FUTURE STATUS OF AUSTRIA
DRAMATIC MOVE BY FRANCE
EFFORTS TO COUNTER OTHER ACTIVITIES United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 18. 11.45 p.m.) LONDON, January 18. The diplomatic correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph” says: “The French Government has made a startling more on the diplomatic chess-board.-in connection with the international status of Austria. She proposes that Austria, like Switzerland, be recognised by the Powers, as perpetually neutral, this being guaranteed.
if possible, by the League of Nations.” Secret pourparlers on the subject are now proceeding with a view to averting the dreaded political union of Germany and Austria, or the economic union of Austria and Italy.
“The Daily Telegraph” points out that Austria, unlike Switzerland, is not self-contained economically, and possesses no easily defensible strategic frontiers. It is unlikely Italy and Germany will acquiesce in the plan, which even the realistically-minded French statesmen regard as Utopian.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19394, 19 January 1933, Page 9
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147FUTURE STATUS OF AUSTRIA Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19394, 19 January 1933, Page 9
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