New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-07-18
U. S. OUT OF ASIA
GERMAN JAPANESE ALLIANCE
WOULD EXCLUDE ENGLAND.
HODGES MAKES PUBLIC NEW
TREATY FOUND AT PERM,
SIBERIA.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, July 1l.-G. Charles
Hodges, assistant director of the Fan
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 O as
the world political situation permits,
10 help the third party, Russia, to OBJ
tain under their direction the settle
ment of her internal affairs and the
position Of a 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
p~rerogatives 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 3. 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, ms yet to be defined in a spe-
cial treaty, and In this connection both
contracting parties bind themselves
cessions in regions yet to be definitely
defined, into the hands of foreign pow
ers, American and English.
Paragraph 4. 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 Il 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 3. one of the two high
est contracting parties binds herself
on the basis of a 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 n treaty of mutual (reciprOcaD
guarantees, military, political and eco
noinic, and TO lend her services to the
other party, Germany, in this direc-
ton.
Paragraph 8. 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 (reclprocaD guarantees and mu-
tual protection against the aggressive
Of America and England, |
details to be worked out immedi-
ntely after the conclusion of peace by
specially empowered delegates of both
high contracting parties.
Paragraph Z. The secret treaty re-
herefrom will define the basic
IF foreign policy of the three high con
parties and may in its full
and In all its individual para
graphs he worked out Immediately aft
n the ACCOMPLISHMENT of the third
contracting party, Russia.
Paragraph s. The present treaty is
concluded for a period of five years
from the of the res
of the third party, with the
Exception Of Paragraph 4, which goes
nto effect Immediately on receipt of
a%tification. In case none of the high
contracting parties six
months before the end of the five
ears period the intention of dis
ontinuing the action Of the treaty, il
automatically remains in force for a
five years period, until or
mother of the contracting parties sig
flies its intention of disseminating II.
Paragraph .. The present treaty
hould be ratified as soon as possible
nd certificates Of ratification should
. prepared in duplicate in French !
nd German, the German text being 4
he authentic one for Germany and the
'rench text for Japan" I
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