of France and Italy, which did not ratify the treaty of 1930 in its entirety, ratified part IV, and their instruments of ratification of part IV were deposited with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on November 6, 1936. Part IV of the treaty of 1930 is therefore now in force without limit of time among the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan. The rules of international law in part IV are also in effect with respect to Germany, which acceded thereto on November 23, 1936; Belgium, which acceded on December 23, 1936; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which acceded on December 27, 1936; Greece, which acceded on January 11, 1937; Haiti, which acceded on January 23, 1937; Nepal, which acceded on January 27, 1937; Sweden, 137728-37 which acceded on February 15, 1937; Finland, which acceded on February 18, 1937; Panama, which acceded on February 26, 1937; Bulgaria, which acceded on March 1, 1937; and Albania, which acceded on March 3, 1937. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 31, 1937. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1937 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 5 cents |