Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-04
HA[Y'S REWARD
FOR ENTERING WAR
TEXT OF THE ALLEGED SECRET
AGREEMENT PUBLISHED BY
BoLsHEvIkI GOVERNMENT
SIGNED IN LONDON, REPORT
Was to Have Assistance of French
and British Naval Forces Against
Austria-Cold Increase
Holdings.

Petrograd.-The text of a secret
agreement among France, Great Brit
ain. Russia and Italy has been pub
lished heres by the Bolshevih gov
eminent. The agreement gives Italy
sanction to annex certain territory
in return for entering the entente
alliance. and embraces the inadmissi-
bilitv of the intervention of Pope
Benedict with a view of stopping the
war.
The document was signed in Lon
don, April 26, 1915, by Viscount Grey
former foreign secretary; Paul Cam
bon. French ambassador to Great
Britain, and Count Benckendorff, the
Russian ambassador to Great Britain.
It contains memorandum from the
Italian ambassador at London to the
foreign office and the allied ambas-
sador
Give Naval Assistance.
Italy was to have the assistance OF
the allied French and British naval
forces until the Austrian naval forces
were destroyed. After peace Italy
was to receive the Trentino, the
southern Tyrol to the Bremen pass,
Triest and Isturia and Dalmatia, with
additional geographical boundaries
outlined in detail.
Italy was to govern the foreign re-
lationships of Albania in the event
that that country became an autono-
nous government, but Italy was not
to oppose objections of it were decid-
ed to apportion parts of Albania to
Montenegro, Serbia and Greece.
The agreement supported Italy
contention in the principle of the bal
ance of the naval power in the Medi-
terranean sea, subject to future def
milton. italy agreed to the proposed
independence of Mussulman sacred
places in Arabia.
In the event of France and Great
Britain increasing their holdings IN
Africa at the expense of Germany
Italy was to have the right to in
crease her holdings. Great Britain
was to facilitate the cause of Italy
in borrowing f5O,OOO,O0O in the Brit
ish market.
France. Great Britain and Russia
were to support Italy in preventing
the papal influence from ending the
war and in regulating questions con
corning the war. Italy's cooperation
was to begin one month after the
ratification of the agreement.
World to Know Plans.
London.-A dispatch to the Dali,
Mail from Petrograd says that Leo
Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign min
lister, addressing the Petrograd work
mems council Friday, announced Aus
tria-Hungary's acceptance of the 30
sheviki offer of an armistice. He sal
that Russian delegates would atten
Sundays conference at German heac
quarters, but nevertheless they woul
be on their guard for contingencies
for bourgeois diplomacy was Away
disastrous in canipulating policies
as to face about on what appears t
be an obvious truth.
World to Know Negotiations.
"In no case" Trotzky is quoted
saving, shall we allow wrong II
depreciation of our principles for
general peace. We shall confront on
enemies with questions which wi
admit of no ambiguous answer. Ever
word spoken by us or by them wi
be written down and sent by wireless
to all nations, who will be the jude
of our negotiations.
Under the influence of the lowe
classes the German and Austrian go
ernments have agreed to place Their
selves in the dock. Be assured, cor
rades, that the prosecutor, in the pc
son of the Russian revolutionary dc
egation, will speak with thundero'
accusations against the diplomacy
all imperialists.
All Imperialists Look Alike.
1T is all the same to us how Il
allied and enemy imperialists tire
us. We shall carry on our indepen
ent class policy, whatever they do
M. Trotzky said relations betwe'
the Bolshevih government and En-
land continued "in their former sta
of Indebtedness"