"7. It is agreed that in accordance with Chinese law, there shall be maintained by the Courts established under the present Agreement, a storage room for articles confiscated by the Courts, which remain the property of the Chinese Government, it being understood that confiscated opium and instruments for the smoking and preparation thereof shall be burned publicly in the International Settlement every three months and that the Municipal Council may present to the Presidents of the Courts for transmission to the Ministry of Justice such suggestions as it may desire to make regarding the disposal of confiscated arms. "8. It is understood that upon the coming into force of the present Agreement, all cases pending in the Chinese court now functioning in the International Settlement shall be dealt with in the Courts established under the present Agreement in accordance with the procedure in force in the latter Courts, provided that the proceedings in mixed cases shall, as far as practicable, be continued from the point where they are taken over and concluded within a period of twelve months which period may be extended at the discretion of the Courts when the circumstances in any case so warrant." In reply I have the honour to confirm the understanding of the points as quoted above. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration. HIS EXCELLENCY Hsu Mo on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs MR. NELSON T. JOHNSON, American Minister to China, Nanking. Unilateral Declaration of the Foreign Signatories to the Chinese Minister EXCELLENCY: for Foreign Affairs NANKING, CHINA. February 17, 1930. With reference to the Agreement which we have signed today Existing rights of sigestablishing a new Chinese judicial system in the International natories reserved. Settlement at Shanghai, we desire to point out that such Agreement cannot in any way affect or invalidate rights guaranteed to the Powers concerned and to their nationals under existing treaties between such Powers and China and we accordingly reserve our full rights in this regard. We further reserve the right to object to the enforcement in the Further reservations, International Settlement of any future Chinese laws that affect or in any way invalidate the Land Regulations or Bye-Laws of the International Settlement or that may be considered prejudicial to the maintenance of peace and order within this area. Signatures. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of our highest consideration. J. DE PINTO DIAZ on behalf of the Brazilian Chargé d'Affaires W. MEYRICK HEWLETT on behalf of His Britannic Majesty's Minister L GRONVOLD on behalf of the Norwegian Chargé d'Affaires on behalf of the Netherlands chargé d'affaires HIS EXCELLENCY DR. C. T. WANG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nanking, China. [No. 37] Arrangement between the United States of America and Germany for air May 27, 30, 31, 1932. navigation. Effected by exchange of notes, signed May 27, 30, and 31, 1932, effective June 1, 1932. The American Ambassador (Sackett) to the German Minister of Foreign No. 797 EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCELLENCY: Germany governing air I have the honor to communicate to Your Excellency the text of Arrangement with the arrangement between the United States of America and Germany, navigation. on the subject of air navigation, as understood by me to have been agreed to in the negotiations which have just been concluded between the Embassy and your Ministry, as follows: AIR NAVIGATION ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE ARTICLE 1 Pending the conclusion of a convention between Germany and the Tentative provisions, United States of America on the subject of air navigation, the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the other country shall be governed by the following provisions. ARTICLE 2 The present arrangement shall apply to Germany and to Continental United States of America, exclusive of Alaska, including the adjacent territorial waters of the two countries. ARTICLE 3 The term aircraft with reference to one or the other Party to this arrangement shall be understood to mean civil aircraft, including state aircraft used exclusively for commercial purposes, duly registered in the territory of such Party. ARTICLE 4 Area affected. Aircraft construed. Freedom of passage. transport company. Consent required. Each of the Parties undertakes to grant liberty of passage above its territory in time of peace to the aircraft of the other Party, provided that the conditions set forth in the present arrangement are observed. It is, however, agreed that the establishment and operation of Regular air routes by regular air routes by an air transport company of one of the Parties within the territory of the other Party or across the said territory, with or without intermediary landing, shall be subject to the prior consent of the other Party given on the principle of reciprocity and at the request of the Party whose nationality the air transport company possesses. ARTICLE 5 The aircraft of each of the Parties to this arrangement, their crews and passengers, shall, while within the territory of the other Party, Internal legislation to govern. Restricted areas. Procedure of aircraft on entering restricted area accidentally. marks. be subject to the general legislation in force in that territory, as well as the regulations in force therein relating to air traffic in general, to the transport of passengers and goods and to public safety and order in so far as these regulations apply to all foreign aircraft, their crews and passengers. Each of the Parties to this arrangement shall permit the import or export of all merchandise which may be legally imported or exported and also the carriage of passengers, subject to any customs, immigration and quarantine restrictions, into or from their respective territories in the aircraft of the other Party, and such aircraft, their passengers and cargoes, shall enjoy the same privileges as and shall not be subjected to any other