Note 74 — Chapter II
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Article II of the Triple Alliance read as follows: “In case Italy, without direct provocation on her part, is attacked by France for any reason whatsoever, the two other contracting parties will furnish to the party attacked aid and assistance with all their forces. The same obligation is incumbent upon Italy in case of an aggression not directly provoked by France against Germany.” Articles IX, X, XI, and the protocol provided for the maintenance of the status quo in the Cyrenaic, Tripoli, Tunis, and Morocco, and, in certain eventualities, for an aggressive attack by Italy aided by her allies, upon France. See the document given in G.P., VII, 99 ff., No. 1426.