Sweden (C.L.119.1933.II.) "... has the honour inform you that Swedish Government has decided to accede to the agreement with regard to a tariff truce, concluded on May 12th between the States represented on the Committee for the organisation of the Monetary and Economic Conference. This accession is however subject to the following reservations, namely: "(1) neither the passing of a bill already before the Riksdag, nor any other measures officially contemplated or following upon a decision already taken, shall be regarded as constituting a fresh initiative and (2) Sweden shall be bound by the agreement only in respect of States acceding thereto and themselves applying its provisions, it being understood moreover that if another State (whether or not in virtue of reservations made at the time of its accession) takes any steps likely seriously to disturb international relations in the commercial and financial field, Sweden reserves the right to adopt such measures as she may deem expedient.' Turkey (C.L.111.1933.II.) "The Turkish delegation to the London Conference has received the necessary powers to study the question of the Customs Truce and to accede thereto. Having taken no part in the preparatory work, our delegation will only be able to signify its accession in London when it is in touch with the Conference." By a communication (C.L.105.1933.II) dated June 8, 1933, the Secretary General of the League of Nations circulated the following information concerning the replies of Guatemala and Nicaragua in regard to the proposed tariff truce: Guatemala the Secretary-General . . . has received a communication from the Chargé d'Affaires of Guatemala in London stating that, in his capacity as delegate of Guatemala at the forthcoming Conference, he accepts ad referendum the Resolution adopted by the Council Organising Committee at its meeting held in London of May 12th, . . Nicaragua "The Secretary-General has further been informed that the Government of Nicaragua explicitly agrees to the Tariff truce proposed by Mr. Norman Davis, the United States Delegate to the Council Organising Committee." The official text of the resolution concerning the adoption of the tariff truce has been received by the Department of State. In the text as printed in Bulletin No. 44, May 1933, pages 15-16, the following changes based on the official text should be noted on page 16: Second paragraph, line 2, the word "great" should be "greater"; The "Note" should read as follows: "Note. It is understood that action taken in accordance with the considerations set out in Part I.B. Sub-Section 2, of the Draft Annotated Agenda submitted by the Preparatory Commission of Experts (C.48.M.18.1933) would not be in conflict with this Resolution." TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND CONSULAR RIGHTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND POLAND 8 The American Embassy at Warsaw has reported by cable that the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the United States and Poland, signed on June 15, 1931, was effected at that capital on June 9, 1933. In accordance with its terms, the treaty will take effect in all its provisions 30 days from that date. The treaty contains the usual provisions concerning entry, travel, residence, etc., and the rights, duties, privileges, and immunities of consular officers, as well as those concerning the national treatment of shipping and most-favored-nation treatment in matters of commerce such as are contained in similar treaties of the United States now in force with Austria, El Salvador, Estonia, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. The treaty will shortly be printed as Treaty Series, No. 862. COPYRIGHT INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS Spain CONVENTION AS REVISED AT ROME, JUNE 2, 1928 9 The American Embassy at Madrid reported by a despatch dated April 25, 1933, that the Gaceta de Madrid published on that day the announcement that the adherence of Spain to the convention for the protection of literary and artistic works, as revised at Rome, June 2, 1928, entered into effect on April 23, 1933. CUSTOMS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SIMPLIFICATION OF CUSTOMS FORMALITIES Iraq By a despatch dated June 10, 1933, the American Legation at Baghdad reported the signature by the King, on May 13, 1933, of Law No. 17 authorizing the adherence of Iraq to the convention for • See Bulletin No. 31. April 1932, p. 12. See Bulletin No. 36, September 1932, p. 7. the simplification of customs formalities and protocol, signed at Geneva November 3, 1923. Peru NAVIGATION INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION By a note dated May 31, 1933, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Peru of the international load line convention signed at London July 5, 1930, was deposited in the archives of the British. Foreign Office on March 30, 1933, and will become effective on June 30, 1933. PETROLEUM WORLD PETROLEUM CONGRESS The British Government has extended, on behalf of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, an invitation for this Government