The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-05
FRENCH TREATY
TEXT PUBLISHED
America Promises Immediate Aid
In Case of Aggression by
Germany.
TO GO TO THE SENATE
Agreement Also to Be Submitted to
Council of League of Nations
French Are Assured Proper
Protection.

Paris, July a. The texts of the
agreements between France and the
United States and France and Great
Britain have been given out by the
foreign office. The agreement with
the United States cites articles of the
peace treaty prohibiting Germany
from fortifying either the right or left
bank of the Rhine or assembling
forces within 80 miles east of the
Rhine, and provides, in case these pro-
visions do not assure France proper
security and protection, the United
States is bound to come Immediately
to the aid OF France il any unpro-
voked act OF aggression is made
against her by Germany.
1t is provided that the treaty shall
be submitted to the Council of the
League of Nations, which shall decide
whether to recognize it as an engage
ment in conformity with the league
covenant, and also provides that the
treaty shall be submitted to the Unit.
ed States senate and the French par
lament for approval.
Complete Text of Treaty.
The text of the treaty follows:
Considering that the United States
Of America and the government of the
French republic are equally animated
by a desire to maintain the peace OF
the world, so happily restored by the
treaty signed at Versailles, June 2S,
which put an end to the war begun
by the aggression of the German en-
pire and terminated by the defeat of
that power, and.
Considering that the United States
of America and the government of the
French republic, fully convinced that
an unprovoked aggression directed by
Germany against France would not
only violate at the same time the let
ter and spirit of the Versailles treaty,
to which the United States and France
are parties, thus exposing France anew
to the intolerable burden of unpro-
voked war, but that such aggression
on the part of Germany would consti
tute an act reputed by the treaty OF
Versailles as being against all the
powers signatory to the treaty and
calculated to trouble the peace of the
world, involving inevitably and direct
ly the states of Europe and indirectly
the entire world, as experience has
amply and unhappily demonstrated
and,
Protection Held insufficient.
Considering that the United States
of America and the government of thu
French republic apprehend that tn,
stipulations concerning the left banl
of the Rhine cannot assure immedi
ately to France, on one hand, the Unit
ed States on the other as signator.
powers to the treaty of Versailles, al
propriate security and protection.
Consequently the United States O
America and the government of tn
French republic having decided t
conclude treaty to realize these nee
essary ends, Woodrow Wilson, pres
dent of the United States Of America
and Robert Lansing, secretary Of tn
state, especially authorized to tha
end by the president of the Unite
States of America, and Georges Cl'
menceau, president of the council {
ministers and minister of war, an
Stephen Pichon, minister of foreig
affairs, specially authorized to that en-
by Raymond Poincare, president {
the French republic, have agreed upo
the following:
Peace Pact Quoted.
"'Article THE following stipul
tions concerning the left bank of til
Rhine, are contained in the peat
treaty signed with Germany at We
sailles, June %, 1919, by the Unite
States of America, the government
the French republic and by the Britis
empire among other powers.
"'Art. XLII-Germany is prohibite
from maintaining or constructing for'
fications either on the left bank of Il
Rhine or on the right bank west of
line running kilometers to the east
that river
German Fortifications Forbidden.
"'Art. XLlII-In the area defin,
above the maintenance and the assel
bly, Of armed forces, either permanei
ly or temporary and military name
NciS VI any hiAu, oo "ciA oS ZIG
keep of all permanent work for mob
ization are in the same way forbidde
"'Art. XLIV--In case Germany VI
lates in any manner whatever the pl
visions of Articles XIII and XLIIi 8
shall be regarded as committing a h
tile act against the powers signato
Of the present treaty and as calculat
to disturb the peace of the world
Immediate Aid Promised.
I'm case these stipulations shou