can be signed until April 1, 1934, by any member of the League of Nations or by any nonmember state which was represented at the conference which drew up the convention or to which the Council of the League of Nations shall communicate a copy of the convention for this purpose. The purpose of the convention is to secure more completely the suppression of the traffic in women and children and to complete by a new convention the agreement of May 18, 1904, and the conventions of May 4, 1910, and September 30, 1921, relating to this question. The convention will enter into force 60 days after the receipt by the Secretary General of the League of Nations of two ratifications or accessions. Subsequent ratifications or accessions will take effect 60 days after their deposit with the Secretariat.

The Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the convention with a circular letter dated October 30, 1933, which is quoted as follows:

"The Assembly of the League of Nations having decided, by its Resolution of October 7, 1933, to convene a Conference in order to study a draft Convention for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age, this Conference was held at the Secretariat of the League of Nations, from October 9 to 11, 1933, and resulted in the conclusion of an

"International Convention for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age.

"The Convention was opened for signature at Geneva, on October 11, 1933, and can be signed until April 1, 1934.

"In conformity with the final provisions of this convention, and in virtue of the Resolution adopted by the Council of the League of Nations on October 14, 1933, I have the honour to forward to you herewith a certified true copy thereof, showing the signatures given up to the present date, and at the same time to draw your attention to Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention. I would add that the Secretariat will be happy to afford the Governments all possible facilities in connection with the formalities necessary for the signature or ratification of the convention."

The convention has been signed to date by Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, Free City of Danzig, France, Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Union of South Africa, and Yugoslavia.

For the text of the agreement of May 18, 1904, see Treaty Series, No. 496. The United States is not a party to the conventions of 1910 and 1921.

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Mexico

The American Consulate General at Mexico City reported by a despatch dated October 20, 1933, that a presidential decree was published in the Diario Oficial of October 17, 1933, approving the adherence of Mexico to the convention for the suppression of traffic in women and children, signed at Geneva September 30, 1921.

'See Bulletin No. 48, September 1933, p. 9.

ECONOMIC

AVIATION

AVIATION ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

By exchanges of notes dated March 17 and September 20, 1933, between the American Minister at Pretoria and the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of the Union of South Africa, the United States and the Union of South Africa entered into two aviation arrangements relating to (1) navigation of civil aircraft of each country in territory of the other and (2) the issuance by each country of licenses to nationals of the other country, authorizing them to pilot civil aircraft. The two arrangements became effective on September 20, 1933.

Like the air-navigation arrangement concluded by the United States with Norway on October 16, 1933,1 the arrangement on the same subject with the Union of South Africa sets forth the conditions under which civil aircraft of each country may be operated in the other country, and provides for the recognition by each country of certificates and licenses issued by the other country. The arrangement with the Union of South Africa relating to the issuance of pilot licenses, like the agreement on the same subject concluded by the United States with Norway on October 16, 1933,1 provides for the issuance by each country of pilot licenses to nationals of the other country upon a showing that they are qualified under the regulations of the government issuing the licenses.

An arrangement between the United States and the Union of South Africa relating to the aeronautical trade, and providing for the acceptance by each country of certificates of airworthiness for aircraft constructed in and exported from the other country became effective on December 1, 1931.2

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French colonies

The American Consul at Saigon, French Indochina, reported by a despatch dated October 9, 1933, that the French Government, by decree dated July 25, 1933, extended to the French colonies the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international aerial transportation, signed at Warsaw October 12, 1929.

On September 11, 1933, the Governor General of French Indochina promulgated the decree of July 25, 1933, and the provisions of the convention became applicable to French Indochina on that date.

COMMERCE

PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA REGARDING DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPRESENTATION, JURIDICAL PROTECTION, AND COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

A provisional agreement between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was signed on November 7, 1933, by the American Ambassador at London and the Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at London, by which reciprocal most-favored-nation treatment is accorded in respect of diplomatic and consular representation, juridical protection, and commerce and navigation, pending the negotiation of a definitive treaty of commerce and navigation between the two countries.

The agreement will be printed as Executive Agreement Series, No. 54.

CONVENTION ON THE EXECUTION OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS *

Paraguay

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The American Legation at Asunción reported by a despatch dated September 8, 1933, that the Paraguayan Senate and Chamber of Deputies authorized by Law No. 1353, which was promulgated on September 4, 1933, the adherence of Paraguay to the convention on the execution of foreign arbitral awards, signed at Geneva September 26, 1927.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY AND ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

TARIFF TRUCE 5

The Secretary General of the League of Nations has communicated to the governments participating in the Monetary and Economic Conference the texts of the communications which he has received regarding the tariff truce, from Belgium, dated November 8, 1933; from France, dated October 12, 1933; from Great Britain.. dated November 7, 1933; from Italy, dated October 27, 1933; and from Sweden, dated September 22, 1933.

The texts quoted from circular letters, as indicated, are as follows: Belgium (C.L.218.1933.II.B.)

"I have the honour to inform you that the Belgian Government has decided to denounce the tariff truce concluded for the duration of the Monetary and Economic Conference, and to give notice of its denunciation this day.

"I should be obliged if you would kindly convey this communication to the President of the Conference, and have the honour [etc.]"

France (C.L.196.1933.II.B.)

"As the adjournment of the termination of the work of the Monetary and Economic Conference to a date which it is impossible to foresee entails the indefinite prolongation of the Tariff Truce, I should be grateful if you would be good enough to inform the President of the Monetary and Economic Conference that the French Government, while still acceding to the Truce, is obliged, for constitutional reasons, to reserve Parliament's right of initiative in tariff matters. It is also obliged, like various other Governments, to reserve its right to make any arrangements which the protection of the vital interests of the country may render necessary."

Great Britain (C.L.217.1933.II.B.)

"Having regard to the numerous and far-reaching reservations which have been made to the tariff truce concluded on the 12th May last His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom feel that the truce is no longer of practical value. I have the honour to notify you therefore of His Majesty's Government's decision to withdraw from the truce as from the 7th December next."

Italy (C.L.214.1933.II.B.)

"I have the honour to inform you that, in view of the denunciation by several countries of the agreement regarding a tariff truce con-