500.C114/54
The Secretary of State to the Secretary General of the League of Nations ( Drummond )
The Secretary of State of the United States of America has received, by reference from the President, the communication dated February 4, 1921, by which the Secretary General of the League of Nations forwards to the Government of the United States, as the Government of a State mentioned in the Annex to the Covenant of the League, a certified copy of the Protocol of Signature relating to the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice provided for by Article XIV of the Covenant.
In this communication the attention of the Government of the United States is drawn to the importance of the ratifications of the Protocol being deposited as speedily as possible.
With respect to this it is proper to remark that the Protocol has not been ratified by the United States.