Show CHINESE POLICY OUTLINED england and germs y ask co operation of po ro vers germany and england have formed an alliance to ma etain territorial in I 1 of ch nl n L and to ports open the terms of this agreement are officio ally given out us its follows firstly it i li a matter of joint per manent international interest that the ports of china should rema n flee and open to trade and to every other legit amate form of acono me nio actie ty for the peoples of all countries without distine 0 tion and tl it e two gohei governments agi aggee ee on their part to uphold the same for all chinese territory as far as they can exercise influence be condly both government governments agree that the question will not on their part make use of the present complication to obtain for themselves any ten tonal advantage in chinese dom nion and will direct their pol cy to vard main undiminished the terr itoi al a 1 condition of the chinese empire thirdly in case of another lower ower making use of the complications in china in order to obtain under any form whatever such territorial advant ages the two contracting aLting parties re serve to themselves the r to come to t oa a preliminary understand ng regail ing tl ti e eventual step to be taken for the protection of their own interests in china other powers are asked to the agreement |