The main points of the treaty otherwise are as have already been reported, except in regard to Article XVLof the Covenant, in which connexion it is stated that a draft col lective Note will be presented to Germany propounding as the inter-Dretation of this Article that the obligations mean that each member of the League shall be bound. to ce-operate to support the Covenant} and resist any act of aggression extent compatible with its military situation and geographical Position.
The subordinate treaties, to which Poland and Czecho-Slovakia are parties, provide that if Germany fails to observe the provisions of the arbitration treaty and couples this failure with resort to war the parties shall reciprocally] help each other. "as Oct. 20, Mr, Stanley Baldwin and the whole Cabinet to-day welcomed Mr. Austen! Chamberlain at Victoria Station upon his return from Locarno,. His Majesty was represented by the Earl: of Cromer. The French and Gore man Ambassadors and most of ths diplomats were present—Reuter.
Paris, Oct. 16, The Cabinet to-day unanimously approved the Locarno Pact and congratulated M. Briand.
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