Extreme beam at or below water line: 51 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: 13 feet 10 inches Date of completion: May 23, 1935 H. M. S. Faulknor Classification: Flotilla leader Standard displacement: 1,460 tons (1,484 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet 9 inches Date of completion: May 24, 1935 By a note dated July 22, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State of particulars on the completion of H. M. S. Snapper. The information furnished in accordance with article 10 of the London naval treaty is as follows: Date of laying keel: September 18, 1933 Standard displacement: 670 tons (681 metric tons) Length at water line: 1912 feet Extreme beam at or below water line: 24 feet Mean draft at standard displacement: Date of completion: June 14, 1935 10 feet 6 inches By a note dated July 27, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State, in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the London naval treaty, of the following particulars on completion of H. M. S. Foxhound: Classification: Destroyer Date of laying keel: August 15, 1933 Standard displacement: 1,350 tons (1,372 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 33 feet 3 inches Date of completion: June 21, 1935 United States The Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State by a letter dated July 15, 1935, that the dimension for the "extreme beam at or below water line " previously reported in respect of the U. S. S. Porter, Selfridge, McDougal, Winslow, Phelps, Clark, Moffett, and Balch, as 32 feet 3 inches, should have been reported as 36 feet 3 inches. The particulars in regard to the U. S. S. Porter, Selfridge, McDougal, and Winslow were printed on page 3 8025-35- -2 of Bulletin No. 51, December 1933; the particulars in regard to the U. S. S. Phelps, Clark, and Moffett were printed on page 6 of Bulletin No. 52, January 1934; and the particulars in regard to the U. S. S. Balch were printed on page 3 of Bulletin No. 56, May 1934. By a letter dated July 6, 1935, the Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State of particulars on the completion of the U. S. S. MacDonough. The information has been furnished to the governments parties to the London naval treaty, as follows: Classification: Destroyer Standard displacement: 1,395 tons (1,417 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 34 feet 2 inches Date of completion: June 28, 1935 By a note dated July 12, 1935, the Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State that the keel of the U. S. S. Somers was laid on June 27, 1935. The following particulars of this vessel have been furnished to the governments parties to the London naval treaty in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of that treaty: Classification: Destroyer Standard displacement: 1,850 tons (1,880 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 36 feet 3 inches Mean draft at standard displacement: 10 feet 4 inches By two letters dated July 24, 1935, the Acting Secretary of the Navy informed the Secretary of State of the laying of the keel of the U. S. S. Plunger and the completion of the U. S. S. Dale. Particulars of these two vessels have been furnished as follows to the governments parties to the London naval treaty, in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of that treaty: U. S. S. Plunger Classification: Submarine Date of laying keel: July 17, 1935 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 U. S. S. Dale Classification: Destroyer Standard displacement: 1,395 tons (1,417 metric tons) Extreme beam at or below water line: 34 feet 2 inches Date of completion: July 19, 1935 WASHINGTON NAVAL TREATY OF 1922 (TREATY SERIES, No. 671) Great Britain The British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated July 15, 1935, of particulars of two submarines which are being constructed for the Estonian Government by Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness. This information, furnished in accordance with the provisions of article XVI of the Washington naval treaty of 1922, is as follows: Date of signing contract: December 18, 1934 Extreme beam at or below water line: 24 feet 8 inches INTERNATIONAL LAW PROTOCOLS ADOPTED AT THE CONFERENCE FOR THE CODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE HAGUE, 1930 1 Australia 1 By a circular letter dated July 20, 1935, the Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Great Britain in respect of Australia of the protocol relative to a certain case of statelessness, and the instruments of adherence by Great Britain in respect of Australia, to the protocol relating to military obligations in certain cases of double nationality, and the special protocol concerning statelessness, signed at The Hague April 12, 1930, were deposited with the Secretariat on July 8, 1935. The circular letter states also that the above-mentioned ratification and adherences include the territories of Papua and Norfolk Island and the mandated territories of New Guinea and Nauru. RESTRICTION OF WAR CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND THE SICK OF ARMIES IN THE FIELD (TREATY SERIES, No. 847)2-CONVENTION RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR (TREATY SERIES, No. 846)3 Greece The Swiss Minister at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated June 27, 1935, a certified copy of the procès-verbal of deposit on May 28, 1935, of the ratifications by Greece of the convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and the sick of armies in the field and the convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, signed at Geneva July 27, 1929. The ratifications will become effective on November 28, 1935. PROTOCOL FOR THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE IN WARFARE OF ASPHYXIATING, POISONOUS, OR OTHER GASES, AND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL METHODS OF WARFARE * Chile The American Embassy at Santiago reported by a despatch dated June 24, 1935, that the President of Chile proclaimed on June 7, 1935, the ratification by Chile of the protocol for the prohibition of the use in warfare of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of warfare, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925. The text of the decree, no. 667, was published in the Diario Oficial, no. 17,196 of June 18, 1935. POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY TREATY RECOGNIZING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF NORWAY OVER SPITSBERGEN (TREATY SERIES, No. 686)1 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The French Ambassador at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated June 26, 1935, a certified copy of an act, dated May 7, 1935, attesting the adherence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, without any condition or reservation, to the treaty recognizing the sovereignty of Norway over Spitsbergen which was signed at Paris February 9, 1920. 'See Bulletin No. 30, March 1932, p. 8. 7 |