The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-08-21
Text of Treaty Binding U. s. to War
For France.

treaty of alliance between America
ARRANGEMENT between the United
States of America and France: :,
considering that the United
States OF A America and pt the govern m
equally animated by the desire to
maintain the peace of the world, SO
happily restored by the treaty Of
peace signed at Versailles June 2S,
1919, which put an end to the war
begun by the aggression of the Ger
man empire and terminated by the
defeat Of this power:
Aimed at Aggression.
considering that the United
States Of America and the govern
ment of the French republic are
clearly convinced that any act OF
| unprovoked aggression directed by
Germany against Frence violates not
only the letter and the spirit of the
treaty Of Versailles, to g., which 5 the
French republic are parties exposing
France anew to the intolerable loss
es Of an unprovoked war, but that
this aggression on the part of Ger
many constitutes and is regarded by
the treaty of Versailles as a hostile
Of said treaty and intended to dis
turb the peace of the world and in
volving inevitably and directly the
states of Europe and indirectly the
entire world as experience has amply
and unhappily demonstrated:
Considering. that the United
States Of America and the govern
nize that the stipulations concerning
the left bank of the Rhine and con-
tanned in the said treaty of Versail-
les are not able to assure security
and appropriate protection at once
to France on the one hand and on
the other hand to the United States.
Terms of the Treaty.
Therefore the United States of
America and the government of the
French republic, having decided to
conclude a treaty to realize these
necessary ends, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States of
America, and Robert Lansing. secre-
tary Of state OF the United States,
specially authorized to this effect by
French republic, have reached an
accord upon the following DISPOSE
| ton:
I'm case where the following
stipulations concerning the left bank
treaty Of peace with Germany sign
the United States of America and the
government of the French republic
as we'll as by the British empire,
among other powers
article AZ. Germany is prohib-
fsd either or on s left
bank or the Rhine or on the right
fifty kilometers east of this river.
Article 43. In the areas defined
above the maintenance and the as
sembly of armed forces, either perm
anentfy or temporarily, and military
maneuvers Of any kind, as well as
for mobilization are in the same way
Article "A If Germany violates
in any manner whatever the provis-
ions of articles AZ and 43 she shall
be regarded as committing a hostile
act against the powers .eI signatoIy OF Of
to disturb the peace of the world
do not assure Immediately to France
security and appropriate protection
the United States of America will be
bound to come Immediately to its
aid (les Esats Unis rAmerique
seront tenus de venir immediate
of unprovoked aggression directed
against France by Germany.
Article III
"The present treaty conceived In
terms analogous to those Of the
treaty concluded on the same date
and to the same ends between Great
Britain and the French annexed
herewith, will come into force at the
moment the latter is ratified.
Article Ill.
"The present treaty must be sub
mitted to the council of the league
of nations and must be recognized II
the council decided by majority vote
that it is an engagement conforming
to the pact of the league; it will re-.
main in force up to the time when,
at the request of one of the parties
to the said treaty, the council duly
decided that the league assures suf-
flcient protection.
Article w.
The present treaty before ratinca-l
ton will be submitted to the French
Chamber for approval. It Will be
submitted to the senate Of the United
States at the same time % the treaty