PREFACE. 



In view of the widespread misconceptions as to the nature 

 of the agreements concluded during the war between the Allied 

 Governments, I have collected in the following pages the actual 

 texts of the documents in which they are embodied, so far as these 

 documents have been published. The translations (for which 

 I am indebted to the courtesy of the proprietors of the Manchester 

 Guardian and the Cambridge Magazine) have been made from the 

 Russian text as published by the Izvestiya, the official organ of the 

 All-Russian Congress of Soviets, in November, 1917, and the 

 following months. The documents were there described as having 

 been found among the secret papers of the Russian Foreign Office, 

 and published by M. Trotzky, People's Commissioner for Foreign 

 Affairs. 



All dates are given according to the new style, i.e., they 

 correspond with our own calendar. 



How far the agreements are still in force, and whether the 

 series is or is not complete, are questions which we have at present 

 no means of answering. 



The geographical details will be readily understood by reference 



to the maps. 



CHARLES RODBN BUXTON. 



6, Erskine Hill, February, 1918. 



Golder's Green, N.W. 



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