The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-03

Vandervelde of Belgium, Premier Bri-
and of France and Premier Baldwin of
Great Britain. All these used ordinary
pens, but Foreign Secretary Chamber
lain took up gold quill to add his
name.
Signor Scialoia for Italy; Count
Czecho-Slovakia completed the sigma
lures. Then the arbitration pacts NC
gotiated at Locarno were rapidly
passed to the delegates.
In a brief ten minutes the efforts
of months of negotiations had been
legalized and the nations involved had
sworn faithfully to observe the his
toric compacts.
As Chancellor Luther bent to affix
his signature to the four sheets of
foolscap size paper comprising the
main document score of cameras
clicked. The German statesman raised
his head and with smile bowed in
the direction of the cameramen.
Secretary Chamberlain and Premier
BRAND leaned. forward and nodded
their heads in approval at each other
and then at their German colleague.
When the pact had been signed, Sec
rotary Chamberlain rose and handed
Chancellor Luther the Allied interpre-
tation of article XII of the League of
Nations covenant, taking cognizance
of Germany's position as a disarmed
nation and paving the way for her en-
try into the league.
Records Are Historical.
Again the movie cameras ground out
their historic pictorial records and
again the representatives of the sig
natory nations spoke in turn, this time
to declare that their governments
would forever fulfill the obligations
to which they had just subscribed.
The British premier, who was the
only one to employ the English lam
guage, was visibly moved when he an
nounced that his government welcomed
the treaty of Locarno and would
scrupulously and with loyalty fulfill
its duties under the compact. Great
Britain, he added, was certain that the
treaty would not disappoint the hopes
of the world in laying the foundation
for that place which had so long been
sought. His sentiment was that of the
other speakers.
"The peace of the world could not
have been effected without some great
demonstration of international good
will, such as this ceremony today"
said M. BRAND, the French premier,
after the security pact had been
signed.
This has been done, he added, cit
is the most important step in the his
tory of the modern world and the flu
ture should be one of arbitration and
collaboration between nations, where
war and armament have no places"
In brief statement to the Associ
ated Press Austen Chamberlain said
the conclusion of the Locarno pact
had settled the problem of security,
while the peace of Europe had been
consolidated by the adhesion of Great
Britain and Italy.
Aids Peace, Banishes War.
The treaties were the outcome of a
sincere desire on the part of the ma
tions concerned for peace and recon
| ciliation, he said. They banished war
| and provided for the automatic os-
tracism of any eventual aggressor. To
those thinking the pact did not go far
| enough, he would answer that it led
straight to disarmament by creating a
new sense of security.
| Proof of this was that the council of
| the League of Nations would prepare a
disarmament plan for presentation to
the next assembly.
"The Locarno treaty." declared DR..
Edouard Benes, the Czecho-Slovak for
eign minister, "has solved the internal
tional problems of Europe, it is up to
the. nations to put their internal af-
fairs on solid basis and when this
is accomplished the prosperity of
western Europe is assured"
Emile Vandervelde, Belgium for
eign minister, thought that the house
cleaning of Europe through the Lo-
carno treaty probably would allow q
resumption of relations between Eu-
rope and the United States, without
the United States running the danger
of being committed to take hand in
any European affairs.
"The Locarno pact" declared Count
Alexander Skrzynski, the Polish pre-
mier and foreign minister, "offers the
European states an opportunity for
peace and disarmament which they
have never had before. have no
doubt that in conformity with the
treaties new international feeling of
peace and security will be brought
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armament and prosperity"
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