LOCARNO CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 October 1925, Page 3

LOCARNO CONFERENCE.

[Australia A- N.Z. Cable Association.] WASHINGTON, October ID. Considerations ot vital importance, regarding foreign relations, and the international policy of the American Government, have arisen in connection with the l.oearno Treaty. Responsible diplomatic quarters arc convinced that President (Yiulidgc is wrung in his belie! that the l.oearno negotiations will promote the project of another Arms Conference at Washington. They believe that, ike European leaders deliberately and determinedly plau t" deny Preside!!; ('uoiidge’s hope to lead the world towards tax reduction through international action. The Aiu-rii .111 D'-moerats seek a .iu-titii ation

ol Europe's 'attitude, declaring that the Cnited States should he in the League ol .Nations. Europe has waited patiently long enough for Washington to make a nviv and i' now justified in proceeding without the Cnited States. ’I he general belie! i-, that it i' the spirit, not t lie place <u Disarmament Conference that matters, and also ogreentenfs lor small armies, tewe r aeroplanes, and lower submarines. I hey are positive that tin* purpose of Europe is to force the Cnited States to seek membership of the League of Nations and to parthipate in a Disarmament ( n.'ilei cnee abroad. I here is a feeling also that Europe will scoff at the impatience ’of American adherence in a World Court. President, Coolnlge's partisans are unwilling in aek itow ledge that the agreement will have a pm-Wilsou diVcl. A debate on tic world's (mill schedules will come tie fore the Senate in December next. press comment. LONDON. On. 20.

I’lie diplomat ie w riters in Britain have not yet had time fully lo ninth-c the Pact and the Treaties, which ot - •■Up.) over live columns ol the 1 .Morning Post.” hut tile text appeals lo be generally well received. The “Daily Telegraph" stresses the tmint that Britain retains the full right to judge wliel her an act. lias been commilted calling lor British 1u i erven t iott. The paper's diploma tie cor respondent. discussing "Tile Pact's Alain Structural Defect." asks lam the remaining members of the League could hope to restrain four or live powers already at Witr in the event of the League Coutiil deciding against them. The “Daily Telegraph" Mates: “The responsibility undertaken by Britain is no longer one from which -lie need shrink. hearing in mind how vitally the peace of the (.'out incut concerned

The "Morning Post" regards the Pact as the best guarantee yet devised to maintain the ponce nf Europe. IM! INSSEI.S. Oct. 2il. King Albert has telegraphed from Bombay as follows; ■ • Profoundly happy at the conclusion of the Pact.'' Mr Yandervclde, Belgian Premier, n an i n Id-view . ,-a id : ' 'One ol I lie greatest results is that Germany voluntarily recognises that the status quo is no longer a strap of paper, hut a moral engagement, the villain which will have formidahie consequences to anyone tempted to commit such a crime. The second great l lung; is that we have Britain's guarantee, i n' which we have been striving since 1919.” A AIL RICAN CHAGRIN. LONDON, Del. 2o l ie. "Morning Bust's" w ell-iiilortiieil Washington correspondent says it is not iliflidili. to dele t if chagrin that the major agreement, vas reached at l.oearno. without I’nile(| States being even represented as a rieud of Europe. This eollte.s in the ltn- : tire ot a sh" ; k. It is fell that thr l.oearno Agreement lias leagued former belligerents lot the proleelieit of their u t crest s. where they clash with those ;:| America. The correspondent points nit America's strung a.leaning.' in • irt.nnliy controlling the world - ' cxehiilige... v. It ieh henceforth will 1.-, the biggest factor in political, and economic' rel.lt.on A II j ,f Mr ('oolitlge -ays it i- now lor Euroj'e to accept tlie Presid.-tit's disarmament conference. or let if die through 'unction, bur if held at Geneva, or elsewhere under the Longue's auspices Cnited States could not participate. Ihe "iirrespondeiil gathers that a large bodv of opinion regards ah-tdition as unworthy of America. OBVERSE VIEW*. LONDON. Oct. 20. While .M. Briand. according to a Paris correspondent, told an interviowit. was for Soviet Russia to come to u arrangetnent similar to Locarno, and lie was only too anxious to return to Locarno on such an occasion. Krits--ing. according to a Moscow correspondent. described the Security Pact as a oca ns of drawing Germany into the qilierc of anti-Soviet policy and presenting her rapprochement with Russia. VICTORY OF PEACE. PARIS'. October 211. .Mr Austen ('lotniberlain. addressing i.he newspaper men, said the only vietore won at l.oearno was the victory it peace over war. The etiniereiiee succeeded because nobody had impose.l iis own particular conditions. 'I he remits achieved were important because , hey brought nearer European seeuritv and general disarmament. A eottierenee ttt connection with dt'urmauieiit would now he called much sotui>r than autietpated. Ihe Locum.> a''fee im* 111-s would he reeotdetl m lustorv a- a decisive step towards world uca'ee. Ever since lie had been Eoreigu Minister, lie realised lliat Europe was livided into two camps, lacking a ocaec! ill at niospliere. 11 that ' onunued. it might, in a lew years, have brought a catastrophe worse than the Great War. Air Chamberlain "'as glad the inittnti\e of the Locarno Conference mine ii'iitn Germany. It reflected the great-e-L credit on Dr Sti'eseninim's and Herr Luther's wisdom. 'I he ret oiteilta:ioii ol the Euronean peoples with the .Allies and enemies ol yesterday could only he based "it a stronger AngloFrench Entente and absolute confidence. leading to an enduring Irietulship. eloseiy himlmg the Governments iml l'..'oples. erknch comment. HARIS. Get. 20. j The “Petit Paristen" 'ttys the most t exacting critics must he satisfied witlt j Hie results of the Locarno Conference. The “Elbe do Pari'" says complexity ,n,| contradictions in the agreement. ■re the disquieting possibility that the Anglo-French defensive accords no L>nexists. “Le .lournal Gaulois’ says the Entente Cordiale is reborn and is again the pivot of the European equilibrium. BERLIN. Got. 20.

The “Tagolicho Rundschau” says the German conception triumphed completely and a peaceful revision of the Versailles Treaty is not altogether out of the question. “Germania” says the Locarno Conlerome lias proved Germany is again regarded as a world power. The “Berliner Tageblatt’ says the western pact is the Magna Charta of the life of European nations. Never before has Great Britain so bound herself. “Yorwaerts” says the idea ’of a lasting peace is realised. I lie “Diploiaat i sell Pnlitisclie" correspondent, which is the official mouth-piece of the Government emphasises the importance of Article 20 of the Arbitration Treaties, which in its opinion makes almost all provisions of the Versailles Treaty subject to arbitration. Even the Nationalist journals acknowlege much has been achieved at Locarno, though they condemn the details of the treaties,