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AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN

Art. III. The privileges and engagements of the present Convention shall extend to Native States of India which by treaty with His Britannic Majesty or otherwise may be entitled to be placed with regard to the stipulations of the Convention on the same footing as British India.

His Britannic Majesty's Government shall communicate from time to time to the Imperial Government of Japan a list of these States,

Art. IV. The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible. It shall come into effect immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which one of the High Contracting Parties shall have announced the intention of terminating it.

In witness whereof the above mentioned Plenipotentiaries bave signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done in duplicate at Tokyo, in the Japanese and English languages, this 29th day of 8th month of the 37th year of Meiji, corresponding to the 29th day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and four.

[L. S.]

[L. 8.]

Baron JUTARo Komura, His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM

AND JAPAN

Signed at London, August 12тн, 1905

The Governments of Great Britain and Japan, being desirous of replacing the Agreement concluded between them on the 30th January, 1902, by fresh stipulations, have agreed upon the following Articles, which have for their object--

(a.) The consolidation and maintenance of the general peace in the r. gions of Eastern Asia and of India;

(b) The preservation of the common interests of all Powers in China by insuring the independence 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 defence of their special interests in the said regions:-

Art. I.—It is agreed that whenever, in the opinion of either Great Britain or Japan, any of the rights and interests referred to in the preamble of this Agreement are in jeopardy, the two Governments will communicate with one another fully and frankly, and will consider in common the measures which should be taken to safe- guard those menaced rights of interests.

Art. II.-If by reason of unprovoked attack or aggressive action, wherever arising, on the part of any other Power or Powers either Contracting Party should be involved in war in defence of its territorial rights or special interests mentioned in the preamble of this Agreement, the other Contracting Party, will at once come to the assistance of its ally, and will conduct the war in common, and make peace in mutual agreement with it.

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