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...There is no great chance of a European war developing directly from the Austrian crisis," William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, predicted last night as he told an audience of 200 in Adams House that it is doubtful whether the Rome-Berlin axis can survive the strain Hitler's latest move has placed...
Pointing to the suppression of free speech and independent political parties, Professor Langer stated that Austria has been virtually a Fascist state since 1934. The question of "On whom shall she be dependent?" precipitated a deep-lying feud between Mussolini and Hitler, only glossed over by recent Italo-German amity, he said...
Chancellor Schuschnigg's "harebrained proposal for a plebiscite" either entitles him to go down to posterity as "one of the great asses of history," Professor Langer stated, or else indicates he was encouraged by some outside influence...
...traced the historical background of the Hitler coup, Professor Langer pointed out that the separation of Germany and Austria effected by the Versailles Treaty was a flagrant violation of the self-determination principle, dictated by France's fear of a reborn Germany. Eventual union was inevitable, he said...
William L. Langer, Coolidge Professor of History, will speak tonight on the present general European situation. The talk will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the Upper Common Room of Adams House and will follow the weekly House dinner...