Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-14
FAILING TO GET AID,
RENNER MUST QUIT
OFFICE, HE ASSERTS
Austrian Chancellor in Paris
Pleads for People Fac
ing Starvation.

| PARIS. December I3.-Failure of
DR.. Karl Renner. chancellor of the
Austrian republic, to obtain immedi-
ate aid from the peace conference for
i his nation. represented as being on
, the verge of starvation, will force his
resignation from the head of the Aus
trian ministry. DR.. Renner told the
Associated Press in the course of an
! Interview today.
! Il cannot leave Paris empty-handed.
l must go back with the assurance
! that my people will be fed or else re-
| declared. He said he was highly
pleased with his reception by repre-
! sentatives in Paris of the allied gov
ernments. before whom he placed the
needs of his country.
DIR. Renner declared the question
! was not a political one, but involved
saving seven million human beings
| from starvation"
| The French government, it is de-
clared in authoritative circles, is
! favorable to some arrangement by
which relief can be given the Aus
trian people without delay.
Thinks No Longer Of German Union.
/ DR.. Renner said the Austrians had
/ ceased to think about union with Ger
! many and were ready to place them
! selves entirely in the hands of the al
| lies.
! at is a question of time" he said
| Austria may be likened unto a sick
man who is not permitted to call in a
single physician, but is obliged to de-
pend upon five acting together. One
! alone might arrive in time, but will all
i five be able to get together and to apply
! the proper remedy before the patient
! succumbs?
| whether Vienna has bread for Christ
mas depends upon, the answer to the
/ request made to Italy for the urgent
shipment of all she can spare.
Whether the whole of Austria is not
faced by famine by the middle of jan
| uary depends upon quick action by
the allied and associated powers.