Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-11
News Review of
Current Events
LOcarnO Treaties Signed in Lon.
don, Promising Peace for
Western Europe
BY EDWARD w. PICKARD

ct HIS is the most important steF
in the history of the modern
world" said Premier BRAND when he
and the representatives of six other
powers had attached their signatures
to the LocarnO treaties. "The peace
of the world could not have been eff.
fected without some great demonstra.
ton of international, good will, sucl
as this ceremony today" he continued
''and the future of the world should
be one of arbitration and collaboration.
between nations. where war and arma.
ment have no places"
The ceremony of signing the pacts
took place in London and was carried
out in a wonderful spirit of optimism
Arm in arm Chancellor Luther of
Germany, Premier BRAND of France
and Foreign Secretary Chamberlain of
Great Britain entered the golden re
ceptiOn room of the foreign office.
They were followed by the delegates
of Italy, Belgium, Poland and CZeCho-
slOvakia, and then came Prime Minis
ter Baldwin and his cabinet. Mr..
Chamberlain. who had just received
the Order of the Garter for his work
on the treaties and therefore was ad-
dressed as "Sir Austen" opened the
proceedings with a brief speech of wei
come and told of the kings disap-
pointment that his mother s death
made Encouragement of the program
of entertainment necessary. Chancel-
lor Luther and the others expressed
their pleasure at the conclusion OF
the pacts, and then one after another
they signed their names to the fateful
documents.
After a dinner given by Mr.. Cham
berlain the statesmen reached an
agreement for speeding up the evacu-
alton of the Cologne area by the allies.
This operation will be completed by
January 81 and the Belgian forces in
the Rhineland will be reduced at tNonce.
The Locarno treaties have been quite
fully described heretofore. Suffice it
to say that the chief one, known as
the security pact, guarantees the in
volatility Of the German-French and
German Belgian frontiers as fixed by
the Versailles peace treaty. Italy and
Great Britain are the guarantors of
the pact Germany, France and Bel
gium promise never to trespass upon
each others territory, and Great Brit
ain and Italy are pledged to come to
the aid of the aggrieved nation, wheth-
er it be France, Belgium or Germany.
All the parties agree to submit future
disputes to judicial arbitration with
the League of Nations council sitting
as high court.
The German-Polish and German
Czecho pacts are identical except that
these signatories agree to arbitration
of all future disputes by the arbitral
tribune at The Hague or the world
court. The French-Polish and French
Czecho special treaties are in effect
Frances guarantee of the German
Polish and German-C Czech treaties.
The treaties are effective only after
Germany Joins the League of Nations,
an event that is expected to take place
as soon as possible. Already Ger
many has registered with the league
at Geneva eleven international engage
ments which she has entered into with
eight different powers. That Russia
also will now come into the league
was the expressed opinion Of some OF
the statesmen gathered in London,
and indeed Foreign Minister Tchitche-
rim of the Soviet government was ex-
pected in London this week to talk