BELGIUM DELIGHTED
BRITAIN’S PROTECTION SECURED Received Oct. 20, 9.35 p.m. BRUSSELS, Oct. 20. King Albert telegraphed from Bombay: "Profoundly happy conclusion of Pact.” M. Vandervelde, interviewed, said: One of the greatest results is that Germany voluntarily recognises that the status quo is no longer a mere 'scrap of paper,’ but a moral engagement, violation of which would have formidable consequences to anyone tempted to commit such a crime. The second great thing is that we have Britain’s guarantee, for which we have been striving since 1919. The "Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent, discussing the "Pact’s main structural defect,” asks how the remaining member of the League could hope to restrain four or five Powers already at war in tho event of the League Council deciding against them. The "Daily Telegraph” states: "The responsibility undertaken by Britain is no longer one from which she need shrink, bearing in mind how vitally the peace of the Continent concerns us. ’ ’ The "Morning Post” regards the Pact as the best guarantee yet devised to maintain peace in Europe.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19434, 21 October 1925, Page 7
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