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Show RUSSO-JAPANESE ALLIANCEfORMEfi New Treaty Binding Two Countries to Enter Into No Foreign Agreements Against Each Other Signed. "OPEN DOOR" IN CHINA German Aggrandizement in the Far East After the War to Be Prevented. Tokio, July 7, 4 p. m. The Japanese foreign office today announced as the substanco of the Russo-Japanese convention con-vention signed at Petrograd on July 3 the following: First Japan will take part in no arrangement ar-rangement or political combination directed di-rected against Russia. Russia will take part in no arrangement or political politi-cal combination directed against Japan. Second In case the territorial rights or special interests in the Far East of one of the contracting parties par-ties which are recognized by the other contracting party are menaced, Japan and Russia will consult wi,th each other on measures to adopt with a view to supporting or extending assistance assist-ance for the safeguarding and defense of these rights and Interests. Open Door In China. To a question from The Associated Press representative as to what effect ef-fect the alliance would have on the open door and the integrity of China tho foreign office replied: "The convention Is effectually an emphasis upon and an extension of tho Anglo-Japanese alliance based upon up-on tho territorial integrity of China whose open door and integrity are now endangered. American tradepnd mterests are in no wise affected " Secret Clauses Denied. The foreign office denied affirmations affirma-tions in Japanese newspapers that the convention contained secret clauses, claus-es, declaring that while the summary given out was the substance of the convention it also was the virtual language of the document The convention, Is virtually an alliance, al-liance, Is regarded here as of historic Importance ns concerns the future development de-velopment of Far East world politics generally. It ends a long period of hostility between tho two empires, which culminated in the Russo-Japanese war and strengthens the position of Japan as a first class power. Pooling Interests. Now that Japan and Russian are pooling- their Interests In tho Far East they -will free themselves from the necessity of regarding each other as possible enemies In the future and from the maintenance of large bodies for troops on their respective frontiers. fron-tiers. The Impression cn Tokio is that the convention is framed to meet attempts at tho extension of German influence ' in the Far East believed to be undesirable unde-sirable whilo the hands of both pow-jc ers are strengthened in dealing with the situation in China. Englishmen and Frenchmen claim that the accord will check efforts at German aggrandizement after the war and prevent China becoming the cause I of a new International turmoil. Japanese Are Elated. The Japanese are elated over the conclusion of the convention and the signing of the document will be commemorated com-memorated at a ministerial banquet and by a popular lantern procession. The newspapers welcome the extension exten-sion of Japanese influence. The Orient Or-ient Times says: "England, France, Russia and Japan banded together can thwart all German Ger-man intrigues for a subsequent war. Furthermore the maintenance of peace in the Far East must fall more heavily heavi-ly than ever upon the shoulders of Japan and Russia. "It Is learned that the entente has decided upon the exclusion in future of Germany from the quintuple coalition coali-tion regulating China and that it has been decided to sound American financiers fi-nanciers regarding the active participation partici-pation of America of a loan to China for the reorganization of the republic. |