500. A 4d/88a

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain ( Moore )66

[No.] 288

Sir: I transmit herewith a communication addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain67 inviting the adherence of the Government of Spain to the Convention between the United States, Belgium, the British Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal, relating to principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning China, signed at Washington on February 6, 1922.68

You will please hand the communication with its accompanying certified copy of the treaty to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Joseph C. Grew

[The following powers notified the American Government of their adherence to the treaty regarding principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning China, signed at Washington February [Page 763] 6, 1922: Norway, November 16, 1925; Bolivia, November 21, 1925; Sweden, December 5, 1925; Denmark, December 29, 1925; and Mexico, January 14, 1927. Later correspondence with the Government of Mexico disclosed that the adherence of Mexico as of the above date was premature and that the date of effective adherence was September 29, 1927.]

  1. The same, mutatis mutandis, on Oct. 1, 1925, to the American diplomatic representatives in Austria, Bolivia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Persia, Peru, Sweden, and Switzerland; on Nov. 21, 1925, to the Ambassador in Brazil; and on Apr. 23, 1926, to the Ambassador in Mexico.
  2. Not printed.
  3. Foreign Relations, 1922, vol. i, p. 276.