5 OCTOBER 1925
The Security Pact Conference opens at Locarno, Switzerland, today.
The French Prime Minister, M. Painlevé, in a speech at Nîmes, declared that France’s foreign policy of “liberate and reconcile” was still her ideal, but in order that reconciliation in Europe should be possible, it must first be realised on the Rhine. Franco-German reconciliation was the cornerstone of European civilisation.
Spanish forces in Morocco have now taken possession of Ajdir, the former Riffi headquarters, and most of the territory around the Bay of Alhucemas; and the French troops have started a new offensive, which is proving successful, and which has been aided considerably by night air bombardments.
Representatives of the National Union of Railwaymen and the Railway Clerks’ Association are to meet the companies’ representatives to-day to deal with difficulties which have arisen in respect of the matters to be dealt with at the forthcoming meeting of the Central Wages Board. Mr C. T. Cramp, in a speech at Chester, said the railwaymen would shortly have to face a crisis of their own. He was proud to say that they rallied to the defence of the miners, and having helped others to secure the principle of maintaining at any rate the right to live, they would refuse, he was certain, to see their own standards unduly thrown down.
Members of the British Fascisti in the Merseyside area to the number of between 2000 and 3000 have decided to enrol as special constables in the Liverpool Police Force so that their services may be available in emergencies.