POLITICAL BOUNDARY BOLIVIAN-PARAGUAYAN CONTROVERSY 1 On June 12, 1935, Bolivia and Paraguay having taken advantage of the tender of good offices of a group of mediatory countries composed of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States, agreed to a protocol of peace establishing a procedural basis for a final settlement of the controversy as to the ownership of the Chaco. The protocol was approved by the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies on June 18 and by the Senate on June 20. The Bolivian Congress approved it on June 21. The protocol was ratified before the mediatory countries at Buenos Aires on June 22. The text of the protocol, and of an additional protocol of the same date giving effect to the provisions of article V, is printed in the section of this Bulletin entitled "Texts of Treaties and Agreements". 'See Bulletin No. 63, December 1934, p. 11. 10 HUMANITARIAN ASYLUM CONVENTION FIXING THE RULES FOR THE GRANTING OF ASYLUM 1 Honduras 1 The American Legation at Tegucigalpa forwarded to the Department with a despatch dated June 21, 1935, a copy of the Gaceta of June 20, 1935, which publishes as decree no. 87 the ratification by Honduras of the convention fixing the rules for the granting of asylum, signed at Habana February 20, 1928. The convention was approved by the Honduran Congress on February 15, 1935, and was ratified by the President of Honduras on February 16, 1935. CONVENTION ON POLITICAL ASYLUM 2 Honduras The American Legation at Tegucigalpa reported by a despatch dated June 11, 1935, that the convention on political asylum, signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933, was approved by the Honduran Congress on February 11, 1935, and ratified by the President of Honduras on February 12, 1935. The text of the ratification was published in the official Boletin Legislativo of June 8, 1935, in decree no. 81. EDUCATION FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC INSTRUCTION This Government has accepted an invitation to be represented by official delegates at the Fourth International Conference on Public Instruction, which is to be convened at Geneva, Switzerland, on July 15, 1935. The delegation which will represent the United States at this conference is as follows: 1 Henry Lester Smith, Ph. D. chairman of the delegation, dean of the College of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. See Bulletin No. 48, September 1933, p. 7. 2 See Bulletin No. 67, April 1935, p. 10. Charles F. Arrowood, Ph. D., professor of history and philos- Carroll Champlin, Ph. D., professor of education, Pennsylvania Miss Theodora George, assistant secretary, World Federation of Thomas W. Gosling, Ph. D., director, American Junior Red Miss Mary E. Leeper, secretary of the Association for Childhood EXTRADITION EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN (TREATY SERIES, No. 849) 3 Article 18 of the extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed December 22, 1931, provides that it shall enter into force 10 days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties. Ratifications of the treaty were exchanged at London on August 4, 1932, and it was proclaimed by the President of the United States on August 9, 1932. By a note dated June 13, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that an Order in Council was to be published on June 14, 1935, giving effect to the treaty, and that in accordance with the terms of article 10, it would enter into force on June 24, 1935. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BELGIUM A supplementary extradition convention between the United States and Belgium was signed June 20, 1935. This convention adds to the list of crimes and offenses for which extradition may be granted under the extradition convention of October 26, 1901 (Treaty Series, No. 409), crimes and offenses committed in violation of legislation on bankruptcy. The convention will enter into effect 1 month after the exchange of ratifications, which will take place at Brussels. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SAN MARINO 1 On June 28, 1935, ratifications of the supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and San Marino signed October See Bulletin No. 35, August 1932, p. 8. 10, 1934, were exchanged at Washington. The treaty entered into effect on the exchange of ratifications and will shortly be printed as Treaty Series No. 891. SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA, LUXEMBURG, AND POLAND 5 On June 15, June 18, and June 14, 1935, respectively, the President ratified the supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Czechoslovakia signed April 29, 1935, the supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Luxemburg signed April 24, 1935, and the supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Poland signed April 5, 1935. HEALTH INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION FOR AIR NAVIGATION 6 Austria The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at The Hague transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated June 4, 1935, a certified copy of the procès-verbal, dated May 29, 1935, evidencing the deposit on that day of the instrument of ratification by Austria of the international sanitary convention for air navigation, signed at The Hague April 12, 1933. United States On June 13, 1935, the President ratified the international sanitary convention for air navigation, signed at The Hague April 12, 1933, The convention will enter into force for the United States on the 120th day following the date of the procès-verbal attesting the deposit of the instrument of ratification with the Netherland Government. VETERINARY CONVENTIONS 7 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics According to an announcement in the Moscow Izvestiya, no. 124, for May 28, 1935, the Soviet representative in France signed on behalf of his Government the three veterinary conventions "See Bulletin No. 67, April 1935, pp. 10-11. 'See Bulletin No. 68, May 1935, p. 7. 1741-35-3 which were opened for signature at Geneva on February 20, 1935, as follows: Convention for the campaign against contagious diseases of animals Convention concerning transit of animals, meat, and other products of animal origin Convention concerning the export and import of animal products (other than meat, meat preparations, fresh animal products, milk, and milk products) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT RELATING TO STATISTICS OF CAUSES OF DEATH (EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT SERIES, No. 80) 8 Poland The American Embassy at London transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated May 15, 1935, a copy of a note from the British Foreign Office stating that Poland had ratified the agreement relating to statistics of causes of death signed at London June 19, 1934. The ratification became effective on April 18, 1935, the date of the notification of ratification to the British Government. NATIONALITY CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF WOMEN (TREATY SERIES, No. 875)° Honduras The Director General of the Pan American Union transmitted to the Secretary of State with a letter dated June 28, 1935, a certified copy of the instrument of ratification by Honduras, together with a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, of the convention on the nationality of women signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933. The deposit took place on June 26, 1935. REFUGEES CONVENTION RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF REFUGEES 10 Czechoslovakia The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a communication dated May 27, 1935, that the instrument of accession by Czechoslovakia to the convention relating to |