POLITICAL

FRIENDLY RELATIONS

CENTRAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF 1934

A conference of Central American states met at Guatemala on March 15, 1934. The Presidents of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua extended the invitations to Costa Rica and El Salvador to attend this conference at which the future relations of the states will be regulated. It is understood that the treaties and conventions signed at the Central American Conference of 1923 will be reviewed and amended, especially the treaty of peace and amity, which is now in force only as between the countries extending the invitation.1

SECURITY

PACT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY 2

The American Minister to Greece transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated March 9, 1934, a copy of the Official Gazette of February 14, 1934, which publishes the ratification by Greece of the pact of friendship and cooperation between Greece and Turkey signed at Ankara September 14, 1933. The pact was ratified by the Greek Government on February 7, 1934.

1 See Bulletin No. 39, December 1932, p. 4. See Bulletin No. 49, October 1933, p. 6.

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HUMANITARIAN

TREATMENT OF FOREIGNERS

CONVENTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE STATUS OF ALIENS IN AMERICAN STATES 1

Chile

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By a communication dated March 13, 1934, the Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State of the deposit on March 12, 1934, of the instrument of ratification by Chile of the convention for the purpose of determining the status of aliens, adopted at the Sixth International Conference of American States, Habana, February 20, 1928. Certified copies of the instrument of ratification and of the procès-verbal of deposit were transmitted with the above-mentioned note.

OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

Honduras

INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION 2

The American Minister to Honduras reported by a telegram dated March 18, 1934, that on March 3 the Honduran Congress had approved the international opium convention signed at Geneva February 19, 1925.

CONVENTION FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS 3

Honduras

By a telegram dated March 18, 1934, the American Minister to Honduras reported that on March 3 the Honduran Congress approved the convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, signed at Geneva July 13, 1931.

SAFETY

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA

Irish Free State

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By a note dated March 20, 1934, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the deposit with the British Government on February 8, 1934, of the instrument of ratification by the Irish Free State of the convention for the safety of life at sea, signed at London May 31, 1929. In accordance with the terms of the convention it will enter into force for the Irish Free State three months from the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, that is to say, on May 8, 1934.

'See Bulletin No. 50, November 1933, p. 7.

ECONOMIC

AGRICULTURE

PROPOSED CONVENTION ON ANALYSIS OF WINES

Pursuant to a resolution adopted at the International Monetary and Economic Conference at London, the International Institute of Agriculture, in concert with the International Wine Office, recently extended an invitation to a number of countries, among which the United States was included, to be represented at a meeting of experts, to convene at Rome, Italy, on April 9, 1934, for the purpose of considering the technical aspects of a draft international convention having as its object a unified system of presenting the results of the analysis of wines.

The Government of the United States has accepted the invitation and has designated as its representative to the meeting, in an expert capacity, Mr. Niels I. Nielsen, agricultural attaché at the American Embassy in Paris.

AVIATION

ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BELGIUM FOR RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS FOR IMPORTED AIRCRAFT

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By a telegram dated March 28, 1934, the American Minister to Belgium informed the Secretary of State that the Belgian Government, in a note dated March 27, 1934, gave notice of its denunciation of the arrangement between the United States and Belgium for reciprocal recognition of certificates of airworthiness for imported. aircraft. The arrangement, which was entered into by exchange of notes on October 22, 1932, provides that it may be terminated by either party upon 60 days' notice. The denunciation will therefore take effect on May 26, 1934.

AVIATION ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND DENMARK

The American Minister to Denmark informed the Secretary of State by a telegram dated March 27, 1934, that by exchanges of

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See Bulletin No. 38, November 1932, p. 12, and Executive Agreement Series, No. 43.

notes the United States and Denmark entered into three reciprocal aviation arrangements relating to (1) the operation of civil aircraft of one country in the other; (2) the issuance by each country of licenses to nationals of the other country authorizing them to pilot civil aircraft; and (3) the acceptance by each country of certificates of airworthiness for aircraft imported from the other country as merchandise. It was agreed in the exchanges of notes that the three arrangements will become effective April 16, 1934.

CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 2

Mexico

The American Embassy at Mexico reported by a despatch dated February 23, 1934, that the Diario Oficial, no. 45, of February 22, published a decree signed by the President of Mexico promulgating the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international transportation by air, signed at Warsaw October 12, 1929. A revised translation of the text of this convention and of the additional protocol thereto is printed in the section of this bulletin headed "Texts of Treaties and Agreements". This revised translation supersedes the translation of the convention and the additional protocol published in mimeograph form by the Department of State in Supplement No. 7, Bulletin of Treaty Information, September 1929, issued as of October 12, 1929.

INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION FOR AIR NAVIGATION

The Permanent Committee of the International Public Health Office adopted at its session on April 29, 1932, a draft international sanitary convention for air navigation. The Netherland Government agreed to be the depositary of the original of the convention, and to receive the signatures as well as the instruments of ratification or adherence. The convention was opened for signature at The Hague on April 12, 1933, and was signed by the following: Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Lebanon, Monaco, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Rumania, Syria, and Tunis.

The convention is designed to meet a situation resulting from the danger of the introduction of infectious communicable diseases, as the result of the world-wide rapid development of international air transportation, and is intended to bring about the adoption of uniform measures which will permit the safe entry without unnecessary delay or hazard of aircraft coming from infected districts. The convention has for its object the adoption of a standard of pro-.

'See Bulletin No. 50, November 1933, p. 11.