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Show AMERICAN SHIPS ON GEM LINE 'Shipping Board Announces Working Agreement for New Trade Routes WASHINGTON. Aur. 1 7 Operation I of American ships on former German liudo routes to ull parts of the world j has the sanction und support of tho h pplng board, Chairman itenson de-clSred de-clSred in announcing co-operative Working agreements reached between the American Ship and Commerce cor-jinrntlori cor-jinrntlori ol v Vork and the Hum- hurs American line Ks de l&red that the whipping boaril would look forward I :.o seeltiK one of Its constructive plans carried out 'There la no German money In the Amerban end of the buin'-. nor In thei-Q any agreement for German investment in-vestment in .my American companies," compa-nies," he add."! AGREEMENT DRAWN UP. The agreement is for twenty yens and consists, th'- i hatrmnn Maid of a 'ict-neral agreement covering the prlncl-,plcfl prlncl-,plcfl to be followed by the two con-cerni con-cerni and an operating agreement covering cov-ering methods of earning it out In general. It provides that each party may participate with an equal amount xl' tonnage In such passenger and 'freight services as shall be established 1 hloh will include those between the ' LTnlted State.M and Germany nnd Ger-imany Ger-imany und potts other than of the United States Plei facilities, ports and office organizations or-ganizations of the companies are placed plac-ed at the disposal of tne erv i. . The American Ship and Coin merer-corporation merer-corporation Is to act SS agent for the Hamburs American line In the United Unit-ed States and the German compan agent for the American company in Germany, but each companj tabllsh offices in the country of th''-other th''-other to supervise activities. Each company is to appoint Itg own agents outside of Germany and the United States. The Hamburg-Ami i lean line may transfer any service to an other German Ger-man company for execution und the American corporation may transfer isevlco to any American company, but I both remain responsible for the carrying car-rying out of the service. In the event of war between the United .states and Germany, provision Is tnade to terminate the agreement und also to com r the contingency of (war between either the United States and other powers thnn Germany, or Germany and other powers than the 'United States. Settlement oi disputes between the two companies by arbitration arbi-tration is provided as Is revision of ithc contract should laws of either 'countrv require. PASSENGER SERVICE. Passenger service between tho United states and Germany Is to be I established within e year, the Amerl can corporation agreeing to supply I passenger ships not exceeding forty thousand gross tons, to which the j Hamburg-American line can no! add unless It is agreed Mint the business warrants In that case the German company may udd ships until It has fifty per cent of the vessels in the service. in the construction of passenger jships the Hamburg-American line win ,givo the American corporation all of lie technical knowledge and experl- j ence. Bach party may supply hnlf tonnage I for freight service between the United ;Slate and Germany but if the Ham burs-Amarican lint hu.a not the ton- nuga for its halt, the American com- puny may supply it. Rates on east- H bound traffic arc to be fixed by the H American Ship and Commerce corpo- ration nnd on west bound truffle by H tb Hamburg-American line. H Freight services between Germany H nnd countries other than the United H States are to be taken up independent- H Iv. the Hamburg-American line to pio- J pose each service which the Amerl- H can Ship und Commerce corporation may uccept or not. If the American H concern chooses to enter a given serv- H ito each party may put In one-half H of the tonnage The American Ship and Commerce corporation may sug- H Best that any service be proposod ff H the proposition In not made by the H tlnmhurg-Amerlcun line. Because certain ships totalling about 186,000 tons wore ordered prior to the agreement, ths Hamburg-American 1 1 in reserrea the right within one year's notice to Insert these vessels H when ready In the freight services is- tuhllahed within its fifty pei cent i Withdrawal of tonnage m the event of over -ton naglng i provided for und 'for tlie withdrawal of tonnage because tot operation al a loss or at a profit. Proylalon also Is made for the with-drawal with-drawal of either party from a service 11 I no t to Its interest but the party wlth-I wlth-I drawing may not enter If the other l rt v c.irrle.- th,. burden of bulldtng up , j the service, if both withdraw the serv'-, serv'-, Ice may he re-established as originally. I "To begin to carry ot the passenger I ' arrangements" the ahalrmaq said, I "the American Ship and Commerce 'rpi.iiiin.il hag purchased from the ; I shipping board tho steamer DeKalb. and has let a contract for re-condl-tloning her to carry third-class pas- sen sera and freight. ! "instructions also have been given lout for the conversion Into thlrdclass I Ipaaaengei ships of the two new thlr-teen thlr-teen knot ships now building." |