RATIFICATIONS of the Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit.-Signed at Barcelona, April 20, 1921.ṭ * The text of the Declaration reads as follows: At the time of signing this Convention, and as representative of the British Empire, I declare that my signature is not binding upon the British Dominions of Canada, Australia and South Africa, which are individual members of the League of Nations and have not sent representatives to this Conference. The right of each of these three Dominions to sign the Convention, or to accede to it at a later date, is reserved, it being understood that, if they do not sign or accede to it, they shall not be entitled to benefit by the Convention. I also reserve the right to declare, at the time of ratification, whether the ratification includes the Dominion of Newfoundland. If it is not included in the ratification, the Dominion of Newfoundland will not be entitled to benefit by the Convention." + Page 517. Deemed to apply to Newfoundland, but not to Canada, South Africa or Australia. [CXVI] T RATIFICATIONS of the Convention and Statute on the Régime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern.-Signed at Barcelona, April 20, 1921.* ACCESSIONS, &c., to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Régime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern.-Signed at Barcelona, April 20, 1921.‡ THE following accessions have been notified:To the full extent indicated in paragraph (a): Newfoundland, Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands), Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Gambia Colony and Protectorate, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, Nigeria Colony and Protectorate, Gold Coast, Ashanti and Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Zanzibar, St. Helena, Ceylon, Mauritius, Seychelles, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, Tonga Islands.-August 2, 1922. To the limited extent defined by paragraph (b):— + Deemed to apply to Newfoundland, but not to Canada, South Africa or Australia. + Page 541. ACCESSIONS, &c., to the Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea Coast.-Signed at Barcelona, April 20, 1921.* CONVENTION between Great Britain (with Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Union of South Africa, New Zealand and India), Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Persia, Poland (with Danzig), Portugal, Roumania, Siam, Sweden and Switzerland for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children.-Geneva, September 30, 1921. § ALBANIA, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the British Empire (with Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Union of South Africa, New Zealand and India), Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Esthonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Persia, Poland (with Danzig), Portugal, Roumania. Siam, Sweden, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia, Being anxious to secure more completely the suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children described in the * Page 544. + Deemed to apply to Newfoundland. The Head of the Service français de la Société des Nations" informed the Secretary-General of the League by letter dated November 28, 1922, that the Declaration enters into force ipso facto so far as France is concerned, as it does not require ratification. § "Treaty Series, No. 26 (1923)." Signed also in the French language. [CXVI] T 2 preambles to the Agreement of the 18th May, 1904,* and to the Convention of the 4th May, 1910, under the name of "White Slave Traffic;" Having taken note of the recommendations contained in the Final Act of the International Conference which was summoned by the Council of the League of Nations and met at Geneva from the 30th June to the 5th July, 1921; and Having decided to conclude a Convention supplementary to the arrangement and Convention mentioned above: Have nominated for this purpose as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the Supreme Council of Albania: Mgr. Fan S. Noli, Member of Parliament, The President of the German Reich: His Excellency Dr. Adolf Müller, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Berne. The President of the Austrian Republic: His Excellency M. Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly- His Majesty the King of the Belgians: M. Michel Levie, Minister of State, President of the The President of the Republic of Brazil: His Excellency Dr. Gastão da Cunha, Ambassador in His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O.M., M.P., Lord President of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Delegate to the Second Assembly of the League of Nations; and For the Dominion of Canada: The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Doherty, For the Commonwealth of Australia: Captain Stanley Melbourne Bruce, M.C., Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate to the Second Assembly of the League of Nations. * Vol. XCVII, page 95. + Vol. CIII, page 244. For the Union of South Africa: The Honourable Sir Edgar Harris Walton, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in the United Kingdom, Delegate to the Second Assembly of the League of Nations. For the Dominion of New Zealand: The Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.B., High For India: The Honourable Theo Russell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty in Berne. The President of the Republic of Chile: His Excellency M. Agustin Edwards, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at London, Delegate to the Second Assembly of the League of Nations. His Excellency M. Manuel Rivas Vicuña, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Berne, Delegate to the International Conference on Traffic in Women and Children and to the Second Assembly of the League of Nations. The President of the Republic of China: His Excellency M. Ouang Yong-Pao, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Berne. The President of the Republic of Colombia: His Excellency Dr. Francisco José Urrutia, Envoy His Excellency Dr. A. J. Restrepo, Barrister for the The President of the Republic of Costa Rica: His Excellency M. Manuel Maria de Peralta, Envoy The President of the Republic of Cuba: His Excellency M. Guillermo de Blanck, Envoy The President of the Republic of Esthonia: His Excellency M. Antoine Piip, Minister for [CXVI] т 3 |