Evening star., 1925-06-10
BALDWIN DECLARES
SECURITY PACT HAS
NOT BEEN ADOPTED
Asserts No Agreement Will
Be Made Until Parliament
Has Voiced Views.
MACDONALD HITS PLAN
AS SOURCE OF WARFARE
Unfavorable React; en- N London
and Berlin Tends to Lessen
Optimism in Paris.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. June lO.-Premier Bald
win today told the House OF Commons
that no security pact had been con-
Cluded with France, and that rome
would ne concluded without Parlia-
ment being given an opportunity for
full discussion.
The premier. who was replying to
q question of Sir Robert Hamilton,
Liberal member from Orkney and
Shetland, said
In view of certain misapprehen-
sions which have arisen in the public
mind. it is we'll to say that the posi-
1ion to date is that the British and
French governments, after carefully
considering all German proposals,
have reached a complete agreement
on certain basic principles to which a
settlement must conform and to which
there is every reason to expect the
adhesion of Belgium and Italy"
No One-sided Plan.
Premier Baldwin reiterated that the
contemplated settlement would be
strictly of a bilateral character and
not one-sided, as possibly has been
inferred from some reports that have
appeared"
He concluded with the statement
that as soon as the reply to Germany's s
security pact proposals have been for
warded to Berlin he would take steps,
with the consent Of the French gov
ernment, to place the matter before
the British Parliament.
While the proposed pact Is certain
to meet strong criticism in the
House of Commons, the Laborites
alone of the political parties have
thus far expressed their attitude.
Laborites Are Hostile.
They are uncompromisingly hostile
to the agreement. on the ground
that it involves Great Britain too
deeply in possible European en-
broilments. Former Premier Ram
say Macdonald, the Laborite leader,
is quoted by the party organ, the
Daily Herald, as saying:
The agreement is the beginning
not of a general understanding to
maintain peace, but of individual al
liances and guarantees. II Will not
in the end promote peace, but in
crease the organization for war, and
this is true, whether it provides only
security for France or security for
Germany also"
The Westminster Gazette, one of
the leading mouthpieces of the Lib
eral party, says that while there is
some anxiety in Liberal quarters
rega riding the British commitments,
no positive exception is taken TO
such a bilateral guarantee as out
lined.
Adherence Is Expected.
The Anglo-French agreement grew
out of Germany's proposals for
security pact, and a reply to these
proposals, outlining the plan framed
by Foreign Secretary Chamberlain and
the French foreign minister. NJ.
BRAND, at Geneva, will so forward to
Berlin within a few days. 1t was sent
yesterday to Brussels and Rome for
approval, which in. both cases is con-
fidently expected.
If accepted by Germany, the pact
will provide a guarantee of the from
tiers of France. Belgium and Germany
as established under the Versailles
treaty. Great Britain would be
pledged to use all her forces against
any nation making an unprovoked at
tack on the frontiers, such defensive
action to be taken under the aegis of
the League of Nations.
The Morning Post, conservative
editorially praises the agreement. If
the past materializes, the paper says,
St will do for Europe what the Wash
ington agreement did for the Pacific;
II will profoundly affect the whole in
fernational outlook and complete what
the Dawes scheme began, that is, the
gradual linking of Germany with the
western nations and the weakening of
her associations with bolshevik Russia.
Waits on Germany.
The Daily Telegraph, emphasi
that the move toward a mutual pact
IS thus far tentative, urges the utmost
reserve until Germany'S attitude to-
ward the proposal becomes known.
The paper also says there are some
differences in dominion circles, where
the question is being revived whether
Great Britain by mortgaging her fight
ing resources in defense of the Euro
pean powers, is not running the risk
of leaving the dominions inefficiently
protected in the event of a crisis
breaking out, say in the Pacific" The
Daily Mail eulogizes the agreement as
going far to prevent war and dis
courage aggression.
The Daily Express, Lord Beaver
brooks paper, which presumably rep
resents the views of Canadian circles
3n London in the matter, is hot against
the agreement which it terms "a
wanton and dangerous departure from
the sane and safe lines of the British
foreign policy"