Word: curtius
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...surprise last week on the rest of Europe. They were promptly accused of trying to break the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of St. Germain and that other "sacred bond," the Geneva Convention of 1922. "Ach, not so! No such thing!" protested both protagonists in the surprise: Dr. Julius Curtius, German Foreign Minister, and Dr. Johann Schober, Austrian Foreign Minister...
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...
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...
Austrian Surprise. The announcement by Dr. Curtius in Berlin and by Dr. Schober in Vienna of their agreement last week probably surprised more than any one else Austria's boss-politician?beak-nosed Monsignor Ignaz Seipel, onetime Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Christian-Socialist (Catholic) party...
Should the German Government attempt to postpone the "non-postponable" one-third, this would be a step on the road to repudiation, a step which Dr. Curtius in effect promised that Germany will not take when he said last week, "We shall not tear up the plan...