in 1924, the prime minister stanley baldwin gave chamberlain the job of foreign secretary, working with important people from other countries. in 1925. at this time, france and germany were arguing about war reparations, money paid by the germans to the countries that won the first world war. many people were worried that war might start again. chamberlain met with gustav stresemann, the german foreign secretary. together with aristide briand, they signed the locarno pact, an never to use the military to solve problems again. for this, all three men won the nobel peace prize, chamberlain in 1925, briand and stresemann in 1926.