Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-02
HOOVER PROCLA|MS
TREATY IN EFFECT
London Naval Pact Becomes
Binding for United States
on New Year Day.

President Hoover, on the occasion of
the new year yesterday, proclaimed the
London naval treaty in effect for the
United States.
The proclamation cited the effec-
tiveness of the five-power pact and
called attention to its provisions link
ing the British Empire, Japan, Italy,
France and United States in bonds of
good will.
Text Of Proclamation.
The document repeated the treaty
textually. Except for that portion the
proclamation read:
by the President of the United States
of America: A proclamation.
Whereas a treaty for the limitation
and reduction of naval armament was
concluded and signed at London on
April %, 1880, by the respective pleni-
potentiaries of the President of the
United States of America, the President
of the French Republic, His Majesty the
King of Great Britain, Ireland and the
British Dominions Beyond the Seas, En-
peror of India, His Majesty the King of
Italy and His Majesty the Emperor of
Japan, the original of which treaty be-
ing in the French and English languages,
is word for word rs follows:
And whereas it is provided in article
"a of the said treaty that as soon as the
ratificationS of the United States of
America, of His Majesty the King of
Great Britain, Ireland and the British
Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of
India. in respect of each and all of the
members of the British commonwealth
of nations as enumerated in the pre-
amble of the said treaty, and Of His
Majesty the Emperor of Japan, have
been deposited, the treaty shall come
into force in respect of the said high
contracting parties;
No Secret Agreements.
"And whereas the ratification by the
United States of America, subject to the
understandings, set forth therein, that
there are no secret files, documents, let
tiers, understandings or agreements which
in any way, directly or indirectly mod
ify, change, add to, or take away from
any of the stipulations, agreements or
statements in said treaty, and that ex-
cepting the agreement brought about
through the exchange of notes between
the Governments of the United States
of America, Great Britain and Japan
having reference to article 10, there is
pressed or implied, between any of the
parties to said treaty as to any con-
struction that shall hereafter be given
to any statement or provision contained
therein, the notifications by His Majesty
the King of Great Britain, ireland and
the British Dominions Beyond the Seas,
Emperor of India, in respect of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and all parts of the
British Empire which are not separate
members of the League of Nations, the
Dominion of Canada. the Commonwealth
of Australia, the Dominion of New Zea-
land, the Union of South Africa and
India. and the ratification by His Maj
esty the Emperor of Japan, were depos-
tied at London on the 9th day of Oc-
tober, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty, and the ratification by His Maj
esty the King of Great Britain, Ireland
and the British Dominions Beyond the
Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of
the Irish Free State, was deposited at
London on the 31st day of December,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty;
And whereas the said treaty has thus
come into force in respect of the United
States of America, His Majesty the King
of Great Britain, Ireland and the Brit
ish Dominions Beyond the Seas, EN-
peror of India. and His Majesty the
Emperor Of Japan:
Made Treaty Public.
Nov, therefore, be it known that I
Herbert Hoover, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
treaty to be made public to the end that
the same and every article and clause
thereof may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United States of
America and the citizens thereof
I'm testimony whereof have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States of America to be
affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this
first day Of January, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
thfrty-one. and of the independence of
the United States of America the one
hundred and fifty-fifth
"(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER.
"By the President:
"(Signed) HENRY L. STIMSON,
"(Seal) Secretary of State"