Word: austria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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French Surprise, What France most dreads is Anschluss, a political union of Austria and Germany. Next to that she dreads the formation of an Austro-German Zollverein or "customs union," which was precisely what the two Teutons proposed last week. To bar the possibility of Anschluss or Zollverein, Frenchmen inserted in the Treaty of St. Germain, which beaten Austria signed in 1919, this clause (Part III, Article...
...independence of Austria is inalienable otherwise than with the consent of the said Council of the League of Nations.* Consequently Austria undertakes in the absence of the consent of the said Council to abstain from any act which might directly or indirectly or by any means whatever compromise her independence, particularly, and until her admission to membership in the League of Nations,* by participation in the affairs of another power...
Reason: Great Britain is at present negotiating bilateral customs agreements between herself and six European nations. Thus, in effect, Britain is doing sixfold what Germany and Austria want...
...example, Italian goods shipped into Austria, across Austria and on into Ger many would pay duty once (upon entering the Austro-German customs union) and no more, although crossing two political frontiers. Money collected by customs houses around the perimeter of the Zollverein would be pooled, then divided between the Austrian and German treasuries, under a proportional agreement. Since German customs receipts are already pledged under the Young Plan, the question of proportion is a nice...
German goods would enter Austria duty free, and vice versa; but exceptions would be made to protect such government monopolies as matches. Finally what the two smart Teutons "really want" is this: Dr. Curtius wants Zollverein as a prelude to Anschluss, the fond political dream of Germans; and Dr. Schober wants to break an opening in the "Chinese Wall" of tariffs which surrounds Austria today, strangling her industries and national life...