Arbitration, conciliation, and judicial settlement. - Bilateral treaties of arbitration and conciliation__ 122 11 Convention for the protection of industrial property.__ Arrangement concerning the international registration of trade- marks-Arrangement concerning the suppression of false indica- Certain conventions of the International Labor Conference... Convention concerning the employment of women during the night__ PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL BILATERAL TREATIES OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION United States-Egypt On January 18, 1933, the President approved the appointment of the Honorable James R. Sheffield, former Ambassador to Mexico, as American national member of the conciliation commission existing by virtue of the conciliation treaty between the United States and Egypt, signed at Washington August 27, 1929.1 United States-Finland The President approved on January 18, 1933, the appointment of the Honorable Dana G. Munro, former Minister to Haiti, as American national member of the conciliation commission provided for by the conciliation treaty with Finland, signed at Washington June 7, 1928. United States-Greece 2 On January 18, 1933, the President approved the appointment of the Honorable Lloyd D. Griscom, former Ambassador to Brazil and to Italy, as American national member of the conciliation commission provided for by the conciliation treaty between the United States and Greece, signed at Washington June 19, 1930. United States-Peru On February 23, 1933, the President appointed Mr. David Stanley Smith, a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, as American nonnational member of the conciliation commission provided for by the conciliation treaty with Peru, signed at Lima July 14, 1914. United States-Rumania On January 18, 1933, the President approved the appointment of the Honorable William Cameron Forbes, former Ambassador to Japan, as American national member of the conciliation commis 1 See Bulletin No. 35, August, 1932, p. 1. 2 See Bulletin No. 37, October, 1932, p. 1. sion established by the treaty with Rumania, signed at Washington July 22, 1929. United States-Switzerland On January 18, 1933, the President approved the appointment of the Honorable George Wharton Pepper, former Senator from Pennsylvania, as American national member of the conciliation commission existing by virtue of the treaty of arbitration and conciliation with Switzerland, signed at Washington February 16, 1931.3 Brazil-Poland In a despatch dated February 1, 1933, the American Ambassador to Brazil informed the Secretary of State that a conciliation treaty between Brazil and Poland was signed at Rio de Janeiro on January 27, 1933. Uruguay-Germany According to a despatch from the American Minister to Uruguay, dated February 3, 1933, a general treaty of arbitration and conciliation between Uruguay and Germany was signed in Montevideo on December 30, 1932. The treaty will enter into force one month after exchange of ratifications. It will remain in force for 10 years and indefinitely thereafter for five-year periods unless abrogated. GENERAL CONVENTION OF INTER-AMERICAN CONCILIATION 4 Ecuador The American Minister to Ecuador forwarded to the Department of State with a despatch dated January 18, 1933, a copy of Registro Oficial, No. 26, of January 4, 1933, on page 5 of which is published the instrument of ratification by Ecuador of the general convention of inter-American conciliation, signed at Washington at the International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration, January 5, 1929. Article 16 of the convention provides that the instruments of ratification shall be deposited in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile and that notice of the ratifications shall be made to the other signatory governments. Notice of the deposit of the instrument of ratification has not been received by this Government. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Lithuania 5 By a communication dated February 3, 1933, from the Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, the Secretary of |