France, Oct. 16, 1922; Paraguay, Oct. 4, 1922; Spain, March 23, 1922; Vatican. See Latvia, May 30, 1922; Lithuania, June 30, 1922. Venezuela. 1922, Jan. 19. Extradition treaty signed at Caracas with United States. 1923, March 14. Arbitration treaty signed with Peru at Lima together with a protocol for the exchange of diplomatic mails. See also Bolivia, April 14, 1923; Colombia, March 24, 1922; Ecuador; Italy, Feb. 9, 1922. Vilna. See Poland, March 15, 1923. White Russia. See Russia, Dec. 30, 1922. GENERAL INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.1 AALAND ISLANDS : Neutralisation and Non-Fortification-Convention. (Geneva, Oct. 20, 1921.) Accession: Czecho-Slovakia, July 24, 1922. Ratifications: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Ratifications: Belgium, Bolivia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Serb- AFRICA: Convention revising General Act of Berlin, Feb. 26, 1885, and General Ratifications: Japan, April 6, 1922; Portugal (reservations), Oct. 7, 1922. - Liquor Traffic-Convention and Protocol. (St. Germain-en-Laye, Sept. 10, 1919.) Ratifications: Japan, April 6, 1922; Portugal, July 17, 1922. AGRICULTURE: Creation of an International Institute of, at Rome-Convention. (Rome, May 28, 1905.) Accessions: Haiti, Latvia, Poland, July 23, 1921; Czecho-Slovakia, Feb. 11, 1922; Finland, Jan. 26, 1923. Ratification: Denmark (excluding Greenland), Feb. 26, 1922. ARMS AND MUNITIONS: Traffic-Convention and Protocol. (St. Germain-en-Laye, Accessions: Bulgaria, Sept. 13, 1921; Colombia, Esthonia, Netherlands, Oct. Ratifications: Brazil, April 27, 1922; Portugal, July 17, 1922. CHINA Treaties. (Washington, Feb. 6, 1922.) (1) Principles and Policies; (2) Customs Tariff. Ratifications: United States,* March 30, 1922; China,* April 29, 1922; British Empire,* Aug. 4, 1922; Japan,* Aug. 5, 1922; Italy,* Feb. 16, 1923. COPYRIGHT: Revised Convention. (Berlin, Nov. 13, 1908; Protocol, Berne, March 20, 1914.) Accession: Danzig, June 24, 1922. DANUBE: Navigation on-Convention. (Paris, July 23, 1921.) Ratifications: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czecho-Slovakia, France, Germany, FOOD ANALYSIS: Conventions. (Paris, Oct. 16, 1912.) (1) Unification and presentation of statistics; (2) Creation of an international chemistry bureau. Ratifications: Argentine, France, Italy (1), Portugal, Uruguay, Oct. 24, 1922. FREEDOM OF TRANSIT: Convention. (Barcelona, April 20, 1921.) Ratifications: Bulgaria, July 11, 1922; Great Britain, Ireland, India, Newfound 1 The place and date of signature are given in brackets. The date given for ratification is that of deposit except where indicated thus: * when the date is that of ratification only. land, New Zealand, Aug. 2, 1922; Italy, Aug. 5, 1922; Denmark, Nov. 13, 1922; Finland, Jan. 29, 1923. HAGUE CONVENTIONS. (The Hague, Oct. 18, 1907.) (1) Pacific settlement of disputes; (2) Limitation of armed force in recovery of contracted debts; (3) Opening of hostilities; (4) Laws of land warfare; (5) Neutrals in land warfare; (6) Status of enemy merchant ships; (7) Conversion of merchant ships; (8) Submarine mines; (9) Bombardments; (10) Geneva convention in naval war; (11) Right of capture; (12) Establishment of an international prize court; (13) Neutral powers in naval war; (14) Projectiles and explosives. Accessions: Latvia, Netherlands (10) April 1, 1922; Poland (1) May 26, 1922; Finland (all except 12) June 9, 1922; Czecho-Slovakia (1) June 12, 1922. