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Show GERMANY ACCEPTS FULL PEACE PACT LOCARNO AGREEMENT APPROVED APPROV-ED BY REICHSTAG; VOTE STANDS 300 TO 174 Question of Joining World Alliance of Nations Carries by Large Majority; Major-ity; Entry to League of Nations Na-tions Is Approved Berlin. The reichstag has accepted the Locarno peace pacts fully. On the third reading of the bill permitting per-mitting the government to sign the treaties of London, the parliament passed the resolution. This was the upshot of a fight, regarded re-garded as sure to fail, engineered by nationalists and communists against the measure on the ground largely that the pacts did not give sufficient reciprocity to Germany, while they allegedly al-legedly voluntarily confirmed Germany's Ger-many's previous acceptance of the Versailles treaty. The vote was 300 to 174. The reichstag also approved the concomitant measure providing for Germany's entry into the league of nations. The application for admission admis-sion is scheduled to be made soon. The vote on the league question was 278 to 183. After the votes on article 1 and 2, authorizing signing and league entry, the reichstag accepted the entire Locarno Lo-carno bill, 291 to 174. Berlin. Charges made in French newspapers that lack of interest in the Locarno pact was evidenced by the United States in its abstention from participation in the Locarno conference con-ference are combatted by the Diplo-matisch Diplo-matisch Politisch Korrespondenz, which sometimes reflects the view of the German foreign office. The newspaper news-paper says the United States, by a deliberate, definite plan is combatting Balkanization of the European continent conti-nent and attempting to strengthen the principle that international conflict con-flict must be avoided as ruinous, not only to the combatants, but to the whole continent of Europe. While the United States did not openly participate partici-pate at Locarno, the paper says, that country undoubtedly influenced the deliberations along these lines. After the Locarno question, the reichstag will be confronted with lively live-ly debate over the claims of the Hohenzollerns for hundreds of millions mil-lions of marks for their estates, art treasures, crown silver and other objects ob-jects of value seized when Germany became a republic. In political circles cir-cles it is asserted the one time reigning reign-ing family is evincing a disposition to demand its pound of flesh, notwithstanding notwith-standing the country's poverty. The Hohenzollerns thus far have won every case they have brought in the. courts for the return of disputed lands or art objects. Ancient documents docu-ments purporting to show personal ownership by the Hohenzollerns were introduced. The former holdings of the Hohenzollerns, Hohen-zollerns, according to the contention of the Prussian state, came to them by virtue of their being kings and therefore with the abolition of the monarchy reverted to the state. The judges, before whom the cases have been heard, have rejected this contention. con-tention. There is considerable speculation whether if an agreement was reached to settle with the one-time emperor on a cash basis it would be possible to pay in gold without endangering the stability of Germany's exchange. |