INTERNATIONAIJ SANITARY CONVENTION. JUNE 21,1926. The Plenipotentiaries of Brazil declare they are empowered to· sign the Convention and referendum under the reservations entered in the minutes of the last Flenary session. The Plenipotentiaries 0 Chili declare that theYJ· oin in the reser- vations made by the Plenipotentiaries of Brazil an Portugal. The Plenipotentiaries of China express reservations in the name of their Government concerning the engagement appearing in Article 8, 2nd Section, that it would be compulsory to deClare the diseases coming under the Convention. In the name of their Government the Plenipotentiaries of Egypt renew the express reservations made by them concerning the presence at the Convention of a delegate representing the Soudan. They furthermore declare that the said presence could not in any way affect the rights of sovereignty of Egypt. The Plenipotentiaries of Spain declare they make in the name of their Government a reservation identical with that of the Plenipo- tentiaries of the United States of America concerning article 12. The Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America formally declare that their signing the International Sanitary Convention of this date is not to be construed to mean that the United States of America recognizes a regime or entity acting as Government of 8. signatory or adhering Power when that regime or entity is not recognized by the United States as the Government of that Power. They further declare that the participation of the United States of America in the International Sanitary Convention of this date does not involve any contractual obl4tation on the part of the United States to a signatory or adhering Power represented by a regime or entity which the United States does not recognize as representing the Government of that Power, until it is represented by a Govern- ment recognized by the United States. The Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America. declared, furthermore, that their Government reserves to itself the right to decide whether from the standpoint of the me8.Elure8 to be applied a foreign district is to be considered as infected and to decide what measures shall be applied to arrival in its own porta under special circlID1stances. The great work accomplished by the International Sanitary Con- vention and the many new provisions carried could not be referred by telegraph to Her Majesty the Queen of the Kings and to His 1m perial and Royal Highness Prince Tafari Makonnen, Heir to and Regent of the Empire and the Delegate of the Ethiopian Empire declares that he must. refrain from signing the Convention before he receives the necessary instructions. The British Plenipotentiaries declare that their signing does not bind any part of the British Empire that is a distinct member of the League of Nations and would Dot sign separately or adhere to the Convention. They further declared that they reserve the right not to apply the provisions of the 2nd subsection of article 8 to all the Fl'.otectorates, Colonies, Possessions or Countries under the Britiah mandate which might be parties to the Convention and which on practical grounds might be unable to ~ve full effect to those provisions relative to the compulsory declaration of the diseases referred to in the said article. The De1egate of Canada reserves for his Government the ri#tt to decide whether from the viewpoint of the measures to be applied a foreign district is to be considered as infected and to decide what measures shall be applied to arrivals in Canadian porta under speeial circumstances. Subject to that reservation the Dele~ate from Canada declares that his Government is ready to take roto con· sideration the obligations of article 12 of the Convention and the 54835°-29-PT ~li9 2605 Bruil. Chile. Chins. Egypt. Spain. United States. .Anle,p.2M7. Ethiopian Empire. British Empire. Canada.
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