Word: austro
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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...
German Surprise, In Berlin approval and surprise were general at how thoroughly Dr. Curtius and Dr. Schober have worked out the details of their Zollverein. So far as trade is concerned the Austro-German frontier would be wiped from...
...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...
Monsignor Seipel opposes Anschluss be cause Germany is so thoroughly Protestant that in a United Austro-German state the Catholic Party would not hold that balance of power which it now holds in Austria. There is bad blood between Dr. Schober and Monsignor Seipel. It was not by accident that the Foreign Minister waited to spring his surprise until the Monsignor, ailing with pleurisy and dia betes, had gone to Switzerland...
...Austro-Hungarian Empire," Professor Arts, Harvard...