or higher duties or charges than those which the aircraft of the country, imposing such duties or charges, engaged in international commerce, and their cargoes and passengers, or the aircraft of any foreign country likewise engaged, and their cargoes and passengers, enjoy or are subjected to. Each of the Parties to this arrangement may reserve to its own aircraft air commerce between any two points neither of which is in a foreign country. Nevertheless the aircraft of either Party may proceed from any aerodrome in the territory of the other Party which they are entitled to use to any other such aerodrome either for the purpose of landing the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers or of taking on board the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers, provided that such cargoes are covered by through bills of lading, and such passengers hold through tickets, issued respectively for a journey whose starting place and destination both are not points between which air commerce has been duly so reserved, and such aircraft, while proceeding as aforesaid, from one aerodrome to another, shall, notwithstanding that such aerodromes are points between which air commerce has been duly reserved, enjoy all the privileges of this arrangement. ARTICLE 6 Each of the Parties to this arrangement shall have the right to prohibit air traffic over certain areas of its territory, provided that no distinction in this matter is made between its aircraft engaged in international commerce and the aircraft of the other Party likewise engaged. The areas above which air traffic is thus prohibited by either Party must be notified to the other Party. Each of the Parties reserves the right under exceptional circumstances in time of peace and with immediate effect temporarily to limit or prohibit air traffic above its territory on condition that in this respect no distinction is made between the aircraft of the other Party and the aircraft of any foreign country. ARTICLE 7 Any aircraft which finds itself over a prohibited area shall, as soon as it is aware of the fact, give the signal of distress prescribed in the Rules of the Air in force in the territory flown over and shall land as soon as possible at an aerodrome situated in such territory outside of but as near as possible to such prohibited areas. ARTICLE 8 Distinctive, etc., All aircraft shall carry clear and visible nationality and registration marks whereby they may be recognized during flight. In addition, they must bear the name and address of the owner. Certificates required. All aircraft shall be provided with certificates of registration and of airworthiness and with all the other documents prescribed for air traffic in the territory in which they are registered. The members of the crew who perform, in an aircraft, duties for which a special permit is required in the territory in which such aircraft is registered, shall be provided with all documents and in particular with the certificates and licenses prescribed by the regulations in force in such territory. The other members of the crew shall carry documents showing their duties in the aircraft, their profession, identity and nationality. Aircraft's papers. Crew requirements. Validity of certifi The certificate of airworthiness, certificates of competency and cates. licenses issued or rendered valid by one of the Parties to this arrangement in respect of an aircraft registered in its territory or of the crew of such aircraft shall have the same validity in the territory of the other Party as the corresponding documents issued or rendered valid by the latter. Each of the Parties reserves the right for the purpose of flight within its own territory to refuse to recognize certificates of competency and licenses issued to nationals of that Party by the other Party. ARTICLE 9 Aircraft of either of the Parties to this arrangement may carry wireless apparatus in the territory of the other Party only if a license to install and work such apparatus shall have been issued by the competent authorities of the Party in whose territory the aircraft is registered. The use of such apparatus shall be in accordance with the regulations on the subject issued by the competent authorities of the territory within whose air space the aircraft is navigating. Such apparatus shall be used only by such members of the crew as are provided with a special license for the purpose issued by the Government of the territory in which the aircraft is registered. The Parties to this arrangement reserve respectively the right, for reasons of safety, to issue regulations relative to the obligatory equipment of aircraft with wireless apparatus. ARTICLE 10 Rights reserved. Radio regulations. War material restric No arms of war, explosives of war, or munitions of war shall be tions carried by aircraft of either Party above the territory of the other Party or by the crew or passengers, except by permission of the competent authorities of the territory within whose air space the aircraft is navigating. ARTICLE 11 Upon the departure or landing of any aircraft each Party may Inspection, etc. within its own territory and through its competent authorities search the aircraft of the other Party and examine the certificates and other documents prescribed. ARTICLE 12 Aerodromes open to public air traffic in the territory of one of Aerodromes, etc. the Parties to this arrangement shall in so far as they are under the control of the Party in whose territory they are situated be open to all aircraft of the other Party, which shall also be entitled to the assistance of the meteorological services, the wireless services, the lighting services and the day and night signalling services, in so far as the several classes of services are under the control of the Party in whose territory they respectively are rendered. Any scale of charges made, namely, landing, accommodation or other charge, with respect to the aircraft of each Party in the territory of the other Party, shall in so far as such charges are under the control of the |