LOCARNO CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1925, Page 3

LOCARNO CONFERENCE.

[Australia & X.Z. Cable Association.]

AGREEMENT TERMS. PARIS. October 12

Arm nl in Li tj » inl'nrnuit ion trom a t French source, at Locarno, the German delegation ha- a-ked for lWelity-tour hours to consult Berlin before hnally assenting to Article Sixteen of the Covenant. D is stated an agreement is probably on the billowing basis: Germany t:> enter the League under ordinary conditions. hut to allay German anxieties ibe Allies will make a declaration investing in the Assembly of the League the sole right of interpreting tin- Covenant. and recognising that the contribution of any State called on to enforce the decision of the League m tinevent of war shall he proportionate to us means. LOCARNO. Oct. lib The German delegate. Herr Tvempnor. returned to Berlin by aeroplane to report to the Cabinet on the present position of the Conference; also to see President Hindenhurg who is keenly interested in the Conference. Herr Kempner is expected to return on Friday with the German Cabinets' views on the Arbitration Treaties and the Eastern Frontiers, to which attention is now being directed. Dr Stressman and Count Skryzinski had an hour's interview this morning. Tt is understood that Polish and Czeeho-Slavakian circles are convinced •i settlement vrjlj be rettehetl-.