to the terms of article 19 of the convention, it will enter into force in respect of Finland on January 12, 1935.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO MARITIME LIENS AND MORTGAGES 13

Finland

The Belgian Ambassador at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated August 13, 1934, a certified copy of the instrument of adherence by Finland to the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to maritime liens and mortgages, signed at Brussels April 10, 1926. The Finnish instrument of adherence was deposited with the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 12, 1934. According to the terms of article 20 of the convention, it will enter into force in respect of Finland on January 12, 1935.

POSTAL

PARCEL POST CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND

GREECE 14

By a despatch dated June 30, 1934, the American Legation at Athens reported that the law promulgating the parcel post convention between the United States and Greece, signed July 14 and August 1, 1933, was published in the Official Gazette, volume I, no. 177, of June 2, 1934.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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Germany

By a note dated August 7, 1934, the Spanish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Germany of the international telecommunication convention, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932, was deposited with the Ministry of State at Madrid on June 29, 1934.

Spain-Spanish Colonies-Spanish Morocco

By a note dated August 7, 1934, the Spanish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Spain of the international telecommunication conven

tion, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932, was deposited with the Ministry of State at Madrid on June 27, 1934. The ratification includes the general radio regulations, the telegraph regulations and final telegraph protocol, and the telephone regulations.

The above-mentioned note also states that Spain has adhered, on behalf of the Spanish colonies and the Spanish zone of the Protectorate of Morocco, to the international telecommunication convention and to the telegraph regulations and final telegraph protocol.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND PERU CONCERNING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN AMATEUR STATIONS ON BEHALF OF THIRD PARTIES

An agreement between the United States and Peru concerning radio communications between amateur stations on behalf of third parties was entered into by an exchange of notes dated February 16 and May 28, 1934.

An important restriction upon the international exchange of messages by amateur radio stations on behalf of third parties was incorporated in article 8 of the radio regulations annexed to the international telecommunication convention, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. A translation of sections 1 and 2 of this article was quoted as follows in the American Ambassador's note of Febru ary 16, above mentioned, to the Peruvian Minister for Foreign Affairs:

"§1. The exchange of communications between amateur stations and between private experimental stations of different countries shall be forbidden if the Administration of one of the countries concerned has given notice of its opposition to this exchange.

"§2. (1) When this exchange is permitted, the communications must be carried out in plain language and be limited to messages having to do with experiments and remarks of a private nature for which, by reason of their unimportance, there could be no question of resorting to the public telegraph service. Owners of amateur stations shall be strictly prohibited from transmitting international communications emanating from third parties.

"(2) The above provisions may be modified by special arrangements between the interested countries."

The radio regulations annexed to the earlier conventions did not contain this prohibition upon the exchange of third-party messages. The provision permitting the relaxation of the prohibition by special arrangements was introduced in deference to the wishes of those governments which might wish to permit the international exchange of such messages.

In recognition of the important services which amateurs have rendered in the development of radio this Government has suggested

to a number of other governments the conclusion of agreements similar to that concluded with Peru, the terms of which are as follows: "Amateur radio stations of Peru and of the United States may interchange messages on behalf of third parties, provided that such messages shall be of the character that would not normally be sent by any existing means of electrical communication or except for the availability of the amateur stations, and on which no compensation must be directly or indirectly paid.

"This arrangement shall apply to the United States and its territories and possessions including Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal Zone and the Philippine Islands.

"This arrangement shall be subject to termination by either government on sixty days' notice to the other government, by further arrangement between the two governments dealing with the same subject, or by the enactment of legislation in either country inconsistent therewith."

TRANSIT

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Honduras

The Director General of the Pan American Union forwarded to the Secretary of State with a communication dated August 4, 1934, a certified copy of the procès-verbal of deposit of the instrument of ratification by Honduras of the convention on the regulation of automotive traffic signed at Washington October 6, 1930. The deposit took place on July 24, 1934.

According to the information of the Department three states have ratified this convention: the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Mexico. By the provisions of article XIII of the convention, it will become effective for each contracting party upon the date of the deposit of its ratification with the Pan American Union.

TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR

1

ORGANISATION 1

(The Constitution of the International Labour Organisation formed Part XIII of the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June 1919, Part XIII of the Treaty of St. Germain of 10 September 1919, Part XIII of the Treaty of Trianon of 4 June 1920 and Part XII of the Treaty of Neuilly of 27 November 1919. The numbering of the articles in the present text is that of Part XIII of the Treaty of Versailles.)

Section I. Organisation of Labour

Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice;

And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required: as, for example, by the regulation of the hours of work, including the establishment of a maximum working day and week, the regulation of the labour supply, the prevention of unemployment, the provision of an adequate living wage, the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment, the protection of children, young persons and women, provision for old age and injury, protection of the interests of workers when employed in countries other than their own, recognition of the principle of freedom of association, the organisation of vocational and technical education and other measures;

Whereas also the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries;

The High Contracting Parties, moved by sentiments of justice and humanity as well as by the desire to secure the permanent peace of the world, agree to the following:

CHAPTER I. Organisation

ARTICLE 387

A permanent organisation is hereby established for the promotion of the objects set forth in the Preamble.

The original Members of the League of Nations shall be the original Members of this organisation, and hereafter membership of the League of Nations shall carry with it membership of the said organisation.

ARTICLE 388

The permanent organisation shall consist of:

(1) a General Conference of Representatives of the Members and,

(2) an International Labour Office controlled by the Governing Body described in Article 393.

ARTICLE 389

The meetings of the General Conference of Representatives of the Members shall be held from time to time as occasion may require, and at least once in every year. It shall be composed of four Representatives of each of the Members, of whom two shall be Government Delegates and the two others shall be Delegates representing respectively the employers and the workpeople of each of the Members.

Each Delegate may be accompanied by advisers, who shall not exceed two in number for each item on the agenda of the meeting. When questions specially affecting women are to be considered by the Conference, one at least of the advisers should be a woman.

The Members undertake to nominate non-Government Delegates and advisers chosen in agreement with the industrial organisations, if such organisations exist, which are most representative of employers or workpeople, as the case may be, in their respective

countries.

Advisers shall not speak except on a request made by the Delegate whom they accompany and by the special authorization of the President of the Conference, and may not vote.

A Delegate may by notice in writing addressed to the President appoint one of his advisers to act as his deputy, and the adviser, . while so acting, shall be allowed to speak and vote.

The names of the Delegates and their advisers will be communicated to the International Labour Office by the Government of each of the Members.

The credentials of Delegates and their advisers shall be subject. to scrutiny by the Conference, which may, by two-thirds of the votes cast by the Delegates present, refuse to admit any Delegate or adviser whom it deems not to have been nominated in accordance with this Article.