Word: rhineland
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...seven treaties were cabled, certain of which were so nearly identical that the man in the street may rule-of-thumb them as three: 1) The Rhineland Security Treaty, among Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and Germany. 2) An Arbitration Treaty form, which was quadruplicated and signed as four separate treaties by Germany, respectively with France, Belgium, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia. 3) A form of Guarantee Treaty, duplicated and signed as two separate treaties by France, respectively with Poland and Czecho-Slovakia...
Looking over their shoulders, Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Minister of Britain, waved triumphantly to the cheering crowd. And Premier Mussolini, who had signed for Italy to indicate that she would join England in guaranteeing the peace of the Rhineland, appeared at the window for a moment...
...Rhineland security compact among Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy...
...Rhineland Pact, which is of course the key-treaty, contains a joint declaration by France and Germany that they will never go to war again, and that they will arbitrate all mutual disputes in perpetuity. All existing treaties are to remain unaffected. And Germany agrees to apply at once for admission to the League of Nations...
...Herr Stresemann, respectively the Foreign Ministers of Britain, France and Germany, set out last week with a host of lesser diplomats for the little village of Locarno, Switzerland, to try to negotiate a security pact which has as its essence the definite guaranteeing of the peace of the Rhineland. Their chances of success and the form which the fruits of their negotiations would take were contrarily predicted as follows...