AUSTRIA'S PLAINT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 11

AUSTRIA'S PLAINT

EE PLY FROM GERMANY VIENNA NOT SATISFIED APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE i DECISION OF MINISTERS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 2. 6.5 p.m.) BERLIN. Feb. 1 The German reply to Austria's throat to appeal to the League of Nations rejects the complaints and declares that the problem tannot be solved internationally. A message from Vienna says the Council of Ministers considered the German reply unsatisfactory and stated: " Wo will follow the path we are now driven to pursue." A cablegram from Geneva on January 22 stated: M. Pllugel, Austrian Minister in Switzerland, sounded Sir John Simon and M. Paul Boncour to-day regarding Germany's treatment of Austria. It is understood his reception was encouraging. There is some possibility of an appeal to the League, but everything will depend on Germany's answer to the Austrian Note. If the former givea an assurance that it will check the flood of arms, munitions, money and propaganda now flowing across the border the situation may improve. The Chancellor of Austria, Dr. Dollfuss, indicated in a sjx;ech to the Council of the Lower Austrian Peasants' Party on January 29 that Austria's patience had ended regarding the position with Germany. " Hitherto I have abstained from bringing the matter before the League of Nations," he said, " but recent events have compelled me to forsake my reserve."