The zone then falling to the possession of Italy will in due time be determined according to the vital interests of France and Great Britain.

Similarly, the interests of Italy are also to be considered in case the territorial integrity of Asiatic Turkey should be maintained by the Powers for a further period, and only a limitation between the spheres of interest be made.

Should, in such case, any areas of Asiatic Turkey be occupied by France, Great Britain and Russia during the present war, then the entire area contiguous to Italy, and further defined below, shall be granted to Italy, together with the right to occupy the same.
Sec.10.In Lybia, Italy is to be granted all rights and claims hitherto conceded to the Sultan on the basis of the Treaty of Lausanne.
Sec.11.Italy to receive such part of the war contribution as shall be commensurate with her sacrifices and efforts.
Sec.12.Italy subscribes to the declaration issued by France, England and Russia whereby _Arabia and the holy cities of the Mohammedans_ are to be granted to _an independent Mohammedan Power_.
Sec.13.In case of any extension of the French and English colonial possessions in Africa at the expense of Germany, France and Great Britain acknowledge in principle the right of Italy to demand certain compensation in respect of extension of Italian possessions in Eritrea, Somaliland, in Lybia, and the colonial areas contiguous to the colonies of France and England.
Sec.14.England undertakes to facilitate the immediate realisation of _a loan of not less than 50 million pounds sterling_ in the English market on favourable conditions.
Sec.15.France, England and Russia undertake to support Italy in _preventing the representatives of the Holy See from taking any diplomatic steps whatever in connection with the conclusion of a peace_, or the regulation of questions connected with the present war.
Sec.16.The present treaty to be _kept secret_.

As regards Italy's agreement to the declaration of September 5, 1914, this declaration will be made public as soon as war is declared by Italy or against Italy.
The foregoing points having been duly noted, the respective authorised representatives of France, Great Britain and Russia, together with the representative of Italy similarly authorised by his Government for this purpose, are agreed: France, Great Britain and Russia declare their full agreement with the foregoing notable points, as set before them by the Italian Government.

With regard to Sec.Sec.1, 2 and 3, referring to the agreement upon military and naval undertakings of all four Powers, _Italy undertakes to commence active operations at the earliest possible date_, and in any case not later than one month after the signing of the present document by the contracting parties.
The present agreement, in four copies, signed in London on the 26th April, 1915, and sealed, by Sir Edward Grey, Cambon, Marchese Imperiali, Graf Benckendorff." After the entry of Roumania into the war (September, 1916) this programme was further extended.
2 =Note from Count Czernin to the American Government, dated March 5, 1917= From the _aide-memoire_ of the American Ambassador in Vienna, dated February 18 of this year, the Imperial and Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs understands that the Washington Cabinet entertains some doubt, in view of the statements issued by the Imperial and Royal Government on February 10 and January 11 of this year, as to what attitude Austria-Hungary contemplates adopting for the future with regard to submarine warfare, and whether the assurance given by the Austrian Government to the Washington Cabinet in the course of the proceedings with regard to the case of the vessels _Ancona_ and _Persia_ might not be taken as altered or withdrawn by the statements mentioned.
The Austrian Government is most willing to meet the desire of the United States Government that this doubt should be removed by a clear and final declaration.
It should here be permitted first of all to touch very briefly on the methods adopted by the Allied Powers in marine warfare, since these form the starting-point of the aggravated submarine warfare put into practice by Austria-Hungary and her allies, besides throwing a clear light upon the attitude hitherto adopted by the Austrian Government in the questions arising therefrom.
When Great Britain entered upon the war with the Central Powers, but a few years had elapsed since the memorable time when Great Britain itself, together with the remaining states, had commenced at the Hague to lay the foundations of a modern code of law for marine warfare.
Shortly after that the English Government had brought about a meeting of representatives of the principal naval Powers, assembling in London, in order further to carry forward the work commenced at the Hague, presumably in a spirit of reasonable compromise between the interests of belligerents and those of neutrals.