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY: Protection-Convention. (Paris, March 20, 1883; Revisions: Brussels, Dec. 14, 1900, Washington, June 2, 1911.) Accession: Luxemburg, May 12, 1922. Notification that Convention is binding : Hungary, May 29, 1922. - False Indications of Origin of Goods : Agreement. (Madrid, April 14, 1891; Revision: Washington, June 2, 1911.) Accession: Danzig, Jan. 31, 1923. Rights affected by the World War: Agreement. (Berne, June 30, 1920.) - Trade Marks Registration: Convention. (Madrid, April 14, 1891; Revisions : Brussels, Dec. 14, 1900, Washington, June 2, 1911.) Accessions: Germany, Oct. 19, 1922; Danzig, Feb. 1, 1923. LABOUR: Draft Conventions. (Washington, Nov. 28, 1919.) (1) Limitation of hours of work; (2) Unemployment; (3) Employment of women before and after childbirth; (4) Night work of young persons employed in industry; (5) Minimum age for admission of children to industrial employment; (6) Night work of women. Ratifications: Bulgaria (1-6) Feb. 14, 1922; Czecho-Slovakia (1, 5, 6) Aug. 24, 1921; Denmark and Faroë Islands (4, 5) Jan. 4, 1923; Esthonia (2, 4, 5, 6) Dec. 20, 1922; India (1, 2, 4, 6) July 14, 1921; Italy (2, 4, 6) April 10, 1923; Japan (2) Nov. 23, 1922; Netherlands (4, 5, 6) Sept. 4, 1922; Roumania (1-6) June 13, 1921; Spain (2, 3) July 3, 1922; Switzerland (5) Oct. 2, 1922. Draft Conventions. (Genoa, June 15-July 10, 1920.) (1) Minimum age for admission of children to employment at sea; (2) Unemployment indemnity in case of loss or foundering of the ship; (3) Facilities for finding employment for seamen. Ratifications: Bulgaria (1–3) March 16, 1923; Esthonia (1-3) March 3, 1923; Finland (3) Oct. 7, 1922; Japan (2, 3) Nov. 23, 1922; Netherlands (1) Jan. 13, 1923; Roumania (1) May 8, 1922. Draft Conventions. (Geneva, Oct. 25-Nov. 19, 1921.) (1) Minimum age for admission of children to employment in agriculture; (2) Rights of association in agriculture; (3) Workmen's compensation in agriculture; (4) Use of white lead in painting; (5) Application of the weekly rest in industry; (6) Minimum age for admission of young persons to employment as trimmers and stokers; (7) Compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed at sea. Ratifications: Bulgaria (6) March 16, 1923; Denmark (3) Feb. 26, 1923; Esthonia (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7) Sept. 8, 1922; India (2, 5) May 11, 1923, (6, 7) Nov. 20, 1922. LATIN MONETARY UNION: Convention. (Paris, Nov. 6, 1885; Additional Protocol, Paris, Dec. 9, 1921.) Ratifications: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, June 15, 1922. LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Amendments to Articles 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 26 of CovenantProtocols. (Geneva, Oct. 5, 1921.) Signatures: Bolivia, April, 1922; Costa Rica, April, 1922; Czecho-Slovakia, March, 1922; Greece, March 9, 1922; Haiti, April 18, 1922; Italy (Art. 6) May 17, 1922; Liberia, April 15, 1922; Panama, April 15, 1922; Paraguay, April, 1922. Ratifications: British Empire, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa (Arts. 4, 6, 13, 15, 26) Nov. 23, 1922 and Feb. 3, 1923; Bulgaria (Arts. 4, 12, 13, 15, 16, 26) Oct. 4, 1922; China; Cuba (Arts. 4, 6, R * 12, 13, 15, 26); Denmark, Aug. 11, 1922; Finland,* April 14, 1923; Greece* (Arts. 4 and 6) April 9, 1923; Hungary, Italy (Arts. 4, 12, 13, 15, 16, 26) Aug. 5, 1922; Japan, Netherlands,* April 4, 1923; Norway, March 29, 1922; Poland* (Arts 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 26) Dec., 1922; Siam * (Arts. 12, 13, 15, 26) Sept. 12, (Arts. 4, 6, 16) Dec., 1922; Sweden, Aug. 24, 1922; Switzerland, March 2, 1923. LIMITATION OF ARMAMENT: Treaties. (Washington, Feb. 6, 1922.) (1) Limitation of naval armament; (2) Protection of lives of neutrals and noncombatants at sea in time of war and prevention of use in war of noxious gases and chemicals. Ratifications: United States,* March 29, 1922; British Empire,* Aug. 4, 1922; Japan,* Aug. 5, 1922; Italy,* Feb. 16, 1923. LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS : Protection of-Convention. (Berne, Sept. 9, 1886; Revision: Nov. 13, 1908; Additional Protocol, March 20, 1914.) Accessions: Brazil, Feb. 9, 1922; Hungary, Feb. 14, 1922; Danzig, June 