1925
Belgian Arbitration Convention
Belgium and Germany establish their own Locarno arbitration procedure.
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Belgium and Germany establish their own Locarno arbitration procedure.
Locarno leaves the German-Belgian boundary fixed on the Versailles line.
The Belgian element of Locarno binds Germany against initiating war on Belgium, apart from self-defence.
Britain assumes responsibility for guaranteeing the Rhineland security arrangement.
A further treaty provides arbitration for disputes between Germany and Czechoslovakia.
The Rhineland Pact confirms the demilitarized zone attached to Germany's western settlement.
Germany, France and Belgium accept non-aggression obligations while Britain and Italy become guarantors of the western settlement.
Britain and Italy may intervene without waiting for a League ruling after a flagrant treaty breach.
Germany accepts arbitration agreements with France and Belgium and arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia.
A separate convention creates an arbitration route for German disputes with France.
Germany accepts the Versailles-defined western boundary with France within the Rhineland settlement.
France receives a parallel German undertaking at Locarno limiting resort to war to defensive circumstances.
Germany agrees not to attack France or Belgium except in the limited circumstances allowed by the Rhineland Pact.
Italy joins the external guarantee mechanism backing the Rhineland Pact.
The League Council is required to rule on alleged breaches of the guarantee treaty.
The League Council is central to investigating breaches and recommending action under the mutual guarantee system.
The pact defines how the League Council and guarantor powers should respond to treaty violations.
The Locarno settlement includes the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.
Locarno arbitration arrangements allow disputes to be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice.
Polish-German disputes are placed under an arbitration treaty.
The Treaty of Mutual Guarantee becomes widely known as the Rhineland Pact.
The western settlement guarantees the Franco-German and Belgian-German frontiers and the Rhineland demilitarized zone.
The mutual guarantee settlement permits force only in legitimate self-defence.
The Locarno settlement consists of seven negotiated agreements.
The Locarno settlement confirms the continuing force of Versailles Articles 42 and 43 concerning the demilitarized Rhineland.
Locarno confirms Germany's western frontiers created by the Versailles settlement.
The settlement guarantees Germany's western boundaries with France and Belgium as fixed under the Versailles system.
Luther supports linking the settlement with terms acceptable to Germany as a future League member.
Stresemann and Briand negotiate the balance between French security and Germany's return to diplomatic equality.
Stresemann discusses with Chamberlain how Britain can guarantee the western settlement without guaranteeing Germany's eastern borders.
Luther arrives with Stresemann and the German delegation for the security conference in Locarno.
Stresemann presents Germany's security priorities as the conference begins formal negotiations.
Germany's security proposals culminate in the Locarno treaties.
Luther leads the German government delegation with Stresemann as the Locarno Conference opens.
Germany's security pact proposals result in the Locarno treaties.
Seven agreements are negotiated at Locarno during October 1925.
Article One guarantees the territorial status quo on Germany's frontiers with France and Belgium.
Article Three requires unresolved German disputes with France and Belgium to be settled through peaceful procedures.
The main pact guarantees observance of Versailles Articles 42 and 43 governing the demilitarized Rhineland.
Stresemann accepts a treaty guaranteeing Germany's existing western boundaries with France and Belgium.
Germany accepts that the Locarno guarantee also covers the Versailles provisions governing the demilitarized Rhineland.
Stresemann agrees to a separate Czechoslovak dispute procedure based on conciliation and adjudication without guaranteeing the eastern frontier.
Stresemann accepts compulsory peaceful procedures for disputes with France and Belgium that diplomacy cannot settle.
The German delegation accepts a bilateral mechanism sending unresolved Polish-German legal disputes to arbitration or judicial settlement.
Disputes involving conflicting claims of legal rights are to be submitted for judicial decision.
The pact permits legitimate defence against aggression or an immediately dangerous flagrant breach of the Rhineland demilitarization clauses.
Locarno helps clear the diplomatic path for Germany's eventual admission to the League of Nations.
Luther joins the other delegates in initialling the final protocol that links the Locarno agreements together.
Stresemann initials the final protocol and accepts the package of western guarantees and arbitration agreements.
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