Word: zollverein
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Centre of their attack was the projected Austro-German Zollverein or customs union, which Frenchmen suspect, probably accurately, is only a first step toward a complete Austro-German political union (TIME, March 30, April 6). Anti-Briandists insisted that as Foreign Minister he should have foreseen, should have prevented the announcement of the Zollverein. Deputy Georges Scapini, always potent in argument because of the sympathy aroused by his War blindness, cried for a greater show of force, a firmer foreign policy. M. Franklin-Bouillon introduced a motion: "Resolved: That for five years M. Briand has constantly been mistaken...
...president-elect of France or not, he would take train once more to sit in his accustomed seat on the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva. And he delivered a telling blast at the critics who blamed him for doing nothing to stop the Austro-German Zollverein...
Finally the President reached the crux of his oration, his protest against the attempt of Germany and Austria to form a zollverein (customs union), leading perhaps to anschluss (political union) of two of the firmest foes of France (TIME, March 30; April...
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...
...anger and in haste Boss Seipel rushed back to Vienna. Certainly if he recovers his health, if he exerts all his might to prevent the Zollverein he can do so?for a time. But the diplomacy of the two smart Teutons is for the long pull. By blowing up a trial balloon last week so tremendous that it overshadowed Europe, they turned the dream of Austro-German union into something concrete, something Austro-German public opinion can be educated to demand forcibly...