Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-27

power to the other in the circumstances
mentioned in the present agreement, and
the means by which such assistance shall
be made available. will be arranged by the
naval and military authorities of the con-
tracing parties. who will from time to time
consult one another fully and freely on all
questions of mutual interests.
Article 8. The present agreement shall
be subject to the provisions OF article q,
and come into effect Immediately after the
date OF sigma ture and remain in force for
ten years from that date in case neither of
the parties shall have been notified twelve
months before the expiration of saiu ten
years of an intention of terminating it. 1t
shall remain binding until the expiration
of one year from the day on which either
of the parties shall have denounced it, but
IT, when the date for the expIra ton arrives.
either ally is actually engaged in war, the
alliance shall be ipso facto. and continue
until peace shall be concluded"
With the treaty was issued a dispatch to
the British ambassador at st. Petersburg,
Sir Charles Hardinge. with the request that
the treaty be communicated to the Russian
government The dispatch is explanatory
of the delay in publishing the treaty, due
to the progress of negotiations looking to
peace between Russia and Japan. In it
Lord Lansdowne says:
The Russian government will, l trust,
recognize that this new agreement Is an in
ternational instrument, to which excep-
ton can be taken by any of the powers in
terested in the affairs of the far east"
Continuing Lord Lansdowne says:
Great Britain. I believe, may count on
the good will and support of all the pow
ers in endeavoring to maintain peace in
eastern Asia. and in seeking to uphold the
integrity and independence of the Chinese
empire and the principle of equal oppor-
tunity for the commerce and industry of all
nations in that empire. On the other hand.
the interests Of the contracting parties are
nf ind moi w a re fin antj 1sad
to insist, and the announcement that those
interests must be safeguarded is one which
can create no surprise and need give rise
to no misgiyings.
Special mention is made of articles II
and III OF the latter Lord Lansdowne
says:
st recognizes In the clearest terms the
paramount position which Japan at this
moment occupies, and must henceforth
occupy, in Korea, and her right to take
the measures which she may be found now
in the protection of her political, military
and economic interests in that country. 1t
is however, expressly provided that such
measures must not be contrary to the prfn-
cipie of equal opportunities for the COM
rnerce and industry of other nations. The
treaty at this point differs conspicuously
from that of 1902.
( Japan in Korea.
ut has, however, become evident that
Korea, owing to it's close proximity to the
Japanese empire and to Its inability to
stand alone. must fall under the control
and tutelage of Japan. His majestys gov
eminent observes with satisfaction that
this point has been readily conceded by
Russia In the treaty of peace, and there Is
every reason to believe that similar views
are held by the other powers with regard
to the relations which should subsst be-
tween Japan and Korea. His majesty's
government ventures to anticipate that the
alliance thus concluded, designed as 1t is
for objects that are purely peaceful and
for the protection of rights and interests
the validity of which cannot be contested.
will be regarded with approval by the gov
eminent to which you are accredited. The
British government is justified in believing
that the conclusion of this alliance may
not have been without effect in facilitating
the settlement by which the war was So
happily brought to an end, and its members
earnestly trust that the alliance may for
years to come be instrumental In securing
the peace of the world in those regions
which come within It's scope"
A similar dispatch was addressed to Sir
Francis BERTHE, the British ambassador at
Paris.