THE SECURITY PACT.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1925, Page 2

THE SECURITY PACT.

WHAT BRITAIN OFARANTKKS. >[ Australia A N.Z. ( able Association. ] GENEVA. June s’. Mr Austen Chamberlain British Foreign Minister) has confirmed the report of the complete Anglo-1* renelt agreement being reached regarding tit-’ security pact, but he rclit-es to di-cuss the details. Me said that the agreement would be embodied in a Note, whit h Fram e would -end to Cermany. in reply to the hitter's Fact proposals. The Note, which would go as a French replv. wa- couched ttt the most iriendly cimnouns terms, and it ought to lead to successful negotiation. Mr Chamberlain said that there is nothing in the agreement that is likely to cause Boland ally disquiet. I’AHIS. June 8. 'll.e Havas Press Agency’s (lonova convspondeut claims that hi* has been authorised to declare that Air A. Chamberlain and Al. liriaml have reached a definite agreement in connection with the security question, under which agreement Britain undertakes to | guarantee the Rhino frontier, as fixed j by the Versailles Treaty, with her entire naval, military and air tones, in the event of the Hermans violating the territorial, or military clauses relating thereto. Thi- guarantee does not extend to tlie Iroe.uers ot ( zeeiio-Slovak-ia or Poland, which remain under the protection ol the League ol Nations, but, in tlie event of manifest nggre--shut against France's Ka.-tcru Allies, the agreement authorises Frame to use the demilitarised Rhino zone a- a field of operations for the purpose ol aiding her attacked ally. It has also been agreed that Ocrtranv cannot he admitted to the League of Nations until she has signed the seeuritv pact, entirely conforming to the conditions enumerated. LONDON. -I uto- !>. A careful review ol the messages from the must reliable London correspondents at demon, and of the euiements of the diploinaiie writers, suggest that .judgment should he withheld regarding the Geneva developments, until tlie terms ol the French Note to Berlin have been published. It is considered unlikely that ilia note will lie of such a nature that in the equally unlikely event of Germany'- immediate and unqualified aei epianee- Britain. Frame and Belgium would be fully i i.iiiiinlted to it-' terms. On the contrary, the Note is likely to result in prolonged negotiations, and obviously the final plan must he approved by the Parliaments concerned, a- well as the Dominions.

One diplomatic, correspondent emphasises that Britain has mi lar given no absolutely binding pledges, hut has been content to. make a tentative oiler, accompanied by practical suggestions, subject to tlie endorsement of the Empire as a whole. So lar tile terms ol the agreement between Air ( hamherlain and M. Briamt are concerned, the Ministers have jointly received presrepresentatives, hut while stressing their hope for a most favourable issue, they have resolutely ret used to discuss the propoal that it was not customary to discuss the contents of a note until it has reached its destination. .Meantime the " Daily Express" states: "The Rhine now becomes a British frontier. This i- a sensational and a historic change in British policy. The "Daily Herald’s” diplomatic (onvsp indent tails the agremetit "a blood pact." Uther paper- withhold their comment . (IKK.MAN ABM AMENTS. . LONDON. .June 8. The report of the inter-Allied Commission of Control, which formed l lie basis of last Friday’s note to Germany has been published. Ihe hulk of tlm German infract i,,n-. of the Peace Treaty are em'iodi-d in the note. Ti.c rei'ori enlarges mi tie ri-i-t a nee and obstruction on the part ol the German military authorities. and it charges them with dissimulation, notable in regard to the military training of the youths, and the secret possession of surplus war material and armaments, LONDON. .1 tine P.

The "Times's" aeronautical expert points out tluit. clearly, the German nation are rapidly being educated to believe that their future is hound lip in aerial development. and that by tiiis means they will eventually recover llteir former position in the world. Already air lines radiate from Berlin in all direct ions, extending German inllttenee far into Eastern Europe and towards Asia. The eoi respondent draws attention to the sporting flying in Germany, which, he says, cannot he ignored in calculating Germany’s air power. This recovery may have a peaceful purpose, but it is also providing Germany with a strong reserve of pilots, and manv