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...Chamberlain, M. Briand and 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...
...early last week, attempted to inject a denial of her War guilt and a request for the evacuation of Cologne by the Allies into her acceptance of the Allied invitation to Locarno. She was promptly squelched by diplomatic reprimands from Allies, and is coming to the conference anyway. But, Stresemann should insist on introducing either of these matters at the conference, matters might go to smash on that alone*2) Although Germany is apparently not heeding Russia's menacing suggestions that she had best keep away from a Locarno pact (see RUSSIA) , she cannot but be . influenced...
...last Tchitcherin broke away from them and cornered Foreign Minister Stresemann; he talked and talked to him all afternoon, all night, until two in the morning of the day when Stresemann was to leave for Locarno...
Last week, Oct. 5 was definitely set as the date on which representatives of Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia will meet with Foreign Minister Stresemann and Chancellor Luther of Germany, to discuss regional agreements (TIME, Sept. 21) intended to guarantee the Rhine and Eastern frontiers of the Reich. It was announced that Austen Chamberlain and M. Briand will represent Britain and France; but that the opening of the general council of the Facist party at Rome, also on Oct. 5, will prevent Signor Mussolini from being present...
German Attitude. From the time that Foreign Minister Stresemann received the Allies' invitation to the conference, (TIME, Sept. 21) the German nationalists have been staging a terrific anti-conference demonstration, for internal political effect. It has been clear from the first that Germany could not refuse the invitation of the Allies, and that it was to her advantage to accept. But nationalists continued to howl that Germany had been "insulted by being commanded* to appear" and that Minister Stresemann must not go. Finally President von Hindenburg asserted himself at a Cabinet session last week and squelched Dr. Schiele, Minister...