HUMANITARIAN EDUCATION CONVENTION FOR FACILITATING THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF FILMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER1 Chile-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics By a circular letter dated May 11, 1935, the Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the states parties to the convention for facilitating the international circulation of films of an educational character, signed October 11, 1933, of the reservation which the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics desires to make in regard to its adherence to the said convention. With a circular letter dated September 16, 1936, the Secretary General of the League transmitted copies of the communications sent to the Secretariat on this subject by Chile and the Soviet Union. The letters are printed below in the translation of the League of Nations: Chilean Delegation to GENEVA, November 21, 1935. In your letter C. L. 68.1935.XII, you informed my Government of the desire expressed by the U. S. S. R. Government to accede to the Convention for Facilitating the International Circulation of Films of an Educational Character, subject to reservation of Article XI. The purpose of your letter was to ask my Government's consent to make the above-mentioned reservation possible, since it is a contracting party to the above-mentioned Convention. Article XI aforesaid refers to the arbitral tribunals to which any disputes as to the interpretation or application of the Convention in question would be referred, and designates for this purpose the Permanent Court of International Justice for those countries which are parties to the Protocol of 1920; or the same Court, or an arbitral tribunal set up in conformity with the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, or any other arbitral tribunal, for those which are not parties to the said Protocol. My Government does not know, and cannot prima facie see, what reasons justify the reservation which the U. S. S. R. Government wishes to make in respect of this Article, especially since the U. S. S. R. is not a party to the 1920 Protocol creating the Permanent Court of International Justice, and consequently may submit its disputes to any arbitral tribunal it chooses. 1 See Bulletins No. 68, May 1935, p. 5, and No. 82, July 1936, p. 9. For this reason, my Government is unable for the moment to decide as to the acceptance of the said reservation before knowing its exact text and the reasons which have led the U. S. S. R. Government to make it. With reference to your letter of April 24th last (No. 5B/13989/ 7715), I have the honour to inform you that, in view of the difficulties which the Chilean Government finds in accepting the reservation made by my Government with regard to Article XI of the Convention for Facilitating the International Circulation of Films of an educational character, I see no objection to that Convention's being considered by the Government of Chile if the latter so desires, as not binding between that State and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I have [etc.] To the M. LITVINOFF People's Commissary for Foreign Affairs SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, Geneva. Chilean Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs E2/47/9/13.6238 SIR: SANTIAGO, July 22, 1936. I have the honour to refer to your note No. 5B/13989/7715, dated May 13th, addressed to the Permanent Delegation of Chile to the League of Nations, in which you were good enough to enclose a copy of a letter from the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding that country's accession to the 1933 Convention on the Circulation of Films of an Educational Character. In the said communication, the People's Commissary for Foreign Affairs states that he sees nothing to prevent Chile and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from declaring that they are not bound as between themselves by the above-mentioned Convention, in view of the Chilean Government's observations regarding the reservations which the Soviet Government wishes to make. In reply, I have the honour to inform you that my Government agrees that the 1933 Convention on the Circulation of Films of an Educational Character shall not be binding as between Chile and the U. S. S. R., and that its provisions shall therefore not apply as between the two States. I have [etc.] To M. JOSEPH AVENOL, MIGUEL CRUCHAGA Secretary-General of the League of Nations. EXTRADITION SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND DENMARK (TREATY SERIES, No. 911) On October 7, 1936, the President proclaimed the supplementary extradition convention between the United States and Denmark, signed on May 6, 1936. WOMEN AND CHILDREN CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN OF FULL AGE 3 Australia According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated September 12, 1936, the ratification by Australia of the convention. for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age, signed October 11, 1933, was deposited with the Secretariat on September 2, 1936. The communication adds that the ratification of this convention by Australia is to be regarded as including the territories of Papua and Norfolk Island, and the mandated territories of New Guinea and Nauru. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN * Papua-Norfolk Island-New Guinea-Nauru The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated September 19, 1936, that the adherence by Australia, on behalf of Papua and Norfolk Island and New Guinea and Nauru, to the convention for the suppression of the traffic in women and children, signed September 30, 1921, was registered with the Secretariat on September 2, 1936. 2 See Bulletin No. 84, September 1936, p. 6. ECONOMIC AGRICULTURE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS 1 On October 8, 1936, the President ratified the convention between the United States and Mexico for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, signed February 7, 1936, at Mexico City. AVIATION CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION BY AIR, AND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL (TREATY SERIES, No. 876)2 British Dependencies By a note dated October 8, 1936, the Polish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that, on July 4, 1936, the Polish Government was notified by the Government of Great Britain of the adherence by the territories enumerated below to the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international transportation by air, and additional protocol, signed at Warsaw on October 12, 1929: The adherence of these territories to the above convention and to its additional protocol became effective, in accordance with paragraph 3, article 38, of the convention, 90 days after July 4, 1936, namely, October 2, 1936. CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO THE PRECAUTIONARY ATTACHMENT OF AIRCRAFT 3 Italy By a note dated October 27, 1936, the Italian Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Italy of the convention for the unification of certain rules relating to the precautionary attachment of aircraft, signed at Rome May 29, 1933, was deposited on September 29, 1936. INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF AERIAL LEGAL EXPERTS* Sessions of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts were held at Bern, Switzerland, from September 18 to 25, 1936. The following countries were represented: The United States of America, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. Two draft conventions were adopted by the Committee, which met in its eleventh plenary session on September 22, 1936, the draft convention relating to assistance and salvage of aircraft or by aircraft at sea, and the draft convention relating to aerial collisions. These final drafts will be referred for adoption and signature to the Fourth International Conference on Private Air Law. No date has yet been set for this conference. The texts of the above-mentioned draft conventions will be printed in an early issue of this Bulletin. A report on the aggregate limitation of liability of the air transport operator was discussed at sessions of the Third Commission prior to the plenary session of the Committee (C. I. T. E. J. A. Doc. No. 305).5 COMMERCE RECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FINLAND (EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT SERIES, No. 97) By a note dated October 2, 1936, the Finnish Minister at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the reciprocal trade |