Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Fiji, Gambia Colony and Protectorate, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gold Coast Colony (Ashanti and the Northern Territories) and Togoland under British Mandate, Hong Kong, Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands), Leeward Islands (Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, and the Virgin Islands), Federated Malay States (Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, and Selangor), Unfederated Malay States (Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Trengganu, and Brunei), Malta, Mauritius, Nigeria Colony and Protectorate and the Cameroons under British Mandate, New Hebrides, North Borneo, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland Protectorate, Palestine, St. Helena and Ascension, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, South African High Commission (Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland), Southern Rhodesia, Tanganyika Territory, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda Protectorate, Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent), and Zanzibar Protectorate], Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Irish Free State, Italy (including Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Italian Aegean Islands, Italian Somalia, and Tripolitania), Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, French Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Norway, Persia, Poland, Portugal (including Portuguese West Africa, Portuguese East Africa, and Portuguese possessions in Asia), Ruanda-Urundi, Rumania, Siam, Spain (including Spanish colony of the Gulf of Guinea), Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria and the Lebanon, Union of South Africa, including South-West Africa, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. 45 Stat. (pt. 2), 2760. Treaty Series, No. 767. 84 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 97. Arrangement relative to the assignment of frequencies to radio stations on the North American Continent. Signed at Ottawa February 26 and 28, 1929. Effective March 1, 1929. Parties: The United States of America, Canada, Cuba, and Newfoundland. Treaty Series, No. 777-A. 97 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 301. International Telecommunication Convention. [Signed but not in force.] Signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. Radiocommunications regulations, [Signed but not in force.] Signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. Final radio protocol. [Signed but not in force.] Signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. BILATERAL TREATIES CANADA.-Arrangement for prevention of interference with radio broadcasting by ships off the coast. Signed at Manchester, Mass., and Washington September 18, 23, and October 1, 1925. Effective October 1, 1925. Treaty Series, No. 724-A. 69 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 179. CANADA.-Arrangement governing radio communications between private experimental stations. Signed at Washington October 2 and December 29, 1928, and January 12, 1929. Effective January 1, 1929. Treaty Series, No. 767-A. 102 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 143. CANADA.-Exchange of notes respecting radio broadcasting in Canada. Signed at Washington May 5, 1932. Effective May 5, 1932. Executive Agreement Series, No. 34. Treaty Information, Bulletin No. 32, May, 1932, p. 27. GREAT BRITAIN.-Arrangements for prevention of interference with radio broadcasting by ships off the coasts. Signed at Manchester, Mass., and Washington September 8, 15, and 25, 1925. Effective October 1, 1925. Treaty Series, No. 724-A. 69 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 179. ITALY.-Protocol relative to radio service. Signed at Washington March 27, 1918. Treaty Series, No. 631-A. Newfoundland.—Arrangement for prevention of interference with radio broadcasting by ships off the coast. Signed at Washington September 29 and October 1, 1925. Treaty Series, No. 724-A. 69 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 179. PANAMA.-Arrangement effected by executive decree of the Republic of Panama granting the United States control of wireless telegraphic stations in Panama. Signed at Panama August 29, 1914. Effective August 29, 1914. Treaties, etc., III, 2768. TRANSIT Convention on the regulation of automotive traffic. [Signed but not in force.] Signed at Washington October 6, 1930, on behalf of the United States of America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Treaty Information, Bulletin No. 13, October, 1930, p. 20. VISA FEES By an act approved February 25, 1925 (43 Stat., pt. 1, 976), it is provided: That notwithstanding existing law fixing the fees to be collected for visas of passports of aliens and for executing applications for such visas, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, to the extent consistent with the public interest, to reduce such fees or to abolish them altogether, in the case of any class of aliens desiring to visit the United States who are not "immigrants" as defined in the Immigration Act of 1924, and who are citizens or subjects of countries which grant similar privileges to citizens of the United States of a similar class visiting such countries.' The following table lists the countries with which waiver agreements have been concluded. With the country is given in each case the date of signature of the agreement and its effective date. 1 See also Executive Order No. 42241⁄2, May 15, 1925. • Amended as of Jan. 1, 1930. Approximate date. The agreement with France was amended, effective June 18, 1932, by the addition of the following paragraph: No visa fees shall be collected from American or French members of delegations representing war vet. eran organizations temporarily visiting the United States or France. d Amended by notes of Aug. 9 and 13, 1932. Amended by notes of Feb. 13, Mar. 18, and Mar. 22, 1930. WATER POWER BILATERAL TREATIES CANADA.-Preservation and improvement of the Niagara Falls. (Agreement and protocol.) [Signed but not in force.] Signed at Ottawa January 2, 1929. Congressional Record, Jan. 21, 1929, vol. 70, pt. 2, p. 1954. CANADA. Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep Waterway treaty. Signed at Washington July 18, 1932. See ante, p. 132. V. MISCELLANEOUS BATTLE MONUMENTS BELGIUM.-Agreement covering the erection by the American Battle Monuments Commission of certain memorials in Belgium. Signed at Paris October 4, 1929; ratifications exchanged April 17, 1930; proclaimed April 23, 1930. Effective April 17, 1930. 46 Stat. (pt. 2), 2732. Treaty Series, No. 812. 105 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 189. FRANCE.-Agreement for the acquisition of sites for battle monuments to be erected in France. Signed at Washington August 29, 1927. Treaty Series, No. 757. 68 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 253. CLAIMS CANADA.-Exchange of notes providing for the arbitration of the case of the schooner "I'm Alone." Signed at Washington March 28, April 9, 17, and 24, 1929. Effective April 24, 1929. I'm Alone case (Department of State, Publication No. 210). EGYPT. Agreement for the arbitration of the claim of George J. Salem. Signed at Cairo January 20, 1931. Effective January 20, 1931. Executive Agreement Series, No. 33. GERMANY.-Agreement for a mixed commission to determine the amount to be paid by Germany under the treaty of August 25, 1921, and exchange of notes. Signed at Berlin August 10, 1922. Effective August 10, 1922. 42 Stat. (pt. 2), 2200. Treaty Series, No. 665. 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