This is indeed an important declaration. Mr. Angell naturally wished
to place M. Herriot's meaning beyond doubt. He asked him whether he simply meant that Germany was to be asked to join the League of Nations. M. Herriot replied :— " Not merely a member of the League. That is elementary. But I mean also that it shall be open to her to join this pact of mutual guarantee ; that we shall accord to her its protections if she will assume its obligations."
We suppose, as we see Mr. Angell does, that M. Herriot is taking as his model the Treaty of Mutual and Regional Guarantee that Lord Cecil spent so much labour in elaborating last year at Geneva. M. Herriot went on to assure Mr. Angell that not only he but General Nollet, his Minister for War, were " ready to stand by the principle of including Germany in this pact of guarantee."
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