PEACE PRIZES
FOR SERVICES RENDERED AWARDS ANNOUNCED TRIBUTES TO STATESMEN GENERAL DAWES HONOURED ORIGINATOR OF REPARATIONS SCHEME By Telegraph—Per Press Abbd. —Copyright. Received Dec. 12, 9.45 p.m. OSLO, Dec. 10. The Nobel Peace Prize for 1925 has been awarded to Sir Austen Chamberlain and General Charles Dawes, of i America. Tho Peace Pribe »for 1926 ! has been awarded to M. Briand and I Dr. Strcscmann. i Tho awards were announced at an 1 imposing ceremony. There was a naI tional and representative gathering, ini eluding the King and Crown Prince. ; Dr. Nansen, in a speech, said tho I Dawes plan first brought light to the darkest Europe after the war, while the initiative of the Locarno Pact came from Dr. Luther, Dr Strcscmann, and Sir Austen Chamberlain. M. Briand, he said, had contributed most largely to the conclusion of the conclusion of the Rhine Treaty, which introduced a new spirit in the relations of former adversaries, eliminating the Rhine as the cause of conflicts in European politics.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19722, 13 December 1926, Page 9
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167PEACE PRIZES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19722, 13 December 1926, Page 9
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