ITALO-AUSTRIA CRISIS

Grey River Argus, 27 February 1928, Page 5

ITALO-AUSTRIA CRISIS

VIENNESE MINISTER Recalled by Mussolini ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF GERMANS IN THE TYROL. LONDON, February 26. The St Gothard machine gun parts, which were the cause of International trouble, were sold as ’ scrap iron for £6O. The purchasers agreed to the requst of the Hungarian State Railways not to remove the lots, pending the League of Nations enquiry. A storm is blowing up between Austria and Italy. A fierce controversy culminated in a debate in the Austrian Chamber when the Tyrol members with unanimous approval indicted, in a lengthy address, the Italian Administrator of the Southern Tyrol, in which there arc 209,000 Germans. They made amazing allegation* of tn* l il - treatment of German women,

as men, breaking up of homes, and a denial of free speech. Seipel said the state of . affairs weighed wi. his heart, but Austria must roly on the opinion of the world, for she is powerless. A “CAMPAIGN OF LIES.” ROME. February 25. The Giona D’ltala says that Mussolini has decided to recall the Italian Minister from Vienna. In the meantime two deputies presented the question in the Chamber, wherein an allusion was made to a campaign of lies in responsible quarters of Austria