Locarno Pact

/ ləʊˈkɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936 Also calledTreaties of Locarno

Example Sentences

On the morning of March 7, thirty thousand German troops had rolled into the demilitarized Rhineland, in open defiance of both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact to which Germany was a signatory.

From Literature

Germany's excuse for remilitarizing the Rhineland remained her contention that France and Russia, by concluding a mutual assistance treaty, violated and thereby voided the Locarno Pact under which remilitarization of the Rhineland is barred as it is also barred under the Treaty of Versailles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German charge that the Franco-Soviet mutual assistance treaty violates the Locarno Pact is adjudicated by the Permanent Court for International Justice at The Hague.

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The Locarno Pact, which he held in such high respect, stipulated that Germany would arbitrate or conciliate any border disputes in Western Europe.

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After luncheon and a total of three hours in which Germany's friends had time to telephone Berlin and attempt in London their most hectic wangles, the question whether Germany is guilty of violating the Locarno Pact was for the first time formally voted on by the League Council.

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