[CONFIDENTIAL] 7&ra Congress ) SENATE ( Executive $d Session J ( L Nov 26:;': gsar"*"* TREATY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE AMENDED— AUSTRALIA MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING A TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OK AUSTRALIA SIGNED AT WASHINGTON SEPTKM BE It fi, 1940. AMENDING IN THEIR APPLICATION TO AUS- TRALIA CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY FOR THE AD- VANCEMENT OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, SEP- TEMBEIt 15, 1914 Skitembkr 13. 1940.—Treaty was read the first time and referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations and together with the message and the accom- panying pa)>ers was ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate Tin: White House, September 13, 1940, To the Senate of the United States: To the end that I may receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith a treaty between the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Australia signed at Washington September u\ 1940, amending in their application to Australia certain provisions of the Treaty for the Advancement of Peace between the United States of America and Great Britain, signed at Washington, September 15, 1914. I transmit also for the information of the Senate a report by the Secretary of State regarding the treaty. Franklin D. Kooskvelt. (Enclosures: (1) Report of the Secretary of State; (2) treaty of September 0, 1940.)