Oct, 12.
A despateh from a French source at Locarno says that the German, Delegation asked for 24 hours to consult with Berlin before finally assenting to Article XVI of the Covenant.
It is stated that an agreement is possible on the following bases: that Germany enter the League under the ordinary conditions, but, to allay German anxieties, that the Allies make a declaration' investing the Assembly of the League with the jole right of interpreting the want and recognizing that the contribution of any State called upon to enforce decisions of the League in the event of war shall be proportionate to its mea Reuter.
Berlin, Oct. 9.
The newspapers do not share the optimism of the foreign press. They consider that the Security Conference has reached a deadlock and declare that success or failure depends on private conversations between the statesmen.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.