LOCARNO TREATY

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 47, 19 November 1925, Page 9

LOCARNO TREATY

MOTION FOR BRITISH RATIFICATION LABOUR PARTY TO MOVE AMENDMENT DIVISION IN SOCIALISTS’ RANKS The Labour Party in the House of Commons has decided to move an amendment to the motion in favour of the ratification of the Locarno Treaty expressing regret that it does not contain a definite provision regarding disarmament. The party, however, is sharply divided on the merits of the .pact, and some members dispay hostility to Mr. MacDonald, whom they deerh has succumbed to social influences. Br Telegraph—Pbess association. Copybight.

(Rec. November 18, 7.15 p.m.) London, November 17. The Labour Party has decided to move an amendment to Mr. Chamberlain’s simple motion in favour of rati- 1 fying the Locarno Treaty at to-morrow’s debate in the House of Commons. The amendment says: “While agreeing to the ratification and expressing satisfaction at the impending entry of Germany into the League and the improvement in international relations evinced at Locarno, the House is of opinion that the real test of the treaty depends upon whether it is followed by disarmament, and regrets that it does not contain a definite provision in that respect.” The House is further invited to express the view that the treaty should be followed by positive steps’to secure the adhesion of Russia to the League and its participation in European agreements.— Reuter.

SOCIALIST PARTY DIVIDED HOSTILITY TO LEADER London, November 17. The “Daily Express’s” political correspondent reveals the significance of two Labour amendments tabled regarding the Locarno Pact. Yesterday’s meeting of the Socialist -Party was sharply divided on the merits of the Pact. One-section, including Mr. Lansburv and Miss, Wilkinson, was uncompromisingly hostile to Mr. MacDonald and aimed at removing the leaders, who they deemed had succumbed to social influences. This section proposed an amendment roundly condemning the Pact, though it was really less a protest against the Government than against Mr. MacDonald’s acceptance of the Pact. After a heated discussion Mr. Ponsonby, on behalf of the majority, proposed to table the official amendment cabled, but the mutineers refused to withdraw, so conflicting resolutions appear on the order paper, one condemning and the other approving the Pact.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

LIBERAL AMENDMENT (Rec. November 18, 11.5 p.m.) London, November 17. A Liberal amendment to the Locarno Pact motion mentions regret that the Pact was negotiated without securing the consultation and consent of the Dominions. The amendment, however, is not likelv to be reached.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. x TREATY APPROVED BY GERMAN CABINET BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN EUROPE Berlin, November 17. The Cabinet has authorised Herr Stresemann to draft Bills to give effect to the Locarno Treaties. The Bills will be submitted for the approval of the Federal Premiers on Thursday. Subse-

quently they will be submitted to the Reichstag.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. November 18, 7.15 p.m.) Berlin, November 17. The Cabinet’s decision regarding the Locarno treaties indicates that the Government and President approve of the Locarno agreement, and intend to sign it on December, 1, which the Federal Premiers and the Reichstag will certainly sanction. The. Government is convinced that the Locarno Treaty signifies the beginning of a new political era in Europe. On the contrary, the .newspapers do not enthuse over what they term the alleviations in Rhineland. Nationalist journals point out that the Allied Notes do not mention the regime in the Sarre region, the revision of the Rhineland agreement, and the restrictions on German civil aviation. —Reuter. OCCUPATION ALLEVIATIONS DECIDED ON BY ALLIES (Rec. November 18, 11.5 p.m.) London, November 17. M. Briand, in a note on behalf of the Allied Ambassadors, issued from the Foreign Office, declares that the Allied Governments, in recognition of Germany’s desire to conform with the demands, have resolved to intioduce into the occupation all the alleviations compatible with the Peace Treaty. ' Large measures of amnesty would be granted, and the number’of troops in occupation considerably reduced. Measures would be taken to facilitate the full exercise of German administration in the occupied territory. -The Allies had decided to proceed with the evacuation of Cologne as speedily as possible. It is expected this will be carried out mostly bv January 31, and entirely by February 20.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

JUNKER PLOT TO PREVENT PACT’S SIGNATURE (Rec. November 18, 11.25 p.m.) London, November 17. The "Daily News” Berlin correspondent states that the authorities have discovered a junker plot, hatched at a secret meeting on Sunday, planning that armed patriots east of the Elbe should march on Berlin and forcibly dissolve the Reichstag and establish l dictatorship with a view to preventing the Pact’s signature. The authorities have doubled Herr Stresemann’s police guard, and are preparing to round up the plotters.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. AMBASSADORS’ CONFERENCE german representative INVITED TO SEAT (Rec. November 19, 1.5 a.m.) Paris, November 17. On Mr. Chamberlain’s suggestion, Herr Von Hosch, the German Ambassador in Paris, has been invited to a seat at the Ambassadors’ conference.— Sydney “Sun” Cable.