Sept. 1 What Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British Foreign Secretary, smilingly described to a Reuter representative as "the last act" of the Locarno Pact was staged in the Secretary-General's room, when all the signa tories to the Pact deposited their ratifications, Representatives of all the seven nations concerned were' present. ° There were no speeches and [the proceedings, which lasted only 2 ten minutes, merely consisted in the representatives affixing their signatures and shaking hands.
The delegates will de: gratulatory telegram to the Mayor Lacarno—Reuter,
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