HUMANITARIAN

EXTRADITION

CONVENTION ON EXTRADITION (TREATY SERIES, No. 882)1

Honduras

By a letter dated December 15, 1937, the Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Honduras of the convention on extradition, signed at the Seventh International Conference of American States, Montevideo, December 26, 1933, was deposited in the archives of the Union on November 27, 1937.

Honduras

NATIONALITY

CONVENTION ON NATIONALITY 2

The Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State by a communication dated December 15, 1937, that the instrument of ratification by Honduras of the convention on nationality, signed at the Seventh International Conference of American States, Montevideo, December 26, 1933, was deposited in the archives of the Union on November 27, 1937.

OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN DANGEROUS DRUGS, AND PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE

Belgium

3

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated December 9, 1937, the instrument of ratification by Belgium of the convention for the suppression of the illicit traffic in dangerous drugs, and protocol of signature, signed at Geneva on June 26, 1936, were deposited with the Secretariat on November 27, 1937. The ratification was made subject to a reservation that the convention does not apply to the Belgian Congo or Ruanda-Urundi.

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2

See Bulletin No. 93, June 1937, p. 11; text of convention, 49 Stat. (pt. 2) 3111. See Bulletin No. 86, November 1936, p. 14.

See Bulletin No. 96, September 1937, p. 6.

China

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated November 3, 1937, the instrument of ratification by China of the convention for the suppression of the illicit traffic in dangerous drugs, and protocol of signature, signed at Geneva June 26, 1936, was deposited with the Secretariat on October 21, 1937.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN

CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN OF FULL AGE 4

Poland

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated December 7, 1937, the instrument of ratification by Poland of the convention for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age, signed October 11, 1933, was deposited with the Secretariat on December 8, 1937.

* See Bulletin No. 96, September 1937, p. 7.

Portugal

ECONOMIC

AGRICULTURE

CONVENTION ON THE ANALYSIS OF WINES 1

The American Legation at Lisbon reported by a despatch dated December 14, 1937, that the Portuguese Government had adhered to the convention on the analysis of wines, signed at Rome on June 5, 1935. Notice of the adherence, which will become effective on May 2, 1938, was published in the Diario do Governo (series I, No. 289) of December 13, 1937.

AVIATION

CONVENTION RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF AERIAL NAVIGATION 1 Portugal

The American Legation at Lisbon transmitted to the Department of State with a despatch dated November 15, 1937, a copy of the Diario do Governo (series I, No. 265) of November 13, 1937, which publishes the texts of the protocols, signed at Paris on June 1, 1935, amending the convention relating to the regulation of aerial navigation of October 13, 1919, and annex H of the convention, with a statement that the instruments of ratification by Portugal of the protocols were deposited in Paris on October 21, 1937.

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF AERIAL LEGAL EXPERTS 2

Sessions of the fourth commission of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts (C. I. T. E. J. A.) and the twelfth plenary session of the Committee were held at Bucharest, Rumania, September 21-28, 1937. The members of the American delegation attending the sessions were as follows:

The fourth commission had under consideration a draft international convention on the legal status of the aeronautic navigating personnel, a translation of which appears in Treaty Information, Bulletin No. 97, October 1937, p. 23. As the result of the decisions reached by the commission in the discussions on this draft convention, the reporter was instructed to prepare a revised text embodying the new provisions agreed to by the commission at Bucharest, for consideration at the next session of the fourth commission. A translation of the revised text will be printed in Treaty Information as soon as the text is available.

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At the sixth plenary session of the C. I. T. E. J. A., which was held at Paris on October 23-24, 1931, a draft international convention on the legal status of the aircraft commander was adopted provisionally. This action was taken before participation by representatives of the United States in the sessions of the C. I. T. E. J. A. Inasmuch as this draft convention is of interest in connection with the proposed convention on the legal status of the aeronautic navigating personnel, the text of the draft convention on the legal status of the aircraft commander, as translated in the Department of State, is printed in this issue of Treaty Information in the section headed "Texts of Treaties and Agreements."

Proposals have been made for combining the draft convention on the legal status of the aircraft commander with the draft convention on the aeronautic navigating personnel, but no definite decision on these proposals has yet been reached by the C. I. T. E. J. A.

When the twelfth plenary session of the C. I. T. E. J. A. met in Bucharest it had before it for consideration the latest draft convention relative to the collaboration of the C. I. T. E. J. A. in the interpretation and execution of international conventions on private air law, a translation of which appears in Treaty Information, Bulletin No. 97, October 1937, p. 26.5 This draft was approved by the first commission during the sessions of the C. I. T. E. J. A. commissions held in Paris in May and June 1937. As the result of the discussions in the twelfth plenary session it was decided to recommit this entire question to the first commission for further study. It is understood that the reporter for this subject will therefore prepare for the consideration of the first commission at its next session a new draft convention based upon the one submitted to the C. I. T. E. J. A. in plenary session at Bucharest and certain additional proposals presented for discussion at that plenary session. As soon as the revised text is available a translation thereof will be printed in Treaty Information.

3 C. I. T. E. J. A. document No. 342. 'C. I. T. E. J. A. document No. 127. . C. I. T. E. J. A. document No. 343.

COMMERCE

TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ITALY

A temporary commercial arrangement between the United States and Italy was signed at Rome on December 16, 1937, and came into force on that date. The treaty of commerce and navigation with Italy of February 26, 1871 (Treaty Series, No. 177) terminated on December 15, 1937, in consequence of the joint notice of termination of December 15, 1936. Negotiations for a new treaty to replace the treaty of 1871 not having been completed, the temporary arrangement was entered into for the purpose of regularizing commercial relations pending the conclusion of the proposed new treaty. The text of the arrangement is printed in this issue of Treaty Information in the section headed "Texts of Treaties and Agreements.”

The text of the letter from the President to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated December 18, 1937, directing that the application of duties proclaimed in connection with the trade agreements concluded under the authority of the Trade Agreements Act shall be extended to Italy was published in the Federal Register, vol. 2, No. 250. December 28, 1937.

FINANCE

CONVENTIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CONFERENCES FOR THE UNIFORMITY OF LAWS ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE, PROMISSORY NOTES, AND CHEQUES &

France

There are printed below the texts of two circular letters from the League of Nations, each dated December 10, 1937, regarding the adherence of France to the convention providing a uniform law for bills of exchange and promissory notes, signed June 7, 1930, and its adherence to the convention providing a uniform law for cheques, signed March 19, 1931:

"With reference to my letter C. L. 77. 1936. II. B, of May 14th, 1936, regarding the accession of France to the Convention providing a Uniform Law for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, with Annexes and Protocol, signed at Geneva on June 7th, 1930, I have the honour to inform you that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic has notified me, in a communication dated October 19th, 1937, that, in consequence of certain changes introduced into French legislation regarding the maturity of commercial bills by the Decree-Law of August 31st, 1937, the holder of a bill of

7 See Bulletin No. 87, December 1936, p. 13. See Bulletin No. 92, May 1937, p. 21.