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minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States pursuant to the act of Congress approved June 22, 1860, were suspended, during the pleasure of the President, so far as the jurisdiction of certain Egyptian tribunals embraced matters cognizable by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt, except as to cases actually commenced before the date of the said proclamation;

WHEREAS at the time of the issuance of the said proclamation the jurisdiction of the said Egyptian tribunals did not extend to certain categories of cases within the jurisdiction of the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States which were accordingly retained within the jurisdiction of, and have continued to the present time to be exercised by, those functionaries;

WHEREAS the Government of the United States and other governments concluded a convention with the Government of Egypt on May 8, 1937, providing for the termination of the capitulatory rights now enjoyed by the United States and other powers in Egypt and providing that, during the period October 15, 1937-October 14, 1949, the judicial functions now exercised by consular courts would be exercised by the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, except as to personal status matters-as defined in article 28 of the Règlement d'Organisation Judiciaire annexed to and forming a part of the said convention of May 8, 1937-with respect to which the said convention provides that the signatory governments may retain existing consular courts for the purpose of jurisdiction in cases involving the personal status of their respective nationals during the period October 15, 1937October 14, 1949;

WHEREAS, pending the ratification of the said convention by the Government of the United States it is in the interest of the United States to cooperate with the Government of Egypt and the other capitulatory powers by suspending the jurisdiction now exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt and consenting to the transfer of that jurisdiction to the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, except jurisdiction in matters involving the personal status of citizens of the United States; and

WHEREAS Satisfactory information has been received by me that the said Mixed Tribunals of Egypt are organized on a basis likely to secure to citizens of the United States in Egypt the impartial justice which they now enjoy under the judicial functions exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States pursuant to the said act of Congress of June 22, 1860:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said act of Congress approved March 23, 1874, do hereby suspend, effective October 15, 1937, during the pleasure of the President, the judicial functions now exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt, except as to cases actually commenced before October 15, 1937, and except as to matters involving the personal status of citizens of the United States as defined in article 28 of the Règlement d'Organisation Judiciaire annexed to the said convention of May 8, 1937.

IN WITNESS WIIEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the city of Washington this 9th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second.

By the President:

CORDELL HULL,

Sweden

Secretary of State.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Egypt at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated September 30, 1937, that the instrument of ratification by Sweden of the convention for the abolition of the capitulations in Egypt, signed at Montreux on May 8, 1937, was deposited with the Egyptian Government on September 29, 1937.

INDEPENDENCE

TREATY REGARDING PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES TO BE FOLLOWED IN
MATTERS CONCERNING CHINA (TREATY SERIES, No. 723)
POWER TREATY)

NINE POWER CONFERENCE

(NINE

On October 16, 1937, the Belgian Ambassador at Washington handed to the Secretary of State an invitation from the Royal Belgian Government to the Government of the United States to attend a meeting at Brussels on October 30, 1937, of the signatories of the Nine Power Pact. The text of the invitation, in translation, together with the reply of this Government, is printed below:

"The Royal Belgian Embassy on the order of its Government has been instructed to hand to the Government of the United States the following note:

'At the request of the British Government and with the approval of the Government of the United States the Royal Belgian Government proposes to the States signatory to the Treaty of the 6th of February, 1922, to meet at Brussels on the 30th of this month in order, in conformity with Article VII of the Treaty, to examine the situation in the Far East and to study peaceable means of hastening the end of the regrettable conflict which prevails there.'

WASHINGTON, October 16, 1937."

"The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Royal Belgian Ambassador and has the honor to acknowledge receipt of his note of October 16, 1937, stating that the Royal Belgian Government, at the request of the British Government and with the approval of the Government of the United States, proposes to the States signatory to the Treaty of February 6, 1922, that they meet in Brussels on October 30 for the purpose of examining, in conformity with Article VII of that Treaty, the situation in the Far East, and of

studying peaceable means of hastening an end of the regrettable conflict which prevails there.

