International Relations

• Locarno Treaties (1925)

  Germany, France and Belgium agreed to respect post-Versailles borders

  Germany accepted loss of Alsace-Lorraine to France

  No more Ruhr invasions

  German frontiers in the east remained negotiable in the future
• League of Nations (1926)

  Locarno Treaties proved acceptance of Versailles settlement

  Germany was accepted as a permanent member

  Gained more international power
• Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)

  1/62 countries that signed up

  Committed signatories to settling disputes peacefully
• Positives

  Accepted into an international community that sought to work to avoid destructive war

  Maintained good relations across Europe 
• Negatives

  The Great Depression occurred after the Wall Street Crash, so ethos of cooperation and peace was short lived