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Show BBSSB-fiPl SECRET TREATY IS Li BARE Pact, Drawn Up Last Year, Provides Action to Prevent Pre-vent Third Power From Dominating China. TEXT GIVEN OUT BY THE BOLSHEVIKI Washington Officials Expect Ex-pect One of the Two Countries to Come Forward For-ward With Statement. PKTKOURAD, Thursday, Dec. '20. I'mli'i- tin heading, " sot-ret treaty between be-tween ,l;iau ami Ku.ssia for joint armed demount rat ion against Ameri'.'H and the (irrat Britain in the far east," the Izvestirm, published what it 8:iys i the text, of the secret treaty drawn up last 3"ear providing for joint action by Russia Rus-sia iind .lapan to prevent any third country from achieving political dominance domi-nance in China. The treaty, dated July '.f JiHii, runs for five years, automatically automati-cally extending itaelf until a year after one party expresses the desire- to annul it. It is signed by Sorbins Sazonoff, then Kussian foreign minister, and Viscount Vis-count jUotono, Japanese foreign minister. minis-ter. The treaty stipulates the "agreement whall remain a deep secret for all except fur contracting parties. ' ' Supplements Secret. It opens with the statement that it is designed to aupplement and strength- ; en the secret treaties of J907. t) 10 and HH-. Article 1 is given as follows: ' ' Tho contracting parties recognize that tho interests of cither sido demand tho defense of China from political ; domination by any third power whatso- ; ever cherishing hostile intentions toward Kussia and Japan, and therefore undertake, under-take, whenever circumstances neeessi- , tate, to enter into open relations based on full confidence, in order eo-joiutly to take the necessary steps to prevent : the advent in China of such a state of , affairs." Allies in War. Other articles are published as fol-; fol-; lows: "Article II In the event that, as a consequence of any measures undertaken under-taken by mutual consent by Kussia and '. Japan on the basis of the preceding ar- tide, any third power as foreseen by ; article 1 should declare war against Russia Rus-sia or , lapan, the other contracting party shall, on the first demand of its ally, come to its aid. Each contracting par- ty binds itself not to make peace with the common enemy without obtaining the agreement of its ally. 'Article 111 Tho conditions on : which either party shall give armed assistance, as-sistance, the means by which such assistance as-sistance shall be expressed, shall be fixed hv the respective authorities of the contracting pnrties. "Article J V. It must especially be kept in mind I i at neither p;irty -hull ; '-ojfdder iNrlf ublig:iti.d in a-''Ord;iiic c .with article If, to give its ally armi'd i :t si.stann: nnle-s it reL-ci .-s guarantees from tA allies to the or'tVrt that they will give it :tsi.-tuuce t o the extent nerevitiited by thr seiion -U'-s of the : possible roni'Ii'd. ' 7 |