§ 4. Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has seen the text of the secret Russo-Japanese Treaty of 3rd July, 1916, recently published at Petrograd; whether the Foreign Office had knowledge of this Treaty when made; and whether, in view of Article 3 of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1911, he will say whether the British Government was consulted before the Russo-Japanese Treaty of 1916 was effected?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Balfour)The Treaty referred to was communicated to 642 His Majesty's Government confidentially by de Japanese Government before signature.