MESSAGE 



FROM THE 



PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 



TRANSMITTING 



AN AUTHENTICATED COPY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVEN- 

 TION RELATING TO SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, THE DETAILED 

 REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, A FINAL PROTOCOL, AND THE 

 "VOEUX" EXPRESSED BY THE CONFERENCE, ALL SIGNED AT 

 LONDON JANUARY 20, 1914. 



March 17, 1914. — Message read; convention read the first time and referred to the Committee on Foreign 

 Relations, and, together with the message and accompanying papers, ordered to be printed in confidence 

 for the use of the Senate. 



March 25, 1914. — Injunction of secrecy removed. 



To the Senate: 



I transmit herewith, to receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, an 

 authenticated copy of the International Convention Relating to Safety of Life at Sea, the de- 

 tailed regulations thereunder, a final protocol, and the "Voeux" expressed by the conference, 

 all signed at London, January 20, 1914. 



The attention of the Senate is invited to the accompanying report of the Secretary of 

 State. 



WooDROw^ Wilson. 



The White House, 



Washington, March ly, 1914. 



The President: 



The undersigned, the Secretary of State, has the honor to lay before the President for 

 transmission to the Senate, if his judgment approve thereof, with a view to receiving the 

 advice and consent of the Senate to their ratification, an authenticated copy of the Inter- 

 national Convention Relating to Safety of Life at Sea, of the detailed regulations thereun- 

 der, and of a final protocol, and of the "Voeux" expressed by the conference, all signed at 

 London on January 20, 1914. 



The convention embodies the unanimous conclusions of the International Conference on 

 Safety of Life at Sea which met at London from November 12, 1913, to January 20, 1914. 

 The conference was comprised of the representatives of the 14 principal maritime nations 

 and of three of the self-governing British dominions. It was called in a large measure upon 