24, 1922. Ratification: Belgium (Protocol) Nov. 4, 1921. MARITIME CONVENTIONS. (Brussels, Sept. 23, 1910.) (1) Collisions; (2) Salvage at sea. Accessions: Argentine, April 15, 1922; Belgium, June 15, 1922; Poland, Danzig (1) July 15, 1922. Notification that Convention is binding: Hungary. MATCHES: White Phosphorus-Convention. (Berne, Sept. 26, 1906.) NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS: Convention and Protocol. (Barcelona, April 20, 1921.) Accessions: Nyasaland and Tanganyika (Paragraph b. of the additional Protocol) June 23, 1922; Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands), Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Windward Islands, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Gold Coast, Ashanti, Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar, St. Helena, Ceylon, Mauritius, Seychelles, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, Tongan Islands, (Paragraph a. of the additional Protocol) June 23, 1922. Ratifications: Bulgaria, July 11, 1922; Great Britain, Ireland, India, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Aug. 2, 1922; Italy, Aug. 5, 1922; Denmark, Nov. 13, 1922; Finland, Jan. 29, 1923. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS: Repression-Convention. (Paris, May 4, 1910.) Notice that Convention is binding: Austria, April 26, 1922; Hungary, May 15, 1922. OPIUM CONVENTION: Second Protocol. (The Hague, Jan. 23, 1912.) Accessions: Lithuania, April 7, 1922; Finland, April 12, 1922; Esthonia, May 19, 1922. Ratifications: Luxemburg,* Aug. 21, 1922; Salvador, Sept. 19, 1922; Chile, Jan. 16, 1923. PACIFIC Insular Possessions and Insular Dominions in the Pacific Ocean-Treaty. (Washington, Dec. 13, 1921; Supplement, Washington, Feb. 6. 1922.) Ratifications: United States,* March 24 and March 27, 1922; British Empire,* Aug. 4, 1922; Japan,* Aug. 5, 1922; Italy,* Feb. 16, 1923. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE: Protocol and Optional Clause. (Geneva, Dec. 16, 1920.) Ratifications: Finland,* Jan. 28, 1922; Esthonia,* June 21, 1922. POSTAL: Universal Postal Union. (Madrid, Nov. 30, 1920.) (1) Universal postal convention; (2) Letters, etc., of declared value; (3) Money orders; (4) Parcel post; (5) Payment on delivery; (6) Postal subscriptions to newspapers; (7) Postal transfers. Accessions: Albania (1-7) Feb. 23, 1922; Guatemala (1-7) Aug. 12, 1922; Latvia (3, 5, 6, 7) July 8, 1922; San Marino (1–7) May 30, 1922 as from Jan. 1, 1922; Tanganyika (1) Oct. 6, 1922. Ratifications: Australia * (1) Aug. 17, 1921, (1-final protocol) Nov. 28, 1921; Belgium* (1-7) 1922; Belgian Congo * (1) March 22, 1922; Bulgaria (1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Dec. 16, 1921; Colombia * (1-7) Nov. 18, 1922; Denmark for Iceland (1-7) July 27, 1922; Dominican Republic (4) April 27, 1923; Ecuador (1, 4) Dec. 10, 1921; Esthonia (1, 2, 4) July 10, 1922; Ethiopia (1–7) Dec. 19, 1921; Greece (1) April 22, 1922, (4) July 15, 1922; Italy (1-7) July 22, 1922; Japan for Korea and other Japanese dependencies* (1, 2, 3, 4, 7) Feb. 13, 1922; Luxemburg (1–7) Oct. 11, 1922; Mexico (1) May 11, 1922; Morocco (1-7) April 1, 1922; New Zealand (1, 2) Nov. 28, 1921; Norway (1-7) Dec. 1, 1921; Panama (1–4) Oct. 21, 1921; Peru * (1, 3, 4) Nov. 15, 1921; Poland* (1-6) March 13, 1923; Portugal for Colonies * (2-7) March 4, 1922; Roumania * (1-7) April 13, 1923; South Africa (1) Nov. 8, 1921; Spain * (1-4) Nov. 29, 1921; Sweden (1-7) Dec. 1, 1921; Tunis (1-7) April 1, 1922. Hispanic-American Convention. (Madrid, Nov. 13-15, 1920.) Ratifications: Brazil,* Feb. 24, 1923; Colombia,* Dec. 15, 1921; Costa Rica, July 5, 1922; Ecuador,* Dec. 10, 1921; Honduras, Aug. 29, 1922; Nicaragua, May 3, 1922; Peru,* Nov. 15, 1921; United States, June 5, 1922. Pan-American Convention. (Buenos Aires, Sept. 15, 1921.) * (1) Principal convention; (2) Parcel