The Colorado statesman., 1919-07-12
SECRET PACT
MADE PUBLIC
GERMAN JAPANESE ALLIANCE
WOULD EXCLUDE
ENGLAND.
U. S. OUT OF ASIA
HODGES MAKES PUBLIC NEW
TREATY FOUND AT PERM,
SIBERIA.
Newspaper Union New. Service.

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 1. Both high contract
ing parties bind themselves as soon as
the world political situation permits,
to help the third party, Russia, to OBJ
tain under their direction the settle
ment of her internal affairs and the
position of world power.
Paragraph 2. 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
a most favored nations treaty with mu-
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, as yet TO be defined in spe-
cial treaty, and in this connection both
contracting parties bind themselves
not to allow the passing of further con-
| cessions in regions yet to be definitely
defined, into the hands of foreign pow
ers, American and English.
Paragraph f. One of the high con
tracing parties, Japan, binds herself
indirectly to protect the interests OF
the other high contracting party, Ger
many, in the coming peace conference,
in a manner agreeable to that party in
order that she might suffer as little as
possible from the terms of peace in re-
spect to territorial and financial losses.
Paragraph 8. 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 a treaty of mutual (reciprocaD
guarantees, military, political and eco
nomic, and to lend her services to the
other party, Germany, in this direc-
ton.
Paragraph 6. In return for this
the other high contracting party, Ger
many, binds herself to conclude Sc
cret military convention on land and
sea with the aim of an alliance of mu-
tual (reciprocaD guarantees and mu-
tuaI protection against the aggressive
intentions of America and England,
the details to be worked out immedl-
ately after the conclusion of peace by
specially empowered delegates of both
high contracting parties.
Paragraph I. The secret treaty re-
suIting 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
graphs be worked out Immediately ait
er the re-estabishment of the third
high contracting party, Russia.
paragraph s. The present treaty is
concluded for IL period of five years
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, 1t
automatically remains in force for
further five years period, until one or
another of the contracting parties sig
nifies its intention of disseminating it.
paragraph 8. 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"