Word: locarno
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus, with his nerves jangling and raw after the adjournment of the League without admitting Germany (TIME, March 29), Sir Austen Chamberlain, the erstwhile "hero of Locarno" (TIME, Nov. 2 et seq.), returned to hear the jibe that "he strangled the Locarno peace dove with his own hands."* Cheerlessly Sir Austen sought his home. Two days' rest were vouchsafed to him. He slept, thumbed the recently published Intimate Papers of Colonel House for relaxation, and drafted with a vitriolic pen his "speech of accounting" to the House of Commons...
...common agreement [TIME, March 29] the Germans and ourselves hold fast to Locarno. We are resolved to maintain the agreement and maintain its spirit. The danger that that newly begun work of reconciliation should be interrupted or broken down has been averted...
...Because the Locarno Pacts do not come into effect until Germany enters the League; and because Sir Austen is suspected of having secretly promised Premier Briand to help "pack" the League Council against Germany. As everyone knows, the ensuing squabble over Council seats resulted in the breakdown of the League session specially called to admit Germany and the postponement of the whole matter until the regular September League session...
Action. After the breakdown of the main proceedings the following highly important action was taken before the delegates returned home: The Germans agreed to leave their application for membership before the League instead of withdrawing it. The signatories of the Locarno Pacts signed and issued a communique...
...seven powers who signed the protocol of Locarno regret not to be able at this moment to reach the goal which they had in view; but they are happy to recognize that the work of peace which they realized at Locarno, and which exists in all its value and all its force, remains intact...