EVENTS IN AUSTRIA
BRITAIN WATCHING. SERIOUS NOTE STRUCK. QUESTION IN COMMONS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON. March 3. In the House of Commons on the adjournment, to-day, Mr Arthur Henderson raised the question of the Aus-tro-Gcnnan agreement, declaring that the issues were most serious. It was secret diplomacy at its worst. 'the House of Commons would not have objected if Dr Kurt Schuschnigg voluntarily had decided to take the measures, but there had been suggestions that Dr Schuschnigg was confronted with an ultimatum. The Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain), replying, explained that the Geneva Protocol of 1922 referred only to Austrian economic and financial engagements. He added that the opinion already given was based on the advice of legal advisers. Mr Chamberlain said that because the Chancellors had agreed that the changes were desirable for mutual relations, one of them had not necessarily alienated his independence. Dr Schuschnigg’s speech on February 24 emphasised that he did not consider be bad yielded up independence. “It is at present too early to estimate the effects of the agreement,” Mr Chamberlain added. The Government would continue to watch events in Austria with the closest attention.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 81, 4 March 1938, Page 7
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