LOCARNO TREATY
INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE XVI. ACCEPTED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT (British Official Wireless) (Received 26th May, 12.5 p.m.) RUGBY, 25th May. Referring in a Parliamentary answer to th«* term? of the collective note addressed to the German Government at Locarno in 1925, in which the signatories stated that the obligations resulting from Article XVI. of the League Covenant must be understood to mean that each member of the League was bound to co-operate loyally and effectively in support of the Covenant and in resistance to any act of aggression to an extent which was compatible with its military situation and taking its geographical position into account, the Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) stated that His Majesty’s Government would abide by that inerpretation.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 May 1936, Page 5
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