Agreements with American and German Corporations, Nanking authorities have signed 4 wireless traffic agreement of 14 articles with the Radio Corporation of America, says the "Chinese Economic Bulletin." In the preamble it is stated that the Nanking Reconstruction Council contemplates the early erection of a radio station at Shanghai capable of effecting commercial communication with the Radio Corporation's stations America and both parties desire to operate a direct radio circuit between China and the United States for the purpose of furnishing a manual snd high-speed automat and duplex commercial radio com~ munication service, The parties, therefore, agree to maintain thole respective stations in a proper and efficient: manner, with a competent staff for the expeditious handling of trafic, The Radio Corporation is to transmit over the said circuit every" message within its control destined for China or intended for transmission through China unless routed otherwise by the sender. The Council's central trafhe in Shanghai must enjoy at least the same facilities as the other competing cable offices and at same Connell is to reserve its exelisively for commercial purposes. The same is to be done by the Couns cil in regard to transmission of mes= sages to the United States, Unless otherwise mentioned in the agree~ nent, the administration, the xys-Uf book-keeping and the settle= ment of accounts are to he conduet= ed in aczordanee with the Regula tio of the International Telegraph, Convention. The word rate is to be ade up ax follows: 1, Outpayments begoud the radio terminal at Shang which shall accrue to the Coun cil exclusively: 2, radio tolls which shall be divided equally. between the parties concerned, and 3, nts beyond the radio terminal in the United States, which shall ae= erne to the Corporation exclusively. The accounts are to be settled quar= terly on the basis of the geld frane, The word rates are tw be quoted in gold franes and to be—mutually. tigreed upon not higher than that of the communication services. Res duced rates for Press, deferred and cial services are to be fixed Government messages of both and the United States fare to be charged at half rate. In the event of war of public danger resulting in the Government control, limitation or suspension of the services, the agreement will become non-operative but will be reinforced, when such control. limitation suspension ends. Disputes regnrdinge the interpretation of the agree to be settled anticnbly or Bither of the parties is free to make trafic agreements with other nations, unless such agreements violate' the provisions of the present agreement. The tucreement becomes operative on the date of the opening of the said radio Gieuit and is to remain in force for ten senna, after which it may be automatically renewed for another five years, unless terminated your's notice.
A practically identical agreement was made with the "Trans-Radio" of Berlin, the only difference being that in the American 2g: ments the document is tobe effective ten years, subject to renewal every five years, and to be terminate by one sear's notice, In the German agreement, the document Jis'to be effective for six years, to "Subject to renewal once every year and terminated by three rio mths? notice.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.