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 APPENDIX. 39.3 France, and England on the other, and have appointed for the conclusion of it the following Plenipotentiaries : His IMajesty the Emperor of Austria, the Baron Henry de Hess, his actual Privy Councillor, &c. &c. ; and the Count Frederick de Thun-Hohenstein, his Chamberlain, actual Privy Councillor, &c. &c.; And His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Baron Othon Theodore de INIanteuffel, his President of the Council of Ministers, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c. The same having exchanged their full powers found to be in good order, have agreed upon the following points : Article I. His Imperial Apostolic Majesty and His Majesty the King of Prussia guarantee to each other reciprocally the possession of their German and non-German possessions, so that an attack made on the territory of the one, from what- ever quarter, will be regarded by the other as an act of hostility against his own territory. Article II, In the same manner the High Contracting Parties hold themselves engaged to defend the rights and interests of Germany against all and every injury, and consider them- selves bound accordingly for the mutual repulse of every attack on any part whatsoever of their territories ; like- wise also in the case where one of the two may find him- self, in understanding with the other, obliged to advance actively for the defence of German interests. The agree- ment relating to the latter-named eventuality, as like- wise the extent of the assistances then to be given, will form a special, as also integral, part of the present Convention.