A SHOCK TO AUSTRIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17730, 15 March 1921, Page 5

A SHOCK TO AUSTRIA.

DEMAND FOR LIVESTOCK. PLEA FOR POSTPONEMENT. (Received 1.5 a.m.) Renter. VTENNA. March 13. A sudden and peremptory demand by the Austrian section of the Reparation Commission for the delivery of milch cows and live stock to Italy, Yugoslavia and Rumania, has created amazement and indignation. The Vienna press de- j nounces such action, and declares that | if the demand is enforced the present appalling high rate of infant mortality will certainly be increased. Dr. Resch, Minister for Social affairs, says that the fulfilment of the demand is absolutely impossible. He states that negotiations are proceeding for an indefinite postponement of the clauses of the Treaty of St. Germain, providing for the delivery of live stock. DELEGATION IN LONDON. SYMPATHETIC HEARING. A. and N.Z. LONDON, March 13. At a meeting of the SupTeme Council, Herr Mayr, head of the Austrian delegation, described the economic difficulties j under which his country laboured, and ! pleaded for a comprehensive scheme of i 1 assistance. ' j Mr. Lloyd George expressed his sym- ' 1 pathy with Austria, and invited the dele- ' gates, together with financial experts, to i meet Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor | ! of the Exchequer. ' i As the outcome of a later conference, i ! Allied experts promised to present to \ j their respective Governments suggestions i ! for providing effective assistance for j ! Austria. | —