Word: austria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rome, Jan. 3--Complete agreement guaranteeing Austrian independence was arranged at the Foreign Office at 8 p.m. tonight by France, Italy, and Austria...
...Austria was expected to make reservations to the agreement on the grounds that her independence already is presupposed by the Treaty of St. Germain, at the close of the World War, whereby Austria is recognized as a sovereign, independent state...
...next few months are of immense significance to Europe's peace of mind. Will France remain on the gold standard? Will she avoid the perils of Fascism? Will Germans be satisfied with "Ersatz" food and clothing? Will Hitler, in the event of popular endorsement in the Saar, consent to Austria's independence? These questions are but the most pressing at the moment. In their settlement lies the future of modern Europe...
...warmest winter resort in Switzerland") went as his guests the leaders of vaguely Fascist groups in France, the Netherlands, the Irish Free State, Rumania, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland. No delegate showed up to represent Adolf Hitler. Moreover, two of II Duce's most ardent foreign disciples, Austria's Prince Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg and Britain's Sir Oswald Mosley, also stayed away. At Fascist Headquarters in Rome hangs a full-length portrait of Sir Oswald - the only foreign Fascist so honored. His absence from Montreux last week amounted to notice from II Duce...
...Furtwangler's job with the Berlin State Opera. In exchange Vienna wanted Furtwangler but the German conductor excused himself on the grounds of ill-health and exhaustion. The real reason seemed to be that Germany had refused him permission to leave the Reich. The Vienna appointment went to Austria's famed Felix Weingartner...