The Elbert County tribune., 1919-07-18
U. $. OUT OF AsIA
GERMAN JAPANESE ALLIANCE
WOULD EXCLUDE ENGLAND.
TREATY FOUND AT PERM,
SIBERIA.
,stern Newrpaper unlon New, seryIce.

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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
| Washington, July 11.-G. Charles
Hodges, assistant director of the Far
Eastern bureau, New York. has made
public the text of an alleged secret al
lance relative to Russia and China.
The text as made public by Mr..
Hodges follows:
Paragraph l. Both high contract
ing parties bind themselves as soon us
the world political situation permits,
to help the third party, Russia, 10 OBJ
tain under their direction the settle
ment of her internal affnirs and the
position of a world power.
Paragraph . One of the high con
tracing parties. Japan, binds herself
to allow the other high contracting
power, Germany, the enjoyment of the
prerogatives growing out of her trea-
ties with the third party, Russia, as
far as they concern central Asia and
Persia and assist in the conclusion of
tual guarantees between this third
power and the two contracting
| powers.
Paragraph g. One of the high con-
| tracing parties, Japan, binds herself
| TO allow the other contracting party,
Germany, the enjoyment of the rights
of most favored nation. given to her
| by the treaties in southern China, and
of certain privileges growing out OF
this treaty. us yet to be defined In a spe-
cinl treaty, and In this connection both
| ,Ix
not to allow the passing of further CON
cesslons in regions yet to be definitely
defined, into the hands of foreign pow
ers, American and English.
Paragraph 4. One of the high con-
tincting parties, Japan, binds herself
indirectly to protect the interests OF
the other high contracting party, Ger
many. in the coming peace conference,
In manner agreeable to that party In
order that she might suffer us little as
| possible from the terms of peace in re-
spect to territorial and financial losses
Paragraph 5. One of the two high
est contracting parties binds herself
! on the basis of treaty to be conclud-
ed with the third power after her res
| toration TO secure for the other con
tracing party, Germany, the conclu-
sion of treaty of mutual treciprocaD
guarantees, military, political and eco
nomic, ana to lend her services to the
other party, Germany, in this direc'
tion.
Paragraph 9. In return for this
the other high contracting party, Ger
many, binds herself to conclude a Sc
cret military convention on land and
sea with the aim of an alliance of mu
tual (reciprocaD guarantees and mu
tunl protection against the aggressive
intentions of America and England
the details to be worked out immedi
ately after the conclusion of peace by
specially empowered delegates of botl
high contracting parties.
Paragraph Z. The secret treaty re-
sulting herefrom will define the basic
of foreign policy of the three high con
tracing parties and may in its full
extent and in all its Individual para
j graphs be worked out Immediately aft
er the establishment of the third
high contracting party, Russia.
Paragraph S. The present treaty is
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counting from the moment of the res
toration of the third party, with the
exception of Paragraph 4. which goes
into effect Immediately on receipt OF
ratification. In case none of the high
contracting parties announces six
months before the end of the five
years period the intention of dis
continuing the action of the treaty, il
automatically remains in force for a
further five years period, until one or
another of the contracting parties sig
nifies its intention of discon,inuing it
Paragraph o. The present treaty
should be ratified as soon as possible
and certificates OF ratification should
be prepared In duplicate in French
and German, the German text being
the authentic one for Germany and the
French text for Japan"