Word: rhineland
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...Locarno signifies for Germany her return as a great power. The Locarno Conference was not ideally complete in its labors, but it was distinctly a step in the right direction for Germany and the world. I have every confidence the concessions promised us in the Rhineland will be granted. The German people cannot afford to reject the pact...
...Rhineland Security Treaty consists of ten articles, and opens with the following preamble: President of the Republic of France, the President of the Reich, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy?anxious to satisfy the desire for security and protection which animates the peoples upon whom fell the scourge of the War of 1914-1918; taking note of the abrogation of the treaties for the neutralization of Belgium, and conscious...
...shall be taken against a treaty-violating power. Heavy emphasis is laid upon the principle that advisement shall first be taken if possible with the Council of the League. But in the event of a sudden "flagrant" hostile act, such as a rush by Germany or France upon the Rhineland, each guaranteeing power "undertakes immediately to come to the help of the party against whom such a violation or breach has been directed as soon as the said power has been able to satisfy itself that this violation constitutes an unprovoked act of aggression...
...London Times erupted into exclamations for once: "No more invasions of Belgium! No more devastation of French territory! No new occupation of the Ruhr! No new attempts to foster separatist movements in the Rhineland! It seems almost incredible we should have escaped from that series of nightmares, yet this solemn pledge intends nothing less. The spectre that held the peoples of France, Belgium and Germany in perpetual fear has been exorcised, at any rate for a period in which the will of the present generation may operate...
...with the procedure of Herr Stresemann and Dr. Luther in initialing the Locarno treaties (see INTERNATIONAL). Immediately thereafter the Foreign Relations Committee of the Reichstag indicated that no opposition to the treaties need bo feared from the Central or Socialist parties, since Herr Stresemann had declared before it: "The Rhineland treaty contains nothing but renunciation of all aggressive attacks . . . and does not interfere with the self-determination of peoples or with any other kind of peaceful development. . . . The text of the initialed treaties is not subject to alteration and must be taken or left as it stands...