German Security Pact Proposal
Germany proposes a western security pact guaranteeing its frontiers with France and Belgium as a basis for European reconciliation.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
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Gustav Stresemann Biography and Timeline
Follow Gustav Stresemann through 63 dated historical records for Germany.
Gustav Stresemann, historical timeline
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1925
Western Security Note Drafted
Stresemann helps frame Germany's proposal for a pact guaranteeing the western frontiers with France and Belgium.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
League Membership Linked to Security Settlement
Stresemann treats improved western security and Germany's admission to the League as connected diplomatic objectives.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Western Frontier Guarantee Accepted in Principle
Stresemann accepts the principle of guaranteeing Germany's western frontiers while avoiding a comparable territorial guarantee in the east.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Eastern Arbitration Approach Developed
Germany favors arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia rather than guaranteeing its eastern frontiers.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
First Day German Security Position Presented
Stresemann presents Germany's security priorities as the conference begins formal negotiations.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German Delegation at Locarno
Germany's security proposals culminate in the Locarno treaties.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Locarno Conference Opens for Germany
Germany's security pact proposals result in the Locarno treaties.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Locarno Negotiations
Seven agreements are negotiated at Locarno during October 1925.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Article One Western Territorial Status Quo
Article One guarantees the territorial status quo on Germany's frontiers with France and Belgium.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Article Three Peaceful Settlement Requirement
Article Three requires unresolved German disputes with France and Belgium to be settled through peaceful procedures.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Articles Forty Two and Forty Three Protected
The main pact guarantees observance of Versailles Articles 42 and 43 governing the demilitarized Rhineland.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German Acceptance of Franco-Belgian Western Borders
Stresemann accepts a treaty guaranteeing Germany's existing western boundaries with France and Belgium.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German Acceptance of Rhineland Demilitarization Guarantee
Germany accepts that the Locarno guarantee also covers the Versailles provisions governing the demilitarized Rhineland.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German Approval of Czechoslovak Arbitration Treaty
Stresemann agrees to a separate Czechoslovak dispute procedure based on conciliation and adjudication without guaranteeing the eastern frontier.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German Approval of Peaceful Dispute Settlement
Stresemann accepts compulsory peaceful procedures for disputes with France and Belgium that diplomacy cannot settle.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German Approval of Polish Arbitration Treaty
The German delegation accepts a bilateral mechanism sending unresolved Polish-German legal disputes to arbitration or judicial settlement.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Judicial Decision for Legal Disputes
Disputes involving conflicting claims of legal rights are to be submitted for judicial decision.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Legitimate Defence Exception Defined
The pact permits legitimate defence against aggression or an immediately dangerous flagrant breach of the Rhineland demilitarization clauses.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Stresemann Initials Locarno Final Protocol
Stresemann initials the final protocol and accepts the package of western guarantees and arbitration agreements.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Locarno Opens Germany's League Path
Locarno helps clear the diplomatic path for Germany's eventual admission to the League of Nations.
Role range: 1923-1929
Stresemann Meets Briand on Franco-German Security
Stresemann and Briand negotiate the balance between French security and Germany's return to diplomatic equality.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Stresemann Meets Chamberlain on Guarantee Terms
Stresemann discusses with Chamberlain how Britain can guarantee the western settlement without guaranteeing Germany's eastern borders.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Reichstag Approval of Locarno Treaties
The Reichstag approves the Locarno treaties, allowing the German government to proceed toward ratification.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Formal London Signature of Locarno Agreements
Stresemann signs the Locarno agreements in London at the formal ceremony on 1 December 1925.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
London Locarno Signing
The Locarno agreements are formally signed in London.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Belgian Arbitration Convention
Belgium and Germany establish their own Locarno arbitration procedure.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Belgian Frontier Confirmed
Locarno leaves the German-Belgian boundary fixed on the Versailles line.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Belgian Non-Aggression
The Belgian element of Locarno binds Germany against initiating war on Belgium, apart from self-defence.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
British Guarantee
Britain assumes responsibility for guaranteeing the Rhineland security arrangement.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Czechoslovak Arbitration Treaty
A further treaty provides arbitration for disputes between Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Demilitarized Zone
The Rhineland Pact confirms the demilitarized zone attached to Germany's western settlement.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Five-Power Mutual Guarantee
Germany, France and Belgium accept non-aggression obligations while Britain and Italy become guarantors of the western settlement.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Flagrant Breach Guarantee
Britain and Italy may intervene without waiting for a League ruling after a flagrant treaty breach.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Four Arbitration Agreements
Germany accepts arbitration agreements with France and Belgium and arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
French Arbitration Convention
A separate convention creates an arbitration route for German disputes with France.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
French Frontier Confirmed
Germany accepts the Versailles-defined western boundary with France within the Rhineland settlement.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
French Non-Aggression
France receives a parallel German undertaking at Locarno limiting resort to war to defensive circumstances.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
German French Belgian Non-Aggression
Germany agrees not to attack France or Belgium except in the limited circumstances allowed by the Rhineland Pact.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
Italian Guarantee
Italy joins the external guarantee mechanism backing the Rhineland Pact.
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1923-1929
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