On the point of signing the general act of the conference of Algeciras, the delegates of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Spain, the United States of America, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden,

Taking into account the declaration of the delegates of Morocco that they were not, for the present, in position to affix their signatures thereto, they being unable, owing to the distance, to receive an early reply from His Shereefian Majesty concerning the points in regard to which they deemed it their duty to refer to him,

Reciprocally engage, by virtue of their respective full powers, to unite their efforts toward the ratification of the said general act in its entirety by His Shereefian Majesty and toward the simultaneous enforcement of the reforms therein provided which are interdependent.

They therefore agree to charge his excellency Mr. Malmusi, minister of Italy to Morocco and dean of the diplomatic corps at Tangier, to take the necessary steps to that end by calling the attention of His Majesty the Sultan to the great advantages that his Empire would derive from the stipulations adopted at the conference by the unanimous action of the signatory powers.

The adhesion given by His Shereefian Majesty to the general act of the conference of Algeciras shall be communicated through the Government of His Catholic Majesty to the governments of the other signatory powers. This adhesion shall have the same force as if the delegates of Morocco had affixed their signatures to the general act and will take the place of ratification by His Shereefian Majesty.

In witness whereof the delegates of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Spain, the United States of America, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden have signed the present additional protocol and affixed their seals thereto.

Done at Algeciras on the 7th day of April, 1906, in a single copy, which shall remain filed in the archives of the Government of His Catholic Majesty, and of which certified copies shall be delivered to the signatory powers through the diplomatic channel.

MR. SECRETARY OF STATE: As your excellency is aware, the Government of His Majesty the Emperor some time ago resolved to postpone the conference on wireless telegraphy and reserved the right to propose to the invited states another date for the meeting of the conference.

Circumstances now permit that the question of drafting international rules in regard to wireless telegraphy be taken up anew. We propose the date of June 28, 1906, as that of the meeting of the conference. The Universal Postal Congress that meets at Rome in the first week of April, 1906, will not require more than five or six weeks to complete its labors, so that delegates to that congress who may have also to attend the Berlin conference will have ample time to travel the intermediate distance.

Invitations will be extended to the states that have taken part in the previous conference, viz, France, Great Britain, Italy, AustriaHungary, Russia, Spain, and the United States of America; and also to the states that had been previously invited-Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Roumania, Sweden, Turkey; finally, Egypt, the Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, Persia, Peru, Siam, and Uruguay.

The conference is not considered as a diplomatic but a technical one, in accordance with the character of the object of its labors. It is intended to let each invited government determine upon the international agreement to be eventually agreed upon through delegates furnished with full powers to that effect. The Imperial Government, acting on suggestions from other sources and desisting from its previous proposition, deems it best to leave it to the judgment of each invited government to decide as to the number of delegates that should be furnished with full powers to conclude the agreement.

As to the form to be given to the agreement, if concluded, we believe it would be advisable to proceed on the lines followed in the Berne treaty of October 9, 1874, concerning the foundation of the Universal Postal Union and the Washington Universal Postal Convention of June 15, 1897.

The title and preamble of the draft previously submitted of a "convention internationale concernant la télégraphie sans fil" would have to be modified as follows:

"Convention internationale concernant la télégraphie sans fil, conclue entre.”

"Les soussignés, plénipotentiaires des Gouvernements ci-dessus énumérés, ont d'un commun accord, et sous réserve de ratification, arrêté la convention suivante

While having the honor to renew, in the name of the Imperial Government, to the Government of the United States of America the invitation to take part in the conference and reserving for a future note communication of the names of the German delegates, I venture to ask for an answer at the earliest possible date and that the names of the American representatives be made known to me in due course.

Accept, etc.,

STERNBURG.

The Acting Secretary of State to Brig. Gen. James Allen, RearAdmiral Henry M. Manney, and John I. Waterbury, esq.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 22, 1906. GENTLEMEN: You having been respectively nominated by the departments of War, Navy, and Commerce and Labor for designation as delegates on the part of the United States to the international conference on wireless telegraphy, which is to meet at Berlin on October 3 next, I inclose herewith a certificate of your designation as such.

I also inclose a translation of the note of April 7, 1906, from the German ambassador extending, by direction of his Government, an invitation to that of the United States to participate in the conference, fixed therein for June 28, 1906, but by a subsequent note of May 13 following postponed to October 3, 1906.

You will observe by the note of April 7 that "it is intended to let the invited governments determine upon the international agreement to be eventually agreed upon," but that as to the form to be given to the agreement, if concluded, "the German Government believes it would be advisable to proceed on the lines followed in the Berne treaty of October 9, 1874, concerning the foundation of the Universal Postal Union and the Washington Universal Postal Convention of June 15, 1897.

