WESTERN UNION PACT EXPECTED TOMORROW
(Rec. 12.30 p.m.) BRUSSELS. March 11
The delegates of Britain. France and the Benelux countries announced that they expected to complete a 50-year military, political ami economic pact Lor Western Union tomorrow. . They are awaiting instructions from some Governments on one or two minor points . They hope to hold their final meeting tomorrow.
The Associated Press correspondent says the pact commits the signatories unequivocally to the Western ideas of democracy and groups them into a great sphere of mutual profit and development,- including the world’s greatest colonial possessions. The British United Press correspondent says that the mutual aid clause calls for automatic military assistance in the event of aggression. It is believed it has been worded loosely to enable the insertion of more specific clauses later. x The Reuter correrspondent says that conference circles said the pact would be signed at Brussels at the end of March.
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