The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-07-04
GUARANTEE OF.
AMERICAN AID
CONTAINED in
FRENCH. PACT
New Treaty Binds United
States to Come to Assist
ance When France is At
tackled Without Cause.
WILL Be GIVEN SENATE
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
PARIS. July 3-The texts Of the
agreements between France and the
United States and France and Great
Iffice late last night.
The agreement with the United
States cites articles Of the peace
treaty prohibiting Germany from for
hfying either the right or left bank
f the Rhine or assembling forces
within thirty miles east of the Rhine
Ind provides, in case these provisions
10 not assure France proper security
Ind protection. United States is
bound to come Immediately to the
aid Of France If any unprovoked act
Of aggression is made against her by
Germany.
1t is provided that the treaty shall
be submitted to the council Of league
of nations which will decide whether
70 recognize II as an engagement in
conformity with the league covenant
md also provides that the treaty shall
be submitted to the United States SEN
ate and the French parliament for ap-
proval.
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 animat-
ed by a desire to maintain the peace
Of the world, SO happily restored by
the treaty signed at Versailles on
June 28. which put an end to the war
begun by the aggression Of the Ger
man Empire 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 to
the intollerable burde rdensofsnEfaeuchh
war but that such aggression on the
I HArt of Germany would constitute an
act reputed by the treaty of Versailles
as being against all the powers sigma
tory to the treaty and calculated to
trouble the peace of the world involv-
Ing inevitably and directly the states
Of Europe and indirectly the entire
world, as experience has simlp and
unhappily demonstrated end. consider
Ing that the United States Of America
and the government of the French re-
public apprehend that the stipulations
concerning the left bank of the Rhine
cannot assume Immediately to France
on one hand and to the United States
on the other as signatory powers to
the treaty of Versailles, appropriate
cecurity and protection.
Wilson and Lansing Sign.
Consequently the United States OF
America and the government af the
French republic having decided to
conclude a treaty to realize these ne
cessary ends, Woodrow Wilson. presi
dent Of the United States of America
and Georges Clemenceau. president
of the council Of ministers and minis
ter of war and Stephen Pichon, min
lister of foreign affairs, specially au
thorized to that end by Raymond
Poincaire, president Of the French
republic have agreed upon the follow
ing:
article I. The following stipula
tions concerning the left bank OF thu
Rhine, are contained in the peace
treaty signed with Germany at Yer
eailles, June 2s. 1919, by the United
States of America, the government o
the French republic and by the Brit
ish empire, among other powers.
"'Article XIII. Germany Is prohib
tied from maintaining or constructing
fortihcations either on the left banl
OF the Rhine or on the right bank ives
Of a line running fifty kilometres t.
the east of that river.
Article XLIII. In the area de
fined above the maintenance and as
sembly of armed forces either perma
nently or temporarily and mtlitar
maneuvers of any kind, as we'll as tn
upkeep of all permanent works TO
mobilization are in the same way fol
hidden.
Defines Hostile Act
"'Article XLIV. In case German
violates in any manner whatever tn
provisions of Articles XIII and XLIIl
she shall be regarded as committin
a hostile act against the powers sis
natory Of the present treaty and a
calculated to disturb the peace of tn
world.
In case these stipulations shoul
not assure Immediately to Franco al
propriate security and protection tn
United States of America shall b
bound to come Immediately to her al
IN case of any unprovoked act of as
gression directed against her by Gel
many.
Article II. The present treat,
couched in terms analogous to thos
of treaty concluded on the sam
date and to the same end betwee
Great Britain and the French republic
copy of which is hereto annexe
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