Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-11
GERMANY AND JAPAN
/. IN ALLEGED TREATY
Text Of Document, Said to Be
BoIshevist Forgery, Is Made
Public
DEFINED POLICY AFTER WAR

Washinpton Julv 11-Thp text ot
the alleged secret treaty between Ger ,
many and .Ionau covering their Joint I
policy with respect TO Russia and China
was maze pubic mere I'S'''Gi"l "I
ns 49, hn4tirs ~. a,"''snr, S,,,oo', 80 Gov, Yorl,
ri iuta ~ tLis oiIognd trrntv
,o,sn1 Sonotmr T odco tn "fTor n Senate .
ro.oI,,tinn rc,,mcstino tbc Dorartmrut Of
Stoto 70 sond II - tho senate The
Jonoroso ornbos.v has issued a for.
,oaI stoto,,o,,t donring tLn cxistcnrr Of
smcb ai1i.ncn hntwcrn Jonan and Ger
nonr
TLo S+o+o Do,ortwo,+ has made no
,A;c;al docIoratinn on iLn subject of the
oiiosod trootr ofiriais incIiniTr 10 com
n1opt FOR nnototion until aftnr the oucs.
t;op bns bsnn disnnSod Of in the Senate.
II has heen clearly intimatrd bv admin
;stration oficiois however ihnt this
government does not nlnCc any conf
Jonco in tbe p,nuinencss of tho alleged
pact. aithougb II has not been madc
nlsin whether thc document is Bol~hc-
visit or a German forgery.
1o.o,,,ior, ". lamb. for,,crI,- GrorrioI
od,igor .'t'' +'. t%o Ihincsn I;oro,umrnf. IS
booJ or tLo Eor E"stnrn burrnu NTr.
UoJros r.',,,rr"d rcr,ntI,. from thc Far
Eo.t -. ~ ,"' ',' Lo j.. tno,,,r 70 bnyc on
jo,.oI o,.no,,,;onoI cnnt.rt. of an ofiriol
pbo nd bl is a
Srbooi of C'nnn,nnrrn New York T'nfvcr-
sitv On +bo ocoromic osnocts of tho far
eastern nrnbIom
-, W '''-,. : ,;,o,
bv tbe assistant director of tho Far
Tostnrr hnroo, os foIIows.
.,Tbn tcyt nf This alleged German.
Jaranpso alliance was secured by the
renrnscntativps Of the Soviet republic
IN Berlin following the German revou-
tion and the seckinp of thr state
archives The RoIshevist ambassador
telrgrapbed if 70 Russia. where it an
nearod in tho official organ of rho An
Russian central executive committee Of
the soviets.' thc Isvcstio "
Two months Iotor rho document wos
discovered among the BoIshpvist arch
ives at Perm. Siberia. following the
capture of that city bv anti RoIsbcyist
forces on February .. 1919. The first
public knowledge of the existence of
the alleged past. however. is under
stood to have been given bv the Chinese
Government. which is reported 70 boye
cabIed it to the Peace Conference
Japan is stated to have been rcpre-
sented at the negotiations which are
alleged to have been held at StockhoIm.
by IAN obscure official named Oda +"
Germany by LutziuS. and the final draf Fl
is reported to have been made in Bpr
lin. Philip Scheidemann is declared
to have supported the move, Matthias
Erzberger to have OBJ posed it.
.u., r.
HAeseo ieA' Oh treaty
The text as made public by Mr.
Hodges follows:
Paragraph ]. Both high contract o
ing parties bind themselves as soon as
the world political situation permits,
to help the third party, Russia, to oh e.
tain under their direction the settle =
ment of her internal affairs and the
position of world power.
u Paragraph ,. One of the high con
tracing parties, Japan, binds herself
to allow the other high contracting
party, Germany. the enjoyment of the
prerogatives growing out of her trcaties
with the third party. Russia. as far as
& they concern Central Asia and Persia
and assist in the conclusion of a most
favored nation treaty, with mutual
reciprocal guarantees between this
third power and the two contracting
B powers.
para graph 3. One of the high con
tracing parties. Japan, binds herself
Il to allow the other contracting party