Evening star., 1925-10-18
BERLIN TO RAT|Fy
TREATIES, CANVAS
OF PARTIES SHOWS
20 NatiOnaIiSts and 80 Reds
to Be Only Opponents
of Early Action.
NATIONS FUTURE SEEN
DEMANDING APPROVAL
Even Republics Foes Think Course
Is Open to Wipe Out Old
Disputes.

By Cable TO The star and New York World
BERLIN. October IA thorough
canvas b, the World News Service
corr eSpondent for the political lead
ers shows they take the position ot
predicting ratification of the I.ocarnc
agreement by the Reichstap. Less
difhculty will he put in the way of
the ratitiCa ton of the Rhine pact
man was encountered by the Dawes
plan, II can he safely said.
There are only TWO factions on.
posed to peaCe-the extreme right
wing OF the Nationalists, numbering
70 out of 100 Nationalist deputies and
thirty odd Communists who are bit
ter-enders
consequently Chancellor Luther
ana Foreign Minister Stresemann re
turned with Germany, willingly ap.
plauding their achievements at Lo
carno-a rare honor for German dele.
gates assigned To bargain with the
enemy. What astonishes most oh
servers, even those most calloused Ia
a sudden change of front by German
pubic opinion. is the abrupt right
ABOUT lace executed by the National
Isl party In its opposition TO the pact
Ihls Is easily explained. The Sc
curlty pact is being sold 10 the Ger.
man people as means OF SCrappinc
me obnoxious treaty of Versailles
Tonight all the newspapers are car.
ryine inspired articles stating Strese
mann brought up the question Of wal
Sullt at Locarno and that all ma tions
htherto ignorant of Germa in
nocence would be given this inter.
esting hit Of informa ton. The nation
ailstS are now convinced they can re.
main in power and sign the pact by
telling supporters it is the only way
Of ridding Germany of the burdens
imposed at Versailles
Tonight the word has gone forth
that once Germany enters the league
she will insist that other nations dis
arm. This would put Germany on a
basis of real equality with other
nations and wipe out the defeat in war
by a single stroke.
The removal OF the restrictions i'm
posed on aviation would follow. 4
read ustment Of the entire Rhin ella nd
problem and the possible restora tion
of colonial<ma ndates would also follow
Will Regain Old Place.
The most pessimistic of Nationalist
realize that even If the dream doesn',
come true. the pact will make Ger
many an important political factor ir
European affairs.
Members of the Nationalist Party
interviewed insisted. OF course, that
The promises made by BRAND anC
Foreign Secretary Chamberlain oi
Great Britain must materialiZe or Ger
many will scrap The pact. They in
sisted the pact may he changed by
the Richstas, providd the allies con
sent.
The Democrats realize they havs
been mentally outpointed even If the
pact does not Guara ntee Europe
against war. that other trea tiles hav.
been broken before this. but ~ least
the past insures Europe brea thing
spell for industrial restoration which
is one desire all nations share in com
mon.
Berlin already has organized the
machinery for ratification. The min
listers of federal states will be in Ber
lin early next week to confer with
Luther and Stresemann. The Rhine
land is sending its representative tc
delve into the allied promises. The
usual conferences with political lead
ers will take pbce. There may be
some minor obstacles and a good deaI
of empty fuming. but there is nc
doubt that as the pact now stands II
will be acceptable to Germany.
Copyright. 1925