ment which unites the Members of the League. This action ultra vires is aggravated by the fact that in the present case the unilateral embargo is a means of assisting the indubitable aggressor to obtain what he has not been able to secure with the aid of his own longprepared forces. The Advisory Committee considers that it is Paraguay's duty to refrain from making war upon Bolivia so far as the latter conforms to the Assembly's recommendations. Such a declaration is meaningless in the case of a war which has been proceeding for thirty-two months. The prohibition to resort to war is only applicable under the Covenant when the conflict has not yet developed into an armed struggle. The Advisory Committee's resolution of January 16th constitutes in the judgment of the Paraguayan Government an arbitrary act against which there is no appeal. Having joined the League of Nations in the conviction that her obligations as a Member would be confined to those specified in the Covenant and that she would be treated on a footing of perfect equality with other nations Paraguay finds herself compelled to leave the League. The Paraguayan Government accordingly hereby gives formal notice as provided in the Covenant of its decision to withdraw from the League of Nations. LUIS A. RIART. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ecclesiastical Affairs. The Secretary General replied to the above communication as follows: "I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of February 23rd. By this telegram the Paraguayan Government gives notice of its intention to withdraw from the League in accordance with the provisions of Article I, Paragraph 3 of the Covenant, which runs: 'Any Member of the League may, after two years' notice, withdraw from the League, provided all its international obligations and all its obligations under the Covenant have been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal.' I shall not fail to communicate immediately to the Members of the League the Paraguayan Government's telegram and my reply." RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND THE SICK OF ARMIES IN THE FIELD 10 Japan The American Embassy at Tokyo reported by a despatch dated March 13, 1935, that the Official Gazette of March 8, 1935, published the ratification by Japan of the convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and the sick of armies in the field, signed at Geneva July 27, 1929. The ratification was made subject to the reservations stated by the Japanese delegates at the time of signing the convention. 10 See Bulletin No. 66, March 1935, p. 4. Chile HUMANITARIAN ASYLUM 1 CONVENTION ON POLITICAL ASYLUM 1 The Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State by a letter dated April 11, 1935, that the instrument of ratification by Chile of the convention on political asylum, signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933, was deposited with the Union on March 28, 1935. EDUCATION CONVENTION FOR FACILITATING THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF FILMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER 2 Chile According to a communication from the League of Nations dated March 29, 1935, the instrument of ratification by Chile of the convention for facilitating the international circulation of films of an educational character, signed at Geneva October 11, 1933, was deposited with the Secretariat on March 20, 1935. EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ALBANIA The American Legation at Tirana reported by a telegram dated April 20, 1935, that the King of Albania had on that day ratified the extradition treaty between the United States and Albania signed March 1, 1933. The treaty was ratified by the President of the United States on February 21, 1934. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA The Secretary of State and the Czechoslovak Minister at Washington signed on April 29, 1935, a supplementary extradition treaty be tween the United States and Czechoslovakia. The treaty adds to the list of crimes and offenses for which extradition may be granted under the extradition treaty of July 2, 1925, between the two countries (Treaty Series No. 734), crimes and offenses against the laws of bankruptcy. Article IV of the treaty of July 2, 1925, is amended by adding the following words: " or be extradited to another country, unless he shall have been allowed one month to leave the country after having been set at liberty as a result of the disposition of the charges upon which he was extradited", so that the article will now read: "No person shall be tried for any crime or offense committed before his extradition other than that for which he was surrendered, or be extradited to another country, unless he shall have been allowed one month to leave the country after having been set at liberty as a result of the disposition of the charges upon which he was extradited." The treaty will enter into effect upon the exchange of ratifications which will take place at Prague. