“NEW ERA” FOR AUSTRIA

Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1930, Page 2

“NEW ERA” FOR AUSTRIA

. < VISIT OF THE CHANCELLOR. WARM RECEPTION BY THE KING. British Wireless. Rugby, May 3. Dr. Sehober, Austrian Chancellor, had a long talk with the King when he was received by His Majesty'at Windsor Castle to-day. lie was presented also to the Queen. This is the first official visit of an Austrian statesman to Windsor since the war. Dr. Sehober left London in the afternoon for Vienna. Among those on the platform at Victoria station were Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary, and Sir Robert Vansittart. Permanent Under-SeereUry for Foreign Affairs. T > Press representatives the Chancellor was enthusiastic about his welcome by the King and Queen, and expressed great satisfaction with the reception accorded him in official circles. He was specially. gratified with British hewspaper articles, being appreciative of his work as "political leader of Austria, being particularly impressed by 'the term "New Austria” frequently used by writers.. ■. ; . The Times, in a leading article, says that a new era may be said to have begun for the Austrian Republic with the successful conclusion of The Hague negotiations and of those just ended in Paris. Above all. the burden of the vague liabilities for reparation payments has been definitely removed from her shoulders. The Times recalls that towards the end of last year Mr Arthur Henderson made observations in Parliament J>out the semimilitary associations which hampered the constitutional development of Austria, and stated that the creditor countries which guaranteed the League loan to Austria, of whom Great Britain was one of the chief, could not be unmindful of the bearing of internal disturbances upon the contingent liabilities of foreign taxpayers. Doubtless, it says, Dr. Sehober has been able partly to reassure the British Government on this point. After recording the various internal reforms effected by the Chancellor The Times adds that those countries which he has visited seemed to have gained confidence in the policy of the Government for which Dr. Sehober is responsible.