Article 3 prohibits the participation of either party in any international understanding which might prevent the purchase or sale of goods or the granting of credit to the other, or the adoption of measures excluding the other from participation in its foreign trade. Article 4 prohibits either party from entering into any political or economic understanding or into any group directed against the other. Article 5 provides that the undertakings set forth in the previous articles do not affect the rights or obligations accruing from agreements concluded by either party before the effective date of this treaty, and each party declares that it is not bound by any agreement obliging it to participate in an aggression undertaken by a third state. Article 6 provides that all questions between the two parties which cannot be settled through diplomatic channels be submitted to a procedure of conciliation. By the provisions of article 7, the treaty will enter into force on the day of the exchange of ratifications, which will take place at Moscow, and will remain in force for one year from the day a notice of denunciation is made by either party, but denunciation cannot be made by either party before five years from the date on which the agreement enters into force. Germany ORGANIZATION COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS The Secretary General of the League of Nations communicated to the Council and Members of the League, by C.605.M.282.1933.V., of October 21, 1933, the text of a letter received from the German Government giving notice of its withdrawal from the League, and the reply thereto by the Secretary General, as follows: (Translation) 1. Letter from the German Government. BERLIN, October 19th, 1933. In the name of the German Government, I have the honour to inform you that Germany hereby notifies her withdrawal from the League, in conformity with Article 1, paragraph 3, of the Covenant. I have the honour, etc. (Translation) BARON VON NEURATH. 2. Reply by the Secretary-General. GENEVA, October 21st, 1933. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which you have addressed to me on October 19th, 1933 on behalf of the German Government, from which it results that Germany gives notice of its intention to withdraw from the League of Nations in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 3 of the Covenant, which reads as follows: "Any Member of the League may, after two years' notice of its intention so to do, withdraw from the League, provided that all its international obligations and all its obligations under this Covenant shall have been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal." I will not fail to communicate immediately your letter and the present reply to the Members of the League. I have the honour, etc. J. J. AVENOL, RENUNCIATION OF WAR ANTIWAR PACT OF OCTOBER 10, 1933 The American Embassy at Rio de Janeiro reported to the Department by a despatch dated October 12, 1933, the signing on October 10, 1933, in that city, of the antiwar pact, the draft of which was initiated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Señor Dr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas. The treaty, which also contains provisions of nonaggression and conciliation, was signed by the representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The text of the treaty, which has been included as topic 4 on the agenda of the Seventh International Conference of American States to convene at Montevideo, Uruguay, December 3, 1933, is printed in the section of this bulletin headed "Texts of Treaties and Agreements", page 17. RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND SICK OF ARMIES IN THE FIELD 2 Brazil-Netherlands In accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick of armies in the field, signed at Geneva July 27, 1929, which provides that each high contracting party shall notify to the other contracting parties the names of the volunteer societies authorized to render assistance to the regular medical service of the armed forces, this Government has been advised by the Brazilian and Netherland Governments that the following organizations have been so authorized: The Brazilian Red Cross, the only society authorized to supplement the activity of the official health service of the Brazilian Army; The Netherland Red Cross; the Comandery of the Netherlands of the Order of St. John; the Netherland division of the Sovereign Order of Malta; and the Central Committee for Immediate Relief of the Netherland Diaconal Hospitals. 2 See Bulletin No. 48, September 1933, p. 5. 20289-33-2 POLITICAL SECURITY PACT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY On September 14, 1933, a pact of friendship and cooperation between Greece and Turkey was signed at Ankara. The agreement provides for a mutual guarantee of the inviolability of the common frontiers of the two countries; for previous consultation on international questions of mutual interests; and that in international meetings of limited representation "Greece and Turkey are willing to consider that the delegate of one of them is entrusted with the mission of defending the common and particular interests of both parties, and they agree to combine their efforts with a view to assuring this representation by each party either in turn, or, in particular cases of special interest, by the party principally concerned." The pact is concluded for a period of 10 years, and unless denounced by one of the parties one year before the expiration of that time, will continue for another period of 10 years. It will become effective "following the final ratification which will be communicated by note to the other Contracting Party." Ratifications are to be exchanged at Athens as soon as possible. 6 HUMANITARIAN HEALTH INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONGRESS The Government of the United States has accepted the invitation extended to it by the French Government to take part in the International Public Health Congress, which will be held at the Pasteur Institute in Paris from October 23 to 25, 1933. Dr. Hugh S. Cummings, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, has been appointed to represent this Gov ernment. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF PENAL LAW The Instituto de Estudios Penales of Madrid transmitted to this Government, through the Spanish Ambassador at Washington, an invitation to participate in the Fifth International Conference for the Unification of Penal Law to be held in Madrid from October 14 to 20, 1933. The invitation was accepted, and the United States was represented by the Honorable Claude H. Bowers, American Ambassador to Spain. The following categories of questions were examined by the Conference, for the purpose of drafting uniform texts for reference in future modifications of existing codes: 1. Extradition; 2. Offenses of desertion of family; 3. Carrying of weapons; 4. Willful use of any means of endangering the public 5. Actions against persons engaged in immoral traffic. OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ABUSE OF OPIUM AND OTHER DRUGS 1 Turkey By a note dated October 3, 1933, the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Netherlands at Washington informed the Secretary of State that on September 15, 1933, the representative of Turkey signed the protocol concerning the coming into force of the opium convention signed at The Hague January 23, 1912. The convention became operative in respect of Turkey on September 15, 1933. 'See Bulletin No. 29, February 1932, p. 12. ECONOMIC AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT 1 The Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated September 25, 1933, a certified copy of the final act of the Conference of Wheat Exporting and Importing Countries, with appendices and minutes of the final meeting, signed at London August 25, 1933. The agreement, which remains open for signature on behalf of other countries, was signed by the following governments: the United States of America, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia (ad referendum), France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Irish Free State (ad referendum), Italy, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Spain, Sweden (ad referendum), Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia By a letter dated September 27, 1933, the Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State a copy of a communication received by him from the Czechoslovak Government under date of September 20, 1933, stating as follows the position taken in regard to the international wheat agreement signed at London August 25, 1933: .. the Czechoslovak Republic accepts the International Wheat Agreement signed at London on August 25th, 1933, while at the same time calling attention to the declaration made by the Czechoslovak delegate at the Wheat Conference by which the Czechoslovak Government reserved the right to make further reservations on approval of its signature. The Czechoslovak Government wishes to add that it agrees to the reduction of Customs duties provided that such reduction shall not affect the maintenance of the remunerative prices for home-grown cereals. A decision regarding the remunerative level of prices can only be taken with due consideration of the conditions prevailing in Czechoslovakia." Irish Free State The Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State by a letter dated September 18, 1933, a copy of a communication dated September 14, 1933, received by him from the 1 See Bulletins No. 47, August 1933, p. 10, and No. 48, September 1933, p. 18. |