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Show united" states IKES 1 ' AGREEMENT WITH JAP ill Is Oaaed on the Idea of Encouraging and Defending Free and Peaceful Commercial Relations. Waafalnjrton. Despllo official rr conce. Information fioin rellnblo sources has beon obtained of an agreement agree-ment of far-roachlng Importance between be-tween the United Statos and Japan covering tho policies of tho two coun trios of tho Pacific. Tho agreement Is based on tho Idea of encouraging nnd defending free and peaceful commercial commer-cial dccvlopmont In that ocean. It contains not only a mutual guarantee to respect each other's territorial possessions there, but dcflnos Mio nt-tltudo nt-tltudo of tho two countries toward China, each to defend by every peaceful peace-ful means ClUna' Independence and Integrity, nnd to glvo onu:il commercial commer-cial opportunity In tho Chinese empire to nil matlons. More Important still, tho agreement, In tho event of complications com-plications threatening the stntus quo, binds tho United States and Japan to consult each other with a vlow to acting togethor. Tbld agreement has beon drnwn tip In tho form of n declaration, and con alsts of flvo nrtlcles, of which tho following. fol-lowing. Is n faithful description: Tlio first article gives expression to tho wish of tho two governments to encourage the free and peaceful development devel-opment of their commerce In tho Pacific. Pa-cific. Tho second Is n mutual disclaimer dis-claimer of an aggressive design, and contains nlso a definition of the policy or each government, both ns directed to Mio mnlntonanco of the existing BtntiiB quo In tho Pacific, and tho de fenso of tho peoplo of equal opportunity opportu-nity for. commcrco nnd Industry In China. Tho third nrllclo contains t statomcnt of tho consequent firm reciprocal re-ciprocal resolution of each government govern-ment to respect tho territorial possessions posses-sions In tho Pacific of tho other. In tho fourth artlclo the United States and Japan expressed tholr determination, determina-tion, "In tho common Interest of nil tho powors," to support "by all peaceful peace-ful means nt their disposal" tho Independence Inde-pendence nnd Integrity of China nnd tho prlnclplo of equal commercial and Industrial opportunity for all nations In -tho empire. The fifth artlclo mutually mu-tually pledges ,tho two governments, i In tbo caso of the occurrenco of nny event threatening tho status quo an above described, or tbo prlnclplo ol eqtial opportunity ns abovo designed, to communlcato with oaVi other for tho purpose of arriving nt an under. Btnndlng with regard to tho measures they may consider usoful to tnko. |