Locarno and Kellogg-Briand Pacts
Locarno and the Kellogg-Briand PactDuring the 1920s the League was generally regarded as a success and the idea of Collective Security was widely accepted and the people of many countries took the League very seriously.
In 1925 the Locarno Pacts were signed. France, Germany and Belgium agreed to respect each other’s borders and Britain and Italy signed the pacts as guarantors.
There were also a series of agreements to settle border disputes between Germany, Poland and Czechoslolvakia.
Germany was admitted to the League of Nations and became the fifth Permanent Member of the Council.
In 1925 the Locarno Pacts were signed. France, Germany and Belgium agreed to respect each other’s borders and Britain and Italy signed the pacts as guarantors.
There were also a series of agreements to settle border disputes between Germany, Poland and Czechoslolvakia.
Germany was admitted to the League of Nations and became the fifth Permanent Member of the Council.
what did Locarno and Kellogg Briand accomplish together?
In 1926 Frank Kellogg, the US Secretary of State, put forward a plan for the renunciation of war. The idea was taken up by Aristide Briand, the French Foreign Minister and became the Kellogg-Briand Pact. It was signed by most countries in Paris in August 1928. The League adopted the Pact the following month. 15 nations (including USA, Germany and Russia)signed it. It denounced war as a method of solving disputes
Both Kellogg and Briand won noble peace prize for this .
(Kellogg-Brian Pact: saying that they would not go to war against each other)
Both Kellogg and Briand won noble peace prize for this .
(Kellogg-Brian Pact: saying that they would not go to war against each other)