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Locarno Pact
Locarno Pact 1925, concluded at a conference held at Locarno, Switzerland, by representatives of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. The request of Gustav Stresemann for a mutual guarantee of the Rhineland met with the approval of Aristide Briand ; under the leadership of Briand, Stresemann, and Austen Chamberlain , a series of treaties of mutual guarantee and arbitration were signed. In the major treaty the powers individually and collectively guaranteed the common boundaries of Belgium, France, and Germany as specified in the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. Germany signed treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia, agreeing to change the eastern borders of Germany by arbitration only. Germany also signed arbitration treaties with France and Belgium, and mutual defense pacts against possible German aggression were concluded between France and Poland and France and Czechoslovakia. As an adjunct, Germany was promised entry into the League of Nations. The "spirit of Locarno" symbolized hopes for an era of international peace and goodwill. In 1936, denouncing the Locarno Pact, Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland. |
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"Locarno Pact." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Locarno Pact." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-LocarnoP.html "Locarno Pact." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-LocarnoP.html |
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Locarno, Treaties of
Locarno, Treaties of (1925) A series of international agreements discussed in October 1925, and signed in December, which greatly stabilized Europe. In the main agreement, Germany recognized its frontier with France and Belgium as specified in the Treaty of Versailles, along with the demilitarized status of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the UK and Italy. Meanwhile, Germany agreed with Poland and Czechoslovakia that, although it did not regard its borders with them as settled, it would not seek to revise them by force. France also signed treaties of mutual guarantee with Poland and Czechoslovakia. In return for its pledges, Germany was admitted to the League of Nations as a permanent member of its council. The main figures at the Locarno Conference were Austen Chamberlain, Gustav Stresemann, and Aristide Briand, the latter two receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of the treaty in 1926.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Locarno, Treaties of." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Locarno, Treaties of." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-LocarnoTreatiesof.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Locarno, Treaties of." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-LocarnoTreatiesof.html |
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Locarno, Treaties of
Locarno, Treaties of (1 December 1925) A series of international agreements drawn up in Locarno, a health resort in Switzerland at the north end of Lake Maggiore. Their object was to ease tension by guaranteeing the common boundaries of Germany, Belgium, and France as specified in the VERSAILLES PEACE SETTLEMENT in 1919. Gustav Stresemann, as German Foreign Minister, refused to accept Germany's eastern frontier with Poland and Czechoslovakia as unalterable, but agreed that alteration must come peacefully. In the ‘spirit of Locarno’ Germany was invited to join the LEAGUE OF NATIONS. In 1936, denouncing the principal Locarno treaty, HITLER sent his troops into the demilitarized Rhineland; in 1938 he annexed the SUDETENLAND in Czechoslovakia, and in 1939 invaded Poland.
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"Locarno, Treaties of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Locarno, Treaties of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-LocarnoTreatiesof.html "Locarno, Treaties of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-LocarnoTreatiesof.html |
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Locarno, treaties of
Locarno, treaties of, 1925. These treaties (1 December 1925) briefly raised hopes that Europe was at last settling down after the First World War. They confirmed the inviolability of the frontiers between France, Belgium, and Germany, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. Britain, intent on European peace and security at the lowest cost to herself, refused to make any engagements to reinforce French commitments in eastern Europe. German entry to the League of Nations followed in 1926, while the key negotiators— Briand (France), Stresemann (Germany), and Austen Chamberlain (Britain)—continued to meet at the ‘Geneva tea-parties’ (1926–9). Locarno was at best a form of ‘limited détente’.
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JOHN CANNON. "Locarno, treaties of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Locarno, treaties of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Locarnotreatiesof.html JOHN CANNON. "Locarno, treaties of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Locarnotreatiesof.html |
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Locarno Pact
Locarno Pact (1925) Group of international agreements that attempted to solve problems of European security outstanding since the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. The pact established Germany's w borders and enabled Germany to enter the League of Nations. Adolf Hitler's violations of the Treaty of Versailles disturbed the general peace established at Locarno.
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"Locarno Pact." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Locarno Pact." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LocarnoPact.html "Locarno Pact." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LocarnoPact.html |
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Locarno, treaties of
Locarno, treaties of, 1925. These treaties (1 December 1925) briefly raised hopes that Europe was at last settling down after the First World War. They confirmed the inviolability of the frontiers between France, Belgium, and Germany, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. German entry to the League of Nations followed in 1926.
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JOHN CANNON. "Locarno, treaties of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Locarno, treaties of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Locarnotreatiesof.html JOHN CANNON. "Locarno, treaties of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Locarnotreatiesof.html |
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