to take part in the World Petroleum Congress, which will be held in London from July 19 to 25, 1933. The invitation has been accepted, and the United States will be represented by Dr. R. P. Anderson, of the American Petroleum Institute, New York. POSTAL POSTAL MONEY-ORDER CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ALBANIA 10 The Acting Secretary of State was informed by the Third Assistant Postmaster General under date of June 13, 1933, that the postal money-order convention between the United States and Albania, signed June 18 and April 13, 1932, respectively, would, by mutual agreement between the Post Office Department and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs of Albania, enter into force on July 1, 1933. POWER WORLD POWER CONFERENCE The Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Governments recently invited this Government to be represented by not more than two official delegates at a special session of the World Power Conference, sectional meetings of which will be held at Copenhagen on June 26 and 10 See Bulletin No. 36, September 1932, p. 10. 27, at Stockholm from June 28 to July 4, and at Oslo from July 8 to 10. During and after the period of the meetings in Sweden there will be excursions to Finland and to power plants in Sweden and Norway. The United States Government has accepted this invitation and will be represented by James Cummings Bonbright, Ph.D., professor of finance in Columbia University and trustee of the Power Authority of the State of New York. STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO ECONOMIC STATISTICS RESERVATIONS MADE BY THE NETHERLANDS IN RESPECT OF THE NETHERLAND INDIES 11 The following letter concerning the application to the Netherland Indies of the international convention relating to economic statistics, of December 14, 1928, was addressed to the Secretary of State under date of May 23, 1933, by the Secretary General of the League of Nations: "I have the honour to inform you that the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs has notified to me that the Royal Netherlands Government desires that the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics and Protocol, signed at Geneva December 14, 1928, should apply to the Netherlands Indies, in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 2, of its article 11. "This application is subject to the following reservations_which have not led to any objection on the part of the Contracting Parties to whom they have been communicated in accordance with the terms of Article 17 of the Convention: "1. The following shall not be applicable: "a. The provisions of Article 2, III, E) and V; "b. The provisions concerning the system of valuations known as 'declared values' mentioned in Annex I, Part I, §II (See Article 3); "c. Article 3, paragraph 2. "2. The returns mentioned in Article 2, IV, shall only apply to coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, manganese, gold and silver. "3. The statistics of foreign trade mentioned in Article 3 shall not comprise tables concerning transit. "The application of the Convention to the Netherlands Indies was registered with the Secretariat of the League of Nations on May 5, 1933." "See Bulletins No. 44, May 1933, p. 18, and No. 38, November 1932, p. 20. TELECOMMUNICATIONS NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN REGIONAL RADIO CONFERENCE 12 The International Radio Convention of Washington (1927) and the International Telecommunication Convention of Madrid (1932) leave to regional conferences the solution of problems affecting two or more countries in a single region, but not affecting the entire world. There is no definition in either convention of the limits of regions outside of Europe. Those limits are left to be determined by the interested governments in the light of probable interference caused by the operation of stations. In extending the invitation to the North and Central American Regional Conference, the Mexican Government naturally included all neighboring governments which might license stations capable of interfering with stations in Mexico. As the problem of interference must be considered as a unit which can be solved only by taking into account all stations likely to cause interference, the United States is glad to participate in a conference representing the governments of North and Central America at the request of the Mexican Government. The Acting Secretary of State accepted the invitation on June 6, 1933. The following delegates will represent this Government at the conference, which will open in Mexico City on July 10, 1933: The Honorable Eugene O. Sykes, Chairman, Federal Radio The Honorable Schuyler Otis Bland, Representative in Congress The Honorable Roy T. Davis, American Minister to Panama. The following technical advisers have now been appointed: Dr. Charles B. Jolliffe, Chief Engineer, Federal Radio Commission; Dr. Irvin Stewart, Department of State; Mr. E. K. Jett, Chief, Commercial Communications Section of Mr. Gerald C. Gross, Chief, International Relations Section, 12 See Bulletin No. 44, May 1933, p. 19. |