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...between Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany (TIME, Mar. 16). The offer tacitly agreed to abandon any claim to Alsace and Lorraine, and was in the nature of a frank recognition of the status quo. The Eastern frontier (i.e., the German-Polish-Czecho-Slovakian boundary) was specifically left for final settlement through arbitration...
Plank. In a speech in the House of Commons, Mr. Chamberlain outlined the attitude of the British Government to the German proposals. Summed up, the British Government regarded them as the beginnings of a political settlement on the Continent, as a substitution of a peace imposed by victors for a peace of amity and understanding...
...continental supremacy. On the other hand, they were cynical of making any paper agreement with Germany, pointing to the fate of the Treaty of London guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium. After making the reservations that Germany must become a member of the League of Nations, must make a satisfactory settlement regarding the infringements of the military clauses of the Versailles Treaty, must guarantee Poland's borders, France...
Door. Matters had gone too far for retraction - the door stood wide open for negotiations. Ball. The ball of a European political settlement was in motion. Not even the most skeptical observers could deny that matters of great historical significance were a-rolling...
...dispute between Poland and Danzig, called the "Mail Box Dispute" (TIME, Feb. 23), was referred for settlement to a special session of the World Court...