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND LUXEMBURG The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Luxemburg informed the Secretary of State by a telegram dated April 24, 1935, that he had on that day signed with the Prime Minister a treaty supplementary to the extradition treaty of October 29, 1883, between the United States and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg (Treaty Series No. 196). SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND POLAND A supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Poland was signed at Warsaw on April 5, 1935. This treaty adds to the list of crimes and offenses enumerated in the extradition treaty of November 22, 1927, between the two countries (Treaty Series No. 789), on account of which extradition may be granted, offenses to the detriment of creditors in connection with a state of insolvency. HEALTH INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION FOR AIR NAVIGATION The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at The Hague transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated April 11, 1935, a certified copy of the procès-verbal drawn up by the Netherland Government on April 3, 1935, stating that the deposit of the first 10 instruments of ratification of the international sanitary convention for air navigation, signed at The Hague April 12, 1933, had taken place. According to the provisions of article 63 of the convention, it will enter into effect on the 120th day after the date of this procès-verbal, that is to say, on August 1, 1935. A translation of the note from the Netherland Foreign Office to the Chargé, dated April 8, 1935, which lists the countries which have ratified and adhered to the convention, is as follows: MR. CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES : THE HAGUE, April 8, 1935. Referring to my note no. 1284, of January 12 last, Protocol Division, concerning the international sanitary convention for air navigation of April 12, 1933, I have the honor to inform you that on April 3 last, in fulfilment of the provisions of article 63 of the convention, the procès-verbal establishing the deposit of the first ten ratifications of the above-mentioned convention in the archives of the Netherland Government has been drawn up, to wit: of Australia, Egypt, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Morocco, Monaco, the Netherlands, Rumania, Syria and Lebanon, and Tunis. I also take the liberty of informing you that on the same date the deposit of the notifications of accession of Bolivia, Brazil, Iraq, and Sudan took place, as well as the notification of the Government of Great Britain relative to the application of the convention to the following British territories: Southern Rhodesia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Cyprus, Falkland Islands and dependencies, Gold Coast: (a) Colony, (b) Ashanti, (c) Northern Territories, (d) Togoland under British Mandate; Hong Kong, Kenya (Colony and Protectorate), Leeward Islands: Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, Virgin Islands; Malay States: (a) Federated Malay States: Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor, (b) Nonfederated Malay States: Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Trengganu and Brunei; Mauritius, Nigeria: (a) Colony, (b) Protectorate, (c) the Cameroons under British mandate; North Borneo, Nyasaland Protectorate, Palestine (with the exception of Transjordania), Sarawak, Sierra Leone (Colony and Protectorate) Straits Settlements, the Territory of Tanganyika, Transjordania, the Protectorate of Uganda, Protectorate of Zanzibar. The accession of Brazil and Iraq was accompanied by the following reservations which had previously been approved by all the countries participating in the convention. Brazil: "(a) With regard to article 61, amendments to the convention tending to bind the Government of the United States of Brazil must at first be accepted by the Brazilian Government. "(b) Regarding the measures to be applied, the Brazilian Government reserves the right to decide whether a foreign district is to be considered infected and to determine the measures to be adopted in the special circumstances, with respect to aircraft and persons arrived at a Brazilian aerodrome." Iraq: "The Government of Iraq reserves the right to accept only those certificates which are signed by a recognized official of the Public Health Services of the country concerned and which carry within the text of the certificate an intimation of the office occupied by the person signing that certificate, if the circumstances appear to be such that certificates delivered under the conditions laid down in article 32 of the convention do not provide all the necessary guarantees." In conformity with articles 63, 64 and 65 the convention will enter into effect for the countries above mentioned 120 days after April 3 last and will also be applied to the aforementioned British territories 120 days after that date, to wit: August 1, 1935. I venture to invite you to communicate the foregoing to your Government and to transmit to it the enclosed two copies of the procèsverbal mentioned above, one of which has been authenticated as a true copy. In requesting you to be good enough to acknowledge the receipt hereof, I avail myself of this occasion to renew to you the assurance of my high consideration. For the Minister: The Secretary General, A. M. SNOUCK HURGRONJE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT RELATING TO STATISTICS OF CAUSES OF DEATH 5 Papua-Norfolk Islands-New Guinea-Nauru By a note dated April 16, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the Government of Australia had, by a communication dated March 4, 1935, notified the British Government that it desired the agreement relating to statistics of causes of death, signed June 19, 1934, to apply to Papua, Norfolk Islands, and the mandated territories of New Guinea and Nauru. VETERINARY CONVENTIONS 6 The Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State with a circular letter dated March 16, 1935, certified copies of the three veterinary conventions signed at Geneva on February 20, 1935, as follows: International convention for the campaign against contagious diseases of animals International convention concerning transit of animals, meat, and other products of animal origin "See Bulletin No. 59, August 1934, p. 5. See Bulletin No. 28, January 1932, p. 14. |