post; (3) Money orders. Ratifications: Argentine (1-3) Aug. 14, 1922; Brazil (1-3) July 15, 1922; Costa Rica (1, 2) Sept. 12, 1922, (3) Sept. 20, 1922; Dominican Republic (1) Sept. 12, 1922; Ecuador * (1-3) Dec. 1, 1922; Guatemala * (1-3) Aug. 12, 1922; Mexico (1, 2) July 31, 1922; Nicaragua * (1-3) Feb. 16, 1922; Paraguay (1-3); Salvador (1-3) Sept. 30, 1922; United States (1, 2); Uruguay (1-3) Nov. 22, 1922. * * Radio-Telegraph Convention-Revised. (London, July 5, 1912.) Accessions: Cameroons, March 7, 1923; Latvia, Dec. 7, 1921; Poland, Sept. 21, 1922; Switzerland, Jan. 31, 1923. Notification that Convention is binding: Hungary, June 9, 1922. Telegraph Convention. (St. Petersburg, July 22, 1875; Revision: Lisbon, June 11, 1908.) Accessions: Albania, Jan. 23, 1922; Esthonia, Aug. 7, 1922; Poland, April 28, 1922. RED CROSS: Amelioration of the Lot of the Wounded and the Sick-Convention. (Geneva, Aug. 22, 1864.) Accessions: Czecho-Slovakia, Jan. 18, 1922; Afghanistan, April 4, 1923; Latvia, April 8, 1923. Revised Convention. (Geneva, July 6, 1906.) Accessions: Albania, Aug. 24, 1922; Ecuador, Dec. 7, 1922; Afghanistan, April 4, 1923; Latvia, April 8, 1923. REFRIGERATION International Institute of Convention. (Paris, June 21, 1920.) Accession: Bulgaria, Oct. 23, 1922. Ratifications: Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, March 1, 1922; Siam, May 20, 1922; Luxemburg, May 26, 1922; France, July 29, 1922; Czecho-Slovakia, Nov. 6, 1922; Switzerland, Nov. 10, 1922; Great Britain, Jan. 24, 1923; Spain, March 8, 1923. RIGHT TO A FLAG OF STATES HAVING NO SEA-COAST: Declaration. (Barcelona, April 20, 1921.) Accessions: Finland, Sept. 22, 1922; Australia, Canada, South Africa, Oct. 24. 1922; Roumania, Feb. 22, 1923. Ratifications: Bulgaria, July 11, 1922; Great Britain, Ireland, India, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Oct. 9, 1922; Denmark, Nov. 13, 1922. SANITARY: Convention. (Paris, April 3, 1894.) Accession: Czecho-Slovakia, June 4, 1921. Revised Convention. (Paris, Dec. 3, 1903.) Accessions: Czecho-Slovakia, June 4, 1921; Austria, April 26, 1922; Poland, Revised Convention. (Paris, Jan. 17, 1912.) Ratifications: Luxemburg, June 28, 1922; Bulgaria, Dec. 7, 1922. (Berne, Oct. 14, 1890; Revisions : Sept. 20, 1893, July 16, 1895, June 16, 1898, Sept. 19, 1906.) Accession: Czecho-Slovakia, Sept. 25, 1922. Notice that Convention is binding: Hungary, May 29, 1922. Renewal of Convention and relevant Acts: Exchange of Notes between Netherlands and Roumania, Feb. 20, 1922. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Convention. (Paris, May 20, 1875; Revision: Sèvres, Oct. 6, 1921.) Accession: Czecho-Slovakia, June 21, 1922. Ratifications: United States,* Jan. 5, 1923; Uruguay,* Feb. 2, 1923; Switzerland, Feb. 5, 1923; Denmark, Feb. 10, 1923; Sweden, Feb. 16, 1923; Great Britain, Feb. 21, 1923. WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC: Agreement. (Paris, May 18, 1904.) Accessions: Czecho-Slovakia, June 8, 1921; Monaco, July 2, 1921; Kenya, Notification that Agreement is binding: Hungary, June 7, 1922. Convention. (Paris, May 4, 1910.) Traffic in Women and Children-Convention. (Geneva, Sept. 30, 1921.) Accessions: Hungary, March 30, 1922; Germany, March 31, 1922; Panama, Sept. 6, 1922; Bahamas, Barbados, British Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Granada, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malta, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Southern Rhodesia, Straits Settlements, Trinidad, Sept. 18, 1922; Finland, Sept. 27, 1922; British Guiana, Fiji, Oct. 24, 1922; Denmark, March 12, 1923. Ratifications: Belgium, June 15, 1922; Great Britain, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, June 28, 1922; Siam, July 13, 1922; Austria, Aug. 9, 1922; Norway, Aug. 16, 1922; Greece, April 9, 1923; Cuba, May 7, 1923. |