NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE Security Pact, so far as it applies to the eastern frontier of France, is ready for signature. Although we do not yet .know exactly how the Pact is worded, it is good news in itself that there is this obvious will to agree. Time, we must admit, has indeed brought. its revenges when we hear of France taking the lead in pressing Germany into the League of Nations. The special correspondent of the Morning Post at Locarno, in a message published on Wednesday, said that M. Briand had declared. that he would not leave the place until the Western Pact had been signed. Germany's objection to entering the League without conditions have been over- come in a very ingenious way. The signatories of the Pact declare that they cannot give Germany a dispensa- tion from Article XVI. of the Covenant since the League itself is ;the sole authority but that they each and all recognize that the extent to which any member of the League bound is necessarily limited by the material Means and the geographical position bf that " member. germany seems to be satisfied by this " Gentlemen's agreement.",
