The Nobel Peace Prize for 1925 has been awarded to Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British. Foreign Secretary, and to General Charles Dawes, Vice-President of the United States.
The Peace Prize for 1926 has been awarded to M. Briand, the French Foreign Miaister, and to Dr. Strenemann, the Garman Foreign Ministe The awards were announced at a imposing ceremony attended by a nationally representative gathering, including the King and the Crown Dr. Nansen in a speech said that} ithe Dawes Plan first brought light to a very dark Europe after the War, while the initiative of Locarno came from Dr, Luther and Dr. Steesemann; and Sir Austen Chamberlain and M, Briand had contributed very largely to the conclusion of the Rhine Treaty, which intro-Jduced a new si the relations Jof the former adversaries, eliminate ing the Rhine as a cause of con-fliers in European polities.—Reuter, "Seal of Approbation on Work at Locarno"
London, Dec. 11.
Interviewed at Geneva yesterday fon the award to him, jointly with General Dawes, of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, Sir Austen Chamberlain expressed his appreciation of the honour because "It sets the seal of international approbation on the peace work done at Locarno." He added: "The representatives of seven Powers contributed to the results there obtained. The largest [share of whatever merit is claimed is due to M. Briand and Dr. Stresemann and it doubles my pleasure that in the awards my name is associated with theirs."
Di. Stresemann emphasized tis gratification at being the first German to whom the Peace Prize has lever been awarded and hoped the fu ture would justify the expectations lof the present.
M. Briand said: "For the past two years Sir Austen Chamberlain, Dr. Stresemann, myself and our colleagues have worked continuously to preserve the peace of Europe and the world, I hope show that the award
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