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CHAPTER 8

• GERMANY'S INTERNATIONAL POSITION, 1924-28

THE LOCARNO PACT, 1925:

• October 1925
• Attended by Germany, France, USA, Great Britain and Italy
• The Locarno Pact is made up of the Rhineland Pact and the Arbitration Treaties.
• The Locarno Pact was signed by all powers in London on December 1st, 1925.
• Under the Rhineland Pact:
• Germany, France and Belgium promised to respect the western frontier
• Germany agreed to keep its troops out of the Rhineland
• Britain and Italy promised to aid Germany, France or Belgium if any of them were attacked by their neighbours
• Under the Arbitration Treaties:
• Germany agreed with France, Belgium, Poland and Czechoslovakia that any dispute between them would be settled by a conciliation committee
• France signed the treaties of 'mutual guarantee' with Poland and Czechoslovakia which ensured that Germany would not break the above agreement

THE TREATY OF RAPALLO, 1922:

• April 1922
• The Treaty of Rapallo settled on the following terms:
• Germany and Russia were to resume trade and economic cooperation
• Restoration of diplomatic relations
• Claims for compensation for war damage were dropped
• Germany were able to develop new weapons and train pilots in Russia

THE TREATY OF BERLIN, 1926:

• April 1926
• The renewal of the Treaty of Rapallo
• This treaty added only added one extra agreement -> That Germany would remain neutral if Russia was involved in a war, as long as Russia were not the aggressor

KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT, 1928

• Signed with Germany, France and the USA
• An international agreement under which the states would voluntarily agree to stop the use of wars to resolve disputes
• The pact had symbolic importance but it didn't have an enforcement mechanism which limited its effectiveness