As the scope of the conference is largely technical and practical, this department believes it best not to restrict the discretion of the delegates by detailed instructions, but to leave them free to deal with. the various phases of the subject as they arise in the course of the conference. It is to be understood, however, that you have no plenary powers and that such action as you may take will be ad referendum.

Mr. Charlemagne Tower, the ambassador of the United States at Berlin, will also be authorized to attend the conference as the head of the delegation from the United States. He will place the facilities of the embassy at your disposal, and should you have occasion during the progress of the conference to consult the department the cipher code of the embassy may be availed of.

I am, etc.,

ROBERT BACON.

The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador Tower. No. 513.]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, June 25, 1906. SIR: I inclose herewith a copy of the instructions to Brig. Gen. James Allen, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army; Rear-Admiral Henry N. Manney, U. S. Navy, retired; and Mr. John I. Waterbury, who will attend the international conference on wireless telegraphy to meet at Berlin on October 3 next as delegates on the part of the United States.

The President desires you also to attend this conference as the head of the American delegation.

I am, sir, etc.,

No. 1058.]

ROBERT BACON.

Ambassador Tower to the Secretary of State.

AMERICAN EMBASSY, Berlin, November 17, 1906. SIR: I have the honor to inclose to you herewith a copy of the convention of international radio telegraph entered into at the conference held in Berlin by representatives of Germany, the United States of America, the Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and Uruguay, with a copy of the rules and regulations, called "règlement de service," which were annexed to the convention and agreed to by the respective countries represented at the conference.

The conference of radio-telegraphy assembled in the building of the Reichstag on the 3d of October, 1906, under the presidency of His Excellency Herr von Krätke, secretary of state for the imperial German postal department, who delivered the inaugural address and declared the conference opened. The sessions were continued subsequently without interruption until the 3d day of November, when the final meeting was held and the convention and the règlement de service were duly signed by the delegates, respectively, of the countries represented; the signatures having been appended to the convention, to the règlement de service, to the engagement additionnel, as well as to the protocole final, subject to the ratification of the governments themselves which the delegates severally and respectively represented, it being understood that the convention is to be ratified by each government and the ratifications deposited in Berlin with as little delay as possible.

I inclose to you herewith also copies of each amendment introduced and discussed during the sessions of the conference (101 amendments in all), and copies of the minutes (procès-verbaux) of each session, showing the debates which took place in regard to each one of these amendments and the final disposition which was made of each of them. I inclose also the comparison of the original text of the convention, as proposed by Germany at the beginning of the conference, and the text which was adopted at the first reading; also the comparison of the text of the proposed règlement de service with the text which was adopted by the conference at the first reading, and I also inclose a list of the names and official designations of all of the delegates who attended this conference.

The discussions took a very wide range in regard to the subjects to be contained in the convention itself, as well as in the details of the rules and regulations to be appended to it, these being induced largely by the difference in point of view and the difference in individual interests, as well as the geographical situation, of the participants in the discussion. The attitude of the United States, as declared at the outset, was distinctly in support of unrestricted interchange of communication between all stations, without regard to the system of radio-telegraphy used by either, and this principle was maintained by it throughout the debates. It was evident from the beginning, however, that certain countries, like Great Britain and Italy, had already entered into engagements with Mr. Marconi based upon the exclusive use of his system, which prohibited by contract their right to interchange messages with stations either on shipboard or ashore which did not use the Marconi instruments. This gave rise to a great deal of difficulty in adjusting of interests that were involved.

Article 3 of the original text of the convention set forth this principle as follows:

Coastal stations and stations aboard ship shall be obliged to interchange telegrams with each other without distinction as to the system of radiotelegraphy adopted by these stations.

This brought at once the question of the Marconi contracts into the foreground; and while article 3 was accepted in principle, a vote upon it was postponed, at the proposal of Great Britain, until after the other articles of the conference and of the règlement de service should have been discussed and adopted. The United States delegation, having agreed to this postponement, gave notice that it did not modify its views as to the principle involved, and as the other articles were discussed and amended from day to day in the sessions of the conference, the delegation of the United States became solicitous lest amendments might be introduced of such character that they would weaken the provisions of article 3, and destroy its validity before it could be debated in the conference; therefore the delegation of the United States made a formal declaration as follows:

The proceedings of this conference have reached a point at which the delegates representing the United States of America find themselves obliged to make the following declaration:

The acceptance of article 3 in the terms proposed to the conference is, in their opinion, indispensable to the due consideration of the convention submitted to our deliberations. Its incorporation into the convention without modification is necessary in order that that article may serve as the basis of an international agreement.