Fufilment And Locarno

Question 1

What was the Locarno Pact?

Answer 1

Oct 1925
Western allies and Germany at a Swiss city anxious to resort German national position and avoid hostility between Britain and France
France initially resistant to attending
Rhineland pact
Arbitration treaties
Finally signed 1st December in London

Question 2

What was the Rhineland pact?

Answer 2

Germany , France and Belgium to respect the western frontier
Germany to keeps troops out of the Rhineland
Britain and Italy to aid Germany , France or Belgium if any are attacked by neighbours

Question 3

What are the arbitration treaties?

Answer 3

Germany agreed with France , Belgium, Poland and Czechoslovakia that disputes between them should be settled by a conciliation committee.
France signed treaties of “mutual guarantee” with Poland and Czechoslovakia ensuring Germany would not break the conciliation committee agreement.

Question 4

What were some of the positives and negatives ?

Answer 4

Germany recognised Versailles borders
No repeat of the Ruhr occupation Allied withdrawal
League of Nations permanent council members in 1926
Eastern borders not recognised

Question 5

What else was agreed? ( 4 )

Answer 5

1) Any conflict regarding the Western borders should be referred to the League of Nations
2) France couldn’t enter Germany if there was any dispute between Germany , Poland or Czechoslovakia
3) Locarno hailed as a major triumph in many quarters - first time Germany recognised borders and accepted the loss of Alsace - Lorraine to France and Belgium
4) French withdrew forces from Rhineland
5) Posiblity of eastern invasion - borders not recognised
6) Stresemann regarded Locarno as his greatest achievement and won noble peace prize