WASHINGTON NAVAL TREATY OF 1922 (TREATY SERIES, No. 671) Great Britain By a note dated June 17, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State, in accordance with the provisions of article XVI of the Washington naval treaty, of particulars on completion of the sloop Bartolomeu Dias which has been constructed for the Portuguese Government by Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tyne. Particulars of the vessel are given as follows: Date of completion: May 15, 1935 Standard displacement: 1,878.8 tons (1,816 metric tons) Extreme beam: 42 feet 82 inches Mean draft at standard displacement: 10 feet 3/4 inch LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 (TREATY SERIES, No. 830) Great Britain By two notes dated June 4, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State, in accordance with the terms of article 10 of the London naval treaty of 1930, of the following particulars on the completion of H. M. S. Ajax and the laying of the keel of H. M. S. Rorqual: Date of laying keel: February 7, 1933 Standard displacement: 6,840 tons (6,950 metric tons) Extreme beam: 55 feet 8 inches Mean draft at standard displacement: 15 feet 6 inches Date of completion: April 12, 1935 H. M. S. Rorqual Classification: Submarine Date of laying keel: May 1, 1935 Standard displacement: 1,520 tons (1,544 metric tons) Extreme beam: 25 feet 6 inches Mean draft at standard displacement: 15 feet 1 inch 1741-35- -2 By a note dated June 17, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the particulars on completion of H. M. S. Forester, Fame, and Fortune as follows: Classification: Destroyer H. M. S. Forester: May 15, 1933 Standard displacement: 1,350 tons (1,372 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet 3 inches Dates of completion: H. M. S. Forester: April 19, 1935 H. M. S. Fortune: April 27, 1935 By a note dated June 18, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the keel of H. M. S. Havock was laid down on May 15, 1935. In accordance with the terms of article 10 of the London naval treaty, particulars of the vessel are furnished as follows: Classification: Destroyer Standard displacement: 1,350 tons (1,372 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 8 feet 6 inches By a note dated June 20, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the laying of the keel of H. M. S. Spearfish. Particulars of this vessel were furnished as follows in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty: Classification: Submarine Date of laying keel: May 23, 1935 Standard displacement: 670 tons (681 metric tons) Length at water line: 191 feet 6 inches Extreme beam at or below water line: 24 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 10 feet 6 inches United States The Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State by a letter dated June 7, 1935, of the completion of the U. S. S. Hull. In accordance with the terms of article 10 of the London naval treaty, the following particulars of this vessel have been furnished to the governments parties to the treaty: Classification: Destroyer Standard displacement: 1,395 tons (1,417 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 34 feet 2 inches Mean draft at standard displacement: 8 feet 10 inches Date of completion: May 24, 1935 By a second letter dated June 7, 1935, the Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State of the laying of the keel of the U. S. S. Philadelphia. Particulars of this vessel, which have been furnished to the governments parties to the London naval treaty, are given as follows: Standard displacement (estimated): 10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons) Length at water line: 600 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 61 feet 7 inches Date of laying keel: May 28, 1935 By a letter dated June 12, 1935, the Acting Secretary of the Navy, in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty, informed the Secretary of State that the keel of the U. S. S. Pinna was laid on June 6, 1935, and gave particulars of the vessel, to be furnished to the other governments parties to the treaty, as follows: Standard displacement (estimated): 1,330 tons (1,351 metric tons) Length at water line: 290 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 25 feet 1 inch By a second letter dated June 12, 1935, the Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State that the keels of two destroyers, the DD380 and the DD382, were laid on June 3, 1935. The particulars of these vessels were given as follows: Standard displacement (estimated): 1,500 tons (1,524 metric tons) Length at water line: 334 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 34 feet 8 inches ARMS TRAFFIC CONVENTION FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ARMS AND AMMUNITION AND IN IMPLEMENTS OF WAR 2 United States On June 6, 1935, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the convention for the supervision of the international trade in arms and ammunition and in implements of war, which was signed at Geneva on June 17, 1925. The President ratified the convention on June 21, 1935, subject to the reservation" that the said Convention shall not come into force as far as the United States is concerned until it shall have come into force in respect to Belgium, the British Empire, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." On June 15, 1934, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of this Convention subject to the above-mentioned reservation and to a further understanding "that such adherence to this treaty shall not be construed as denying any right of sovereignty which the Kingdom of Persia may have in and to the Persian Gulf or to the waters thereof." The treaty was re-submitted to the Senate and approval was given the second time without this understanding. INTERNATIONAL LAW CONVENTION ON RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES (TREATY SERIES, No. 881) Guatemala The Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State by a letter dated June 15, 1935, that the instrument of ratification by Guatemala of the convention on rights and duties of states, signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933, at the Seventh International Conference of American States, was deposited with the Union on June 12, 1935. Four countries have deposited instruments of ratification of this convention, namely, the United States of America, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. Honduras By a despatch dated June 20, 1935, the American Legation at Tegucigalpa transmitted to the Department a copy of the Gaceta of June 19, 1935, which publishes, in decree no. 86, the ratification by Honduras dated February 16, 1935, of the convention on rights and duties of states, signed at Montevideo December 26, 1933. RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR (TREATY SERIES, No. 846)* Latvia In compliance with the provisions of article 85 of the convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, signed at Geneva July 27, 1929, the Swiss Minister at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated June 25, 1935, a copy of the official Lettish translation of this convention as adopted by the Latvian Government. 'See Bulletin No. 66, March 1935, p. 4. |