AUSTRIANS AND HUNGARIANS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 12 September 1921, Page 5

AUSTRIANS AND HUNGARIANS

A CRITICAL POSITION.

*V CABM-PRBSB ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT (Receded Sep. 12, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Sep. 10. Latest .reports state.that the Austro=Hungarian crisis has been rendered by Austria, withdrawing all the from Burgenland, and as -she is forbidden to send troops Austria ■ now declines to attempt to cope with the armed Hungarian insurgents, who . have spread over the old Austrian f ron----"tier-as far as Kirchschlag. In addition the position is complicated owing \-;to the Magyars still officially holding the capital of the province until Austria .pays certain alleged liabilities. /The militarist leaders have established v "themselves'there and are defying both] ■'the Allies and Austria: ' ■ ' Vienna reports express scepticism . regarding the Hungarian Government's -protestations that it is unable to control'the militarist leaders. The Austrian Government regards the' position as one calling for prompt Allied action, as • it is feared that the militarist success- . es will give a great ipetus to the,movement for the reinstatement -of ex-Em-jieror Karl, - .