Word: locarno
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Locarno Treaties Signed...
...grandstand, for the press. Above and over all, the unearthly white-green glare of mercury-vapor arcs. Conspicuous upon a red-draped raised platform, several uncouth persons in sweaters or shirt- sleeves, cranking unceasingly at cinema cameras. Such was the setting, dramatic and bizarre, amid which the famed Locarno Treaties* were signed at London last week...
Speaking in French, the official language of the assembly, Sir Austen first read a greeting from King George, and then lauded extempore the now familiar "spirit of Locarno."Mr. Baldwin, ever at ease, tilted back his chair and hooked his thumbs in the sleeveholes of his vest. One by one, the plenipotentiaries rose and spoke for a moment on the great step toward peace they were about to take...
...dashed into script." Mr. Baldwin signed "easily and casually." Sir Austen, however, created practically a sensation by "taking off the monocle, without which he is never seen . . . adjusting a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles and signing with a golden quill-pen presented to him by the British delegation to Locarno." Signor Scialoja signed with "an ordinary quill...
...conclusion, the Chancellor reiterated his solemn promise (TIME, Nov. 26) that the Cabinet would resign as soon as the Locarno Pacts should be signed at London, in order that President von Hindenburg may secure the formation of a new and, it is hoped, a stronger Government than the present one. It was only by making this promise that Dr. Luther secured the Socialists' votes for the Treaties. They of course hope to be well represented in the new Cabinet...