Show UNITED fotis MIS AN A GRIOT lq WITH JAPAN Is based on the idea of encouraging and defending ff ce and peaceful i wash washington ing ton despite despi to official rbt rota conce information from reliable roll ablo sources has boon been abt obtained of an agreement of far reaching importance between the united states and japan covering tho the policies of the two countries of the pacific the agreement Is based on the idea of encouraging and defending treo and peaceful commercial deLM in that ocean it contains not only a mutual guarantee to respect pach each others territorial possessions thero there but dennes the attitude ot of the two colin countries tries toward china each to defend by every peaceful T moans means chinas cainas independence and integrity and to give oqual equal commercial opportunity in ili the chinese empire to till all mat lations ma tlona ions more alore important still tho the agreement in the event of corn com threatening the status quo binds the united states and japan to consult each other with a view to acting together this agree agreement meAt has been drawn up lipin the form of a declaration and consists fists of five articles of the following I 1 Is s a faithful description tho the first article gives expression to tho the wish of the two governments to encourage the free and peaceful devel of their commerce tn ili the pacific the second Is a a mutual disclaimer of an all aggressive design and contains also a definition of the policy of each government both as directed to the maintenance of the existing status quo in ili the ilia pacific and the defense of the people of bf equal opportunity for commerce and industry la fa china the third article contains a statement of the consequent firm reciprocal cipro cal resolution of at each government to respect the territorial possessions in the pacific of the other ire ili tho the fourth article the united states and japan expressed their determination in the common interest tn terest of all tho the powers to support by all peaceful means at their d disposal sp osal the ande pen dence and integrity of china and tho the principle of equal commercial and opportunity for all nations on the empire the fifth ar article mutually pledges the two governments in tho the case af pf the occurrence bt any event threatening the status quo as above described or the of I 1 equal opportunity as above designed to communicate with each other for tho the purpose of arri arriving vigg at an understanding with regard to the measures they may corf consider sIder useful to take |