[PROCÈS-VERBAL OF THE DEPOSIT OF RATIFICATIONS IN RESPECT of the United States of America, Great BRITAIN AND NorthERN IRELAND AND ALL PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHICH ARE NOT SEPARATE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA AND JAPAN] The Undersigned, having met together for the purpose of proceeding to the deposit of ratifications of the Treaty for the limitation and reduction of Naval Armament, signed at London the 22nd day of April, 1930; Having produced the instruments whereby the said Treaty has been ratified by the President of the United States of America, by His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations, of the Dominion of Canada, of the Commonwealth of Australia, of the Dominion of New Zealand, of the Union of South Africa, and of India; and by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; And the respective Ratifications of the said Treaty having been carefully compared and found to be in due form, the said deposit in accordance with the provisions of Article 24(1) of the Treaty took place this day in the customary form. The representative of the United States of America declared that the instrument of ratification of the United States of America was deposited subject to the distinct and explicit understandings set forth in the resolution of July 21, 1930, of the Senate of the United States of America advising and consenting to ratification, that there are no secret files, documents, letters, understandings or agreements which in any way, directly or indirectly, modify, change, add to, or take from any of the stipulations, agreements or statements in said Treaty; and that, excepting the agreement brought about through the exchange of notes between the Governments of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, having reference to Article 19, there is no agreement, secret or otherwise, expressed or implied, between any of the parties to said Treaty as to any construction that shall hereafter be given to any statement or provision contained therein. (36) IN WITNESS WHEREOF they have signed this procès-verbal, and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE at London, the 27th day of October, 1930. (L.S.) CHARLES G. DAWES. (L.S.) J. RAMSAY MACDONALD. (L.S.) J. H. SCULLIN. [PROCÈS-VERBAL OF THE DEPOSIT OF RATIFICATION IN RESPECT OF THE IRISH FREE STATE] The Undersigned, having met together for the purpose of proceeding to the deposit of the Instrument whereby His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, has ratified, in respect of the Irish Free State, the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, signed at London, the 22nd day of April, 1930; And the said Instrument having been produced and found to be in due form, its deposit in accordance with the provisions of Article 24(1) of the Treaty took place this day in the customary form. IN WITNESS WHEREOF they have signed this procès-verbal and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE at London, the 31st day of December, 1930. (L.S.) JOHN W. DULANTY. (L.S.) ARTHUR HENDERSON. TREATY SERIES, No. 831 ARBITRATION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signed at Washington, April 19, 1928. Ratification advised by the Senate of the United States, May 10, Ratified by the President of the United States, May 15, 1928. Ratified by Italy, November 27, 1930. Ratifications exchanged at Washington, January 20, 1931. Proclaimed by the President of the United States, January 21, 1931. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 5 cents |