Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1905 — GREAT TREATY IS NOW MADE PUBLIC [ARTICLE]

GREAT TREATY IS NOW MADE PUBLIC

Unites British Empire and Japan in Mutual Defense of Interests. CENTERS IN INDIA AND KOREA Stipulates for the “Open Door” and for the Status Quo. Lansdowne Explains to Russia and France That It Is No Menace, but a Guaranty of Peace in the Far East. St Petersburg, Sept. 27. —It is announced that the Russian representatives abroad were Instructed on Sept. 21, in a circular, to communicate to the governments to which they are accredited an invitation to a second peace conference at The Hague, and to announce that the Russian government’s proposals would be strictly practical, and especially and exclusively deal with the serious questions arising out of the late war. London, Sept. 27.—The text of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, signed Aug. 12, has been issued from the foreign office, together with a dispatch to the British ambassador at St. Petersburg, forwarding a copy of the agreement with instructions to communicate it to the Russian government at the earliest opportunity. The treaty contains eight clauses and a preamble. Otyects of the Treaty Stated. The preamble reads: “The governments of Great Britain and Japan, being desirous of replacing the agreement concluded between them Jan. 30, 1902, by fresh stipulations, have agreed upon the following articles, which have for their object: A—Consolidation and the maintenance of general peace in the regions of eastern Asia and India. B—The preservation of the common interests of all the pow’ers in China by insuring the indepeiMlence and Integrity of the Chinese empire and the principle of equal opportunities for the commerce and industry of all nations in China. C —The maintenance of the territorial rights of the high contracting parties in the regions of eastern Asia and of India, and the defense of their special interests in the said regions.”

Summary of the Convention. Articles 1 and 2 of the treaty agree that whenever the rights or interests of either government are in jeopardy thej- will counsel together as to common measures for defense, and that should either be involved in war In defense of such rights or interests the other will at once come to its assistance. conduct war In common and make mutual peace with the other power or powers involved. Aa to Korea and India. Articles 3 and 4 acknowledge respectively for Great Britain and Japan the paramount interests of Japan In Korea, stipulating for the “open door,” and the paramount interests of Great Britain in all that concerns the frontier of India, and her right to take such measures as she may deem neessary for their defense. Must Be True to the Preamble. Article 5 agrees that neither party to this treaty will without consulting the other enter Into a separate arrangement with another power to the prejudice of the objects described in the preamble. Article 6 provides a continuance for the former treaty stipulations relative to the late RussoJapanese war (which was still going on when the treaty was signed*. Article 7 provides for the manner In which each shall afford armed assistance to the other power, and article 8 makes the agreement subject to the provisions of article and provides that it remain in force tep years from date of signature, requires a year's notice of termination at the end of the ten years, and provides that if when the date of expiration arrives either party is at war the alliance shall continue until peace shall have been concluded. Not Intended as a Menace. Accompanying the agreement Is a covering letter from Lansdowne to the British ambassadors at St. Petersburg and Paris, for transmission to the Russian and French governments, respectively, in which the foreign secretary courteously reviews the agreement and carefully points out that the new defensive alliance is uot intended as a menace, but rather as •a Sfuarantee of peace and prosperity in the Far East, in which all countries may participate. Killed While Picking Up Coal. Upper Sandusky, 0., Sept. 27. —Rev. fi. A. Hutchinson, 84 years old, was killed by a passenger train while picking up coal along the tracks. His body was terribly mutilated by the train, his skull being crushed, bis back broken and both legs fractured. The aged minister was worth about 175,000. Epidemic of Diphtheria. Peoria, 111., Sept 27.—The board of health of Farmington, Hl., has Issued a proclamation forbidding children the use of the streets day or night until an epidemic of diphtheria now raging at that place is checked. . *