Word: austria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...where the Austrian Government had by no means decided to accept him as persona grata. Ignorant or careless of diplomacy's rigid code, Chancellor Hitler had committed the unheard of blunder of dispatching an envoy without the prior consent of the nation to which he is accredited. This left Austria free to administer a stinging snub which would make Adolf Hitler the laughing stock of Europe. In Vienna it was said that Benito Mussolini was strongly urging Austria to snub Der Führer...
Italy. Il Duce to the acting Austrian Chancellor, Prince von Starhemberg: "The independence of Austria has been and will be defended by Italy...
Belgium. Because Prince von Starhemberg comes of Austria's bluest blood and has always been considered a Legitimist, the pompous little Court of ex-Austrian Empress Zita in Steenockerzeel Castle near Louvain buzzed with a fury of preparation to pack off her handsome son Archduke Otto to Vienna as "Emperor" at the first opportunity. Sympathizing with Otto but anxious lest Belgium vex the Great Powers, King Leopold ordered every Belgian airfield watched. Officially the Belgian Government informed Zita's Court that she and her son are free to go, but only publicly. For years France bitterly opposed a Habsburg restoration...
...Having commended in our prayers the soul of this most beloved man to the clemencies of God, we implore heaven to grant true peace to the Catholic nation of Austria and we bestow upon it and upon you the Apostolic blessing in the fullness of our good will...
These odd charges involved the alleged acceptance of bribes by the renowned and ancient University of Graz in Austria. A onetime mayor of Diisseldorf was also accused of having wangled favors from the Prussian Ministry of Public Welfare by presenting 100 lottery tickets and 100 bottles of wine to Minister Hirtsiefer. In the Press these charges were reported as facts, played up as horrible examples of corruption to be expected from politicians of the German Republic now replaced by the honest officials of the Third Reich...