PEACE OF EUROPE.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20909, 17 July 1933, Page 9

PEACE OF EUROPE.

FOUR POWER PACT SIGNED. (Received July 16, 7.15 p.m.) ROME, July 15. Signor Mussolini and the ambassadors of Great Britain, Germany, and France have signed the Four Power Pact. The Four Power Pact was proposed by Signor Mussolini several months ago, and was designed to ensure peace in Europe for some years. Because the question of the revision of treaties was mentioned in it, France's allies, the Little Entente and Poland, threw their weight against it, and the original draft has been revised considerably. Nothing is known of the present form of the pact, but early in June it was reported that its main provisions were as follows: (1) The high contracting parties agree that all questions among them shall be brought within the orbit of the League of Nations, to ensure an effective policy of collaboration for the maintenance of peace. (2) The parties agree to examine, with a view to their eventual application, articles 10, 16, and 19 of the Convention of the League, dealing with treaty revision, etc., through the regular organs of the league. (3) The parties accept the British plan as a basis of disarmament Germany recognises that she cannot reach equality except by stages in conformity with the covenant. (4) The parties agree to consult each other on all questions, especially on those dealing with the economic restoration of Europe.