The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-04
PROTOCOL ON THE
MARCON| SYSTEM
What Was Effected at lnterna.
tionaI Wireless Telegraph
Conference.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 3.-The
final protocol of the International
Wireless Telegraph conference, held in
Berlin last month, was made public
today at the state department. Gen.
Greedy was chairman of the American
commission. This commission had no
authority to make any agreement for
the United States, but the protocol
embodies in the most essential fea-
lures the views expressed by the
American commissioners. Another
conference will be held, and if all dele
gates have full powers the protocol no
doubt will be embodied in a treaty for
the government of international wire
less telegraph communication. The
following is the text of the protocol:
Article 1.-The exchange of CORE
spondence between vessels at sea and
wireless coast stations, open to the
general telegraphic service, is subject
to the following conditions:
First-Any fixed station whose field
of action extends to the sea is styled
coast station.
Second-Coast stations are bound to.
receive and transmit kilograms origi-
mating from or intended for vessels at
sea, without. any distinction of wire
less telegraph system used by the lat
ter
Third-The contracting parties shall
publish any technical information like
ly to facilitate or expedite commune
cations between coast stations and
ships at sea. However, each one of
the contracting governments may au-
thorize the stations established on its
territory, under such conditions as it
may see fit, to make use of several in
stallations or special arrangements.
Fourth-The contracting parties
state and declare they adopt for the
fixing of tariffs applicable to tele-
graphic traffic exchange between yes
sells at sea and the international tele-
graphic system, the following basis:
The total tax to collect for such
traffic is fixed by the word it includes;
(a) the tax pertaining to the traffic Of
the lines of the Geographic system, the
amount of which is that fixed by the
international Geographic regulations
now in existence, appended to the st.
Petersburg convention; (b) the tax APP
pertaining to the maritime court The
latter is, as the first one, fixed accord
ing to the number of words, and such
number of words being reckoned in ac-
cordance with the international tele-
graphic regulations mentioned in par
agraph "a" above. 1t Includes:
First, a tax styled coast tax"
which belongs to the said station; sec
ond, a tax called vessel tax" which
belongs to the post established on
the ship A coast station tax is sub
ject to the approval of the state on
whose territory the station is estab-
lished, and a vessel tax to the approval
of the state whose flag is borne by the
vessel.
Art. H.-Regulations which will be
annexed to the convention, which is to
be perfect, will establish the rules APP
plicable to exchange of communica-
tions between the posts and on board
the vessel. The provisions of these
regulations may at any time be modi-
fled by understanding between the con-
tracting states.
Art. uI-The provisions of the tele-
graphic convention of st. Petersburg
are applicable to the transmission of
wireless biography in so far as they
do not conflict with those Of the fu-
ture conventions.
Art IV.-The wireless stations must,
unless there should be absolute impos-
Bibility, accept in preference requests
for help that may come from vessels.
Art. V.-The service of the wireless
telegraph stations must be organized
as far as practicable, so as not to in
terfere with the service of other sta
tionS.
Art. VI.-The contracting govern
ments reserve the right to make sep
arate arrangements for the purpose of
competing the contractors working
within their territory wireless tele-
graph stations to obey these observa-
tions and the notifications of future
convention.
Art. VII.-The provisions of the flu
ture conventions are not applicable to
wireless telegraph stations that are not
open to the general Geographic service,
except in regard to the clauses en-
bodied in Articles W and V.
Art VITI-The countries that hava
not adhered to the future convention
may be admitted on their making a
request to that effect.