Alliance of Romania with Austria-Hungary, Germany, and ItalyArticle 4. If, contrary to their desire and hope, the High Con-
tracting Parties are forced into a common war under the cir-
cumstances foreseen by the preceding Articles, they engage nei-
ther to negotiate nor to conclude peace separately.
Article 5. The present Treaty shall remain in force for a
period of five years, dating from the day of the exchange of rati-
fications. If the present Treaty is not denounced one year before
its expiration, or if its revision is not demanded by either of the
High Contracting Parties, it shall be regarded as prolonged for a
period of three years more.
Article 6. The High Contracting Parties mutually promise
secrecy as to the contents of the present Treaty.
Article 7. The present Treaty shall be ratified and the ratifica-
tions shall be exchanged within a period of three weeks, or
sooner if may be.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed it and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Vienna, the thirtieth day of the month of October in
the year of grace one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
L.S. Kálnoky.
L.S. D. Stourdza.
Treaty providing for the Accession of Germany.
Vienna, October 30, 1883.
His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hun-
gary, and His Majesty the King of Rumania having concluded
the Treaty of friendship and alliance which follows:
[Articles 1–7 of the Austro-Hungarian-Rumanian Treaty
follow.]
have invited His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of
Prussia, to accede to the provisions of the aforesaid Treaty.
Consequently His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of
Prussia, has furnished with His full powers for this purpose His
Representative at Vienna, Counsellor of Legation Count Max
von Berchem, to adhere formally to the provisions contained in
the abovementioned Treaty. In virtue of this Act of Accession
His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, takes in
the name of the German Empire towards Their Majesties the
Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, and the King of
Rumania, and at the same time Their Majesties the Emperor of
Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, and the King of Rumania
take towards His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of
Prussia, the same engagements by which the High Contracting
Parties have mutually bound themselves according to the stipu-
lations of the said Treaty inserted above.
The present Act of Accession shall be ratified and the ratifi-
cations shall be exchanged within a period of three weeks, or
sooner if may be. In witness whereof the respective Plenipoten-
tiaries have signed the present Act of Accession and have affixed
thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Vienna, the thirtieth day of the month of October in
the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
L.S. Kálnoky.
L.S. Berchem.
L.S. D. Stourdza.Treaty providing for the accession of Italy. Vienna, May
15, 1888.
His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and
Apostolic King of Hungary, and
His Majesty the King of Rumania, having concluded on
October 30, 1883, a Treaty of friendship and alliance, now in
force, the tenor of which Treaty follows:
[The text of the Treaty as above follows.]
This Treaty having received on the same date the Accession
of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia,
and having been then communicated by the abovemen-
tioned High Contracting Parties to His Majesty the King of
Italy, with an invitation to accede thereto,
His Majesty the King of Italy, approving the purpose for
which this Treaty has been concluded, and which is the preser-
vation of the general peace and of the existing order, has
authorized the undersigned, Sieur Constantine Count de Nigra,
His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His
Majesty the Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, to
declare in His name that He accedes to the said Treaty within
the limits indicated below so far as concerns the provisions of
Articles 2 and 3, to wit:
If eventualities that could give rise to the casus foederis,as it
is foreseen in Articles 2 and 3, should chance to occur, Their
Majesties the Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary,
the King of Italy, and the King of Rumania assume a mutual
engagement to take counsel together in ample time as to com-
mon action, the detailed procedure of which shall be regulated
by a special convention.
The present Accession shall be in force for five years, dating
from the day of signature; but if the principal Treaty of October
30, 1883, happen to expire before this period, it shall be consid-
ered as having expired at the same time.
This Act of Accession shall be kept secret, and cannot be
revealed without the consent of each of the High Contracting
Parties.
His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc.,
and Apostolic King of Hungary has for his part authorized the
undersigned, Sieur Gustavus Count Kálnoky of Körös-Patak,
Chamberlain and Actual Privy Councillor, His Minister of the
Imperial Household and of Foreign Affairs, Lieutenant-Field-
marshal in His Armies, to declare in His name that He accepts
in the terms above stated, and with the same mutual obliga-
tions, the Accession of His Majesty the King of Italy to the
Treaty of October 30, 1883.
The present Act of Accession and of acceptance shall be rati-
fied by His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia,
etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary, and by His Majesty the