1 MARCH 1935, Page 1

The three pacts under consideration in Europe—the so-called Air Locarno,

the Eastern EuroPean Pact and the Danubian Pact—will need a good deal of dOve- tailing, butif they can be 'carried through and co-ordinated as they should be thebenefit to the continent as a whole will be great. The hardest task, of course, will be to reconcile German and Russian ideas regarding the Eastern Pact. If British Ministers can achieve that they will deserve general applause and it will not be denied them.