Word: pact
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President let it be known that he would think favorably of calling an Arms Reduction Conference if a security pact is successfully made in Europe this summer...
...treaty between France and Germany for the maintenance of the territorial status quo between them (TIME, Mar. 16 et seq., INTERNATIONAL). Lord Balfour for the Conservatives, Lord Oxford and Lord Grey for the Liberals, and Lord Haldane for the Laborites gave their blessings to what is called the peace pact...
...Washington eight-hour working day convention, negotiated at Washington in 1919. The convention does not become operative for France until Germany ratifies, but M. Durafour, Minister of Labor, promised the good officers of the Government to hasten Germany's action. Four years have already passed since the pact became effective (July...
...without the consent of the Parliaments concerned. Britain, through Chamberlain, reaffirmed her willingness to place her armed forces at the disposal of the nation defending an attack (i. e., Germany or France). She reiterated the condition that Germany must become a member of the League before the Four Power Pact could come into effect. She pointed out that the treaty would be drawn up within the stipulations of the League Covenant. This means that, if France wishes to send an armed force across...
...French, who at first thought that Britain was merely guaranteeing them against German aggression, cooled when they discovered that the suggested pact was a bilateral affair, capable of being used against them. But the fact that the might of the British Commonwealth would have to be confronted by an aggressor was a factor too important to be ignored. The French agreed; and an answer to the original German proposals was prepared for dispatch to Berlin...