11 JULY 1925, Page 10

The French Note to Berlin regarding the Security Pact has

been considered in secret by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Reichstag, and Herr Stresemann's answer is said to be ready. The Deutsche Volkspartei, of which the Foreign Secretary is still recognized as leader, has made things no easier for him by publishing a statement of its policy and the conditions that it demands. The Nationalists, according to the Times correspondent in Berlin, are intent upon using the difficulties of the Government to push forward their own wishes upon the tariff legislation. We should deplore such tactics for Germany's sake as well as for Europe's. The business of the Pact is too important for it to be used for scoring points in Germany's internal politics.

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