Le Conflit Germano-Polonais est-il soluble ?
The German-Polish – is it solvable?

Author(s): William Martin
Subject(s): Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Keywords: Germany' Eastern border:
Summary/Abstract: I do not need, at the beginning, to underline the importance of the problem which I am going to speak about. You all know like me that at Locarno, Germany formally recognized its western borders; the question of Alsace-Lorraine no longer exists either legally or even morally; the real center of international conflicting interests is the question of Germany's eastern borders; because if Germany has undertaken not to resort to force to modify them, it has not refrained from pursuing their modification by other means. This statement is of considerable importance and I believe that the press sometimes underestimates its importance. // But the fact that the Germans did not rule out the application of peaceful means, and in particular of article 19 of the Covenant, with a view to obtaining the modification of their eastern frontiers, has, for the international situation, serious consequences. disadvantages. The main thing is that, psychologically, Germany tends to demonstrate that the current situation is untenable, that the Treaties are "inapplicable", according to the terms of article 19 of the pact, and for this reason to make certain situations perhaps more difficult than they would naturally be.

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