AUSTRO-GERMAN TRADE TREATY DENOUNCED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 89, 24 March 1931, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMAN TRADE TREATY DENOUNCED

DIPLOMATIC PROTESTS AGAINST UNION '

FRENCH FEELING IS BITTER APPEAL TO BRITAIN Press Association. —Copyright. (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) BERLIN, March 23. The Nationalists hail the AustroGerman Customs union as the first step to complete union, but Government circles emphasise that it is not of a political character, and claim that, it does not involve a violation of the Peace Treaty or the Protocol. It is estimated the union will extend Germany's internal market by 10 per cent., and thus be a tonic to industry. (Reed. 9 a.m.) VIENNA, March 23. France, Italy and Czecho-Slovakia have diplomatically protested against the Austro-German union, on the ground that it infringes the Geneva Protocol of October 4, 1922. (Reed. 9 a.m.) PARIS. March 23. The newspapers almost unanimously express alarm and resentment,, and condemn the negotiations. At a time when the stability and peace of Europe hang in the balance, the* newspaper "L'Oeuvre" asks why Britain does not join in the protests on hopes that Mr. Arthur Henderson will join M. Briand in notifying Austria of Britain's astonishment at the way it proposes to break international agreements.