out consulting the other, enter into separate arrangements with another Power to the prejudice of the objects described in the preamble of this agreement.
Should either high contracting party conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third power, it is agreed that nothing in this agreement shall entail upon such contracting party an obligation to go to war with the power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force.
The condition under which armed assistance shall be afforded by either power to the other in the circumstances mentioned in the present agreement and the means by which such assistance is to be made available will be arranged by the naval and military authorities of the high contracting parties, who will from time to time consult one another fully and freely upon all questions of mutual interest.
The present agreement shall come into effect immediately after the date of its signature, and remain in force for ten years from that date.
In case neither of the high contracting parties should have notified twelve months before the expiration of the said ten years the intention of terminating it, it shall remain binding until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it. But, if when the date fixed for its expiration arrives, either ally is actually engaged in war, the alliance shall ipso facto continue until peace is concluded.
Signed,E. GREY,Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.TAKAAKI KATO,Ambassador Extraordinary.The foregoing is the latest, revised text and the one at present in operation.
大英帝国政府和日本政府鉴于自1905年8月12日日英盟约签订以来，形势已发生了重要的变化，认为为适应形势变化而对于上述盟约进行修改，将有助于促进地区安定与和平。因此达成协议签订如下条款以取代前述之盟约，此条款的宗旨与前述盟约一致，即：
（a）巩固和维持东亚与印度地区的和平。
（b）在确保中华帝国的独立与完整的前提下保护列强在华的共同利益，并坚持各国在华工业和贸易机会均等的原则。
（c）维护在东亚及印度等地区缔约各国的领土权利及保护在上述地区它们的特殊利益。
大英帝国及日本一致同意，当此盟约前言中所提及的任何权益受到威胁时，两国政府将彻底坦诚地交换意见，并考虑采取共同步骤以保护上述受到危害的权利和利益。
一旦发生了非因触犯而发生的攻击或侵略行为，就任何强国来说，缔约国一方为了保卫其领土的权利及在本盟约前言中所提及的特殊利益而卷入战争，则缔约另一方必
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