"The Government of the United States is glad to accept this invitation and the President has designated the Honorable Norman H. Davis as the delegate of the United States. The American delegation will sail from New York on the Steamship Washington on October 20th next.

"DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, October 16, 1937."

By a note dated October 27, 1937, the Belgian Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that the date of the opening of the Nine Power Conference, which was to take place at Brussels on October 30, has been postponed to November 3, 1937. Following is a list of the American delegation to the Nine Power Conference to be held at Brussels, Belgium, beginning November 3, 1937:

Delegate

The Honorable Norman H. Davis

Advisers

Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck

Mr. Pierrepont Moffat

Press Officer

Mr. Robert T. Pell

Secretary

Mr. Charles E. Bohlen

The following statement was issued to the press by the Department of State on October 6, 1937:

"The Department of State has been informed by the American Minister to Switzerland of the text of the report adopted by the Advisory Committee of the League of Nations setting forth the Advisory Committee's examination of the facts of the present situation in China and the treaty obligations of Japan. The Minister has further informed the Department that this report was adopted and approved by the Assembly of the League of Nations today, October 6. "Since the beginning of the present controversy in the Far East, the Government of the United States has urged upon both the Chinese and the Japanese Governments that they refrain from hostilities and has offered to be of assistance in an effort to find some means, acceptable to both parties to the conflict, of composing by pacific methods the situation in the Far East.

"The Secretary of State, in statements made public on July 16% and August 23,3 made clear the position of the Government of the United States in regard to international problems and international relationships throughout the world and as applied specifically to

2 See Press Releases, No. 407, Vol. XVII, p. 41.

See ibid., No. 413, Vol. XVII, p. 166.

the hostilities which are at present unfortunately going on between China and Japan. Among the principles which in the opinion of the Government of the United States should govern international relationships, if peace is to be maintained, are abstinence by all nations from the use of force in the pursuit of policy and from interference in the internal affairs of other nations; adjustment of problems in international relations by process of peaceful negotiation and agreement; respect by all nations for the rights of others and observance by all nations of established obligations; and the upholding of the principle of the sanctity of treaties.

"On October 5 at Chicago the President elaborated these principles, emphasizing their importance, and in a discussion of the world situation pointed out that there can be no stability or peace either within nations or between nations except under laws and moral standards adhered to by all; that international anarchy destroys every foundation for peace; that it jeopardizes either the immediate or the future security of every nation, large or small; and that it is therefore of vital interest and concern to the people of the United States that respect for treaties and international morality be restored.

"In the light of the unfolding developments in the Far East, the Government of the United States has been forced to the conclusion that the action of Japan in China is inconsistent with the principles which should govern the relationships between nations and is contrary to the provisions of the Nine Power Treaty of February 6, 1922, regarding principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning China, and to those of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of August 27, 1928. Thus the conclusions of this Government with respect to the foregoing are in general accord with those of the Assembly of the League of Nations."

HUMANITARIAN

EDUCATION

CONVENTION FOR FACILITATING THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF FILMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER 1

Poland

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated October 11, 1937, the instrument of ratification by Poland of the convention for facilitating the international circulation of films of an educational character, signed at Geneva on October 11, 1933, was deposited with the Secretariat on September 25, 1937.

The ratification was made subject to the reservation, quoted below in the translation of the League of Nations, expressed by the representative of Poland when signing the convention:

"Subject to the reservation, provided for in Article IX, of the right to take measures to prohibit or restrict importation for reasons based on the necessity for defending its market against invasion by films of foreign origin."

ESTABLISHMENT

TREATY OF ENTRY, ESTABLISHMENT, AND RESIDENCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREECE 2

The American Minister at Athens reported by a telegram dated October 22, 1937, that the exchange of ratifications took place that day of the treaty of entry, establishment, and residence between the United States and Greece, signed on November 21, 1936.

The President proclaimed the treaty on October 26, 1937, and it will shortly be printed as Treaty Series, No. 930.

HEALTH

VETERINARY CONVENTIONS 3

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated October 11, 1937, the instruments of ratification by the Union of

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