The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-12
BRITAIN AND
JAPAN ALLIED
&
Compact is Signed Between the
Two Parties.
TO AID IN CASE OF WAR
OBJECT Is TO PROTECT CHINA
AND KOREA.
TO AID IN CASE OF WAR

London, Feb. 11.-An important par
lamenJary paper was issued tonight.
giving the terms of a practical alliance
between Great Britain and Japan for
the preservation Of China and Korea.
The paper covers Il dispatch sent By
Lord LansdOwne, secretary of state
Tor foreign affairs, Jan. 80 to the Brit
lSh minister to China, Sir Claude Mac
Donald, and comprises a signed CODY
Of the agreement.
In explanation the paper says the
agreement may be regarded as an out
come of the events of the past two
years. Throughout the Boxer troubles
Great Britain and Japan had been in
close and uninterrupted cOmmunica-
I ton and actuated by similar views.
Ne each desire says Lord Laus-
0owne. that the integrity and indie
pendence of the Chinese empire should
be preserved and that there should he
no disturbance of the territorial statu
quo in China or the adjoining regions
The discovery that their far eastern
policies were identical resulted in each
party to the agreement expressing its
desire that their common policy find
expression in an international contract
of binding validity.
the British government was largely in
hEenced in entering upon this import
| ant contract by the conviction that Il
contains no provision which can be re-
garded as aggressive or seeking.
He says il is concluded merely as a
measure of precautiOn. and that IL fn
no way threatens the present position
or legitimate interests Of other powers.
| His majesty's government trusts that
the agreement viii be Of mutual ad-
vantage to the two countries and make
for the preservation of peace. and.
should peace unfortunately be broken,
it will have the effect Of restricting the
area of hostilities.
Terms Of Agreement.
Following are the terms Of the agree
ment, signed in London Jan. 80.
The governments of Great Britain
and Japan, adjusted solely by a de5ire
TO maintain the statu quo and general
| policy in the east, and, moreover, es-
| pecially interested in maintaining the
peace and territorial integrity of China
and Korea, and IN securing OpDOrtunf-
/ ties in those countries for commerce
and industry for all nations, hereby
| agree as follows:
Article 1.-The high contracting
| powers, having mutually recognized the
| independence of China and Korea. de-
/ clare themselves To he entirely unin-
! fiUenced by any aggressive tendencies
/ in either country. Having in view
/ however. their especial Interests. o.
I which those Of Great Britain relate
| principally TO China, while Japan, in
| addition 10 the interests she possesses
/ in China. is interested in a peculiar de-
/ gree, politically as well as CONNER
/ ciaIly and industrially, in Korea. the
/ signatOries recognize that It viii be ad-
! Missile for either of them to take
| such measures as may be indispensable
| in order 10 safeguard those interests If
/ they be threatened either by the ag-
| gressive action Of any other power, or
| by disturbances arising in China or
/ Korea, necessitating the Intervention
| Of either of the contracting parties for
| the protection of the lives and proper
/ ty Of its subjects.
! art. IF either Great Britain or
/ Japan. in defense of their respective in
! terests as above described, should be
| come involved in a war with another
i power. the other contracting power viii
maintain strict neutrality and use its
/ efforts to prevent other powers from
| joining in the hOstilities against its
ally
Will Aid if Help is Needed.
art 3.-If, in the above event,
| any other power, or powers, should join
in hOstilities against that ally, the
/ other contracting party VIII come to
its assistance and viii conduct war in
common and make peace in mutual
| agreement with it.
| Art. 4-The contracting parties
agree that neither Of them viii, with
out consulting the other, enter into
separate arrangements with another
power to prejudice any Of the interests
above described.
Art 5-Whenever. in the opinion
Of either Great Britain or Japan, the
aforementioned interests are jeopar-
died these governments will commune
cate with one another fully and frank
""
Article provides that the agreement
! shall go into effect Immediately, re-
main in force for five years and remain
in power for a year after either power
! denOUnces il. But If, when The date
! fixed for the expiration of the agree
ment arrives, either party thereto is ac-
/ tUally engaged in war, the alliance
shall ips0 factO continue until peace
is concluded.
The agreement is signed by Lord
| LansdOwne and Baron Hayashi, the
japanese minister to Great Britain.
| These ministers so well kept the Sc
/ cret that the paper issued after par
lament had adjourned for the night
announcing the first important alliance
between a western and a yellow or
Asiatic race, comes as a startling sur
prise to the public, and although the
idea of an alliance, which is also likely
to meet with general approval the
| outcome of this sensational departure
viii be anticipated with no little anXi-
I ETY. It IS regarded as a direct move
against Russia, and to explain the
abandonment of the colony Of Wei
| L.