The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-27

Iy and both parties will conduct war
 in common and make peace in mutual agreement with any power or powers
 involved in such war.
 3. Japan possessing paramount po- l litical, military and economic inter- | ests in Korea, Great Britain recog-
 nizes Japan's right to take such meas ures for the guidance, control and protection of Korea as she may deem proper and necessary to safeguard and advance those interests, providing the measures so taken are not contrary
 to the principle of equal opportunities
 for the commerce and industry of all nations.
 interest in all that concerns the se-
 curity of the Indian frontier, Japan
 recognizes her right, to take such
 mea sures in the proximity of that
 frontier as she may find necessary for
 safeguarding her Indian possessions: 5. The high contracting parties
 agree that neither Will without consulting the other enter into sep arate arrangement with another pow CT to the prejudice of the objects de-
 scYibed in the preamble,
 G. As regards the present war be- tween Japan and Russia, Great Britain will continue to maintain strict neu- trality unless some otner power or
 powers join in hostilities against Ja-
 nan. in which case Great Britain will come to the assistance of Japan, will
 conduct in common and will make peace in mutual agreement with Ja- pan. .-. To Arrange cenditions. !. The conditions under which
 armed assistance shall be afforded by either power to the other in the cir cumstances mentioned in the preesnt agreement and the means by which
 such assistance shall be made avatla- ble shall be arranged by the naval
 and military authorities of the con tracting parties, who will from time 10
 time consult with each other freely on all questions of mutual interests.
 &. The present agreement shall be subject to the provisions of article s, and come into effect Immediately arter the date of signature and remain force ten years from that date In case neitn- CT of the parties shall have been notl- | fled twelve months before the expira- | ton of said ten years Of an intention 1 of terminating 1t. It shall remain I binding until the expiration Of one year from the day on which the treaty is signed by Foreign Secretary Lans downe on behalf of Great Britain ana
 Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minis | ter on behalf of Japan.
  | patch to the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, Sir Charles Hardinge, with | the request that the treaty be commit | nicated to the Russian Government | This dispatch is explanatory of the de- 1 lay in publishing the treaty, due to the | progress of negotiations looking 70 | peace between Russia and Japan. Tn | it Lord Lansdowne says:
 ''rhe Russian Government will, l trust. recognize that this new agree.
 ment is an international instrument, 10 which no exception can be taken by any I of the powers interested in affairs of the East"
 Continuing, Lord IAnsdowne saysi | Great Britain, l believe, may count | on the good will and support Of all the | powers in endeavoring to maintain peace In Eastern Asia and in seeking | to uphold the integrity and independ- | ence of the Chinese Empire ana the l principle of equal opportunities for the conmefce and industry oF all nations 1 in that empire. On the other hApd. the interests of the contracting parttes are
 of d kind upon which they are fully entitled 10 insist and the announcement | that those interests must be safeguard ed is one which can create no surprise and need give rise to no misgivings. Articles 2 and 2.
 Special mention Is made of Articles
 2 and 8. Of the latter, Lord Lansdowne says;
 Tt recognizes in the clearest terms tbe parauiount position which Japan at | this moment occupies and must hence forth occupy in Korea, and her right to | take the measures which she may ma
 necessary for the preservation Of her
 political, military and economic inter- ests in that country. It Is, however, | expressly provided that such measures
 must not be contrary to the principle 1 of equal opportunities for the commerce onS tndustrv of other nations. The treaty at this point differs conspicuous
 ly from that of 1902. It has, however, l become evident that Korea, owing to us close proximity to the Japanese Empire and to it's inability to stand alone must l fall under the control and tutelage or
 Japan. His majesty's government ob- l serves 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 other powers with regard to the
 relations which should subsist between Janan and Korea His matesty's gov | ernment ventures to anticipate that the | alliance thus concluded, designed as 1t | is for objects that are purely peaceful | ana for the preservation of the rights and interests the validity of which cam l not be contested. will be regarded with approval by the Government to which l vou are accredited. The British Govern
 ment 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 It's
 members earnestly trust that the alli-
 ance may for years to come be instru-
 mental in securing the peace of the
 world in those regions which come
 within Its scope"
 similar dispatch was addressed to
 Sir Francis Bertie, the British Ambas-
 sador at Paris.
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