DECLARATION OF COMMON POLICY.
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On September 5, 1914, the British Official Press Bureau issued the following statement from the Foreign Office:—
DECLARATION.
The undersigned duly authorised thereto by the respective Governments hereby declare as follows:—
The British, French, and Russian Governments mutually engage not to conclude peace separately during the present war. The three Governments agree that when terms of peace come to be discussed no one of the Allies will demand terms of peace without the previous agreement of each of the other Allies. In faith whereof the undersigned have signed this Declaration and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done at London in triplicate, the 5th day of September, 1914.
E. Grey, His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Paul Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic. Benckendorff, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia.