THE SECURITY PACT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19505, 13 June 1925, Page 12

THE SECURITY PACT

FRENCH NOTE TO GERMANY COMMUNICATED TO BRUSSELS AND ROME. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, June 11. (Received June 12, at 7.20 p.m.) M. Briand lias communicated to Brussels and Rome the text of the French reply to Germany’s proposals _ for a Security Pact. If their approval is signified tho Note will bo sent to Berlin, probably early next week. Publication will quickly follow. —A. and N.Z. Cable. BRITAIN AND FRANCE. RELATIONS UNDER PACT. PARIS, Juno H. The newspapers emphasise London’s insistence on the bilateral character of the proposed security pact. The Echo de Paris, for example, declares that London wishes to make no difference between the absurd hypothesis of a French attack on Germany and the possibility of a German attack on France. There would It© no agreement between the British and French military staffs, and if Germany attacked France and Britain came to her aid later everything would have to be improvised similarly to 1914. — Reuter. ATTITUDE OF ITALY. ROME, Juno 11. _ According to II Messagero, Italy will not participate in tho pact because the Brenner alpine frontier is not included. The paper hints that Signor Mussolini will negotiate direct with Germany.—A. and N Z. Cable. AMERICA NOT A PARTY, WASHINGTON, June 11. Tho Government, through the State Department, has reiterated informally that it would not be party to the proposed European Security Pact, nor responsible fur it in any way.—A. and N.Z. Cable.