Evening star., 1933-06-08
MOVE To RAT|FY
FOUR-POWER PACT
Britain, France, Italy and
Germany Seek ParIia-
ment Action.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
| ROME, June 8-The governments o!
! Great Britain, France. Italy and Ger
| many prepared today to present to theil
Parliaments for ratification an agree
ment for decade of peace and dis
armament.
Signed in Premier Benito Mussolini's
office last night, the pact pledges the
four great Western European powers tc
collaborate within the framework of the
League of Nations, to examine articles
in the League covenant pertaining tc
aggression, to work for the success OF
the Geneva Disarmament Conference
and to cooperate in economic recon-
struction.
Quick Action Expected.
Legislative approval for the document
is expected to be a mater of mere form
in Italy, whose premier proposed it on
March 18, and it is felt here that Ger
man and English ratification also will
be forthcoming quickly.
It was hoped that French acceptance
would be attended by no great delay.
The signing of the accord was received
in Italy with great jubilation, parades,
illumination of public buildings, speeches
by II Duce and countrywide demon
strations by cheering crowds.
Newspapers called the accord the
greatest event since the World War and
were emphatic in their praise, especially
for France. They predicted the settle
ment of all major 1talo-French differ
ences.
Before the Italian Senate Signor
Mussolini declared the success of the
World Disarmament Conference in
Geneva is indicated, adding, however,
that "if despite everything, it ends
otherwise, we have the pact to fall back
upon"
Describes Purposes.
The purpose of the agreement he de-
scribed thus:
THE fruitful results of the agree
ment should rapidly be forthcoming,
but do not think that there will be no
more differences or that differences
will be magically composed.
The object of the pact is to create
the possibility Of solving questions that
arise from time to time For this pur-
pose 1t must be complemented by nor
NAL dislomatic contacts. There must
be periodical and more or less frequent
conferences according to necessities
among men directly responsible for the
"As for the League of Nations, it will
be revitalized, not rendered useless, by
this methodical collaboration among
permanent members of its Council"
Later, before a large crowd in front
OF his Office in the Palazzo Venezia he
declared: II consider this a satisfactory
day for Italy, which has been re-
awakened by action"
Cooperation Sought.
Mussolini emphatically denied reports
that the agreement tended to create a
closed phalanx among the contracting
powers and insisted that their common
desire and spirit is to cooperate with
all other states, large and small.
This collaboration is desired par
ticularly with the United States, with
out whose valuable and practical as
sistance no stable and constructive
work in world political, pacific, or eco
nomic restoration is possible" he said
He eulogized the German "revolu-
tion," declaring it to be movement
of the people and not a coup d'etat.
The Nazi government of Chancellor
Hitler, he said, is definitely in line
among nations working for peace.
Not to Use Force.
There will never be any intention
among the contracting parties to use
force for the revision of treaties, he
said.
The present pact extends the COL
laboration provided for in the 1925 Lo-
carno agreement and embraces eco
nomic cooperation. 1t is a restate-
ment-and reinvigoration-of the Kel-
logg pact, the League of Nations COW
enant, and last December's agreement
pledging Germany arms equality.
Its chief values are that it induces
collaboration at time when Europe
fears war and that it pledges disarma-
ment regardless Of the Arms Confer
ence decisions.