TREATY OF LOCARNO.

HC Deb 07 April 1938 vol 334 cc535-6W

Captain McEwen

asked the Prime Minister whether the provisions of the Treaty of Locarno are still held to be binding upon all the signatory Powers?

Mr. Butler

The German Government declared on the 7th March, 1936, that Germany regarded herself as no longer bound by the Five-Power Locarno Treaty which she considered as dissolved. This did not, however, affect the obligationsinter se of the other parties to the treaty, which were reaffirmed in the Arrangement drawn up in London on 19th March, 1936. The position of Belgium was subsequently modified by the joint communication addressed to the Belgian Government on 24th April last in which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the French Government declared that they considered Belgium released from all obligations towards them resulting from the Treaty of Locarno and the Arrangements of 19th March, 1936. The obligations of this country and of France towards Belgium and of this country towards France under the treaty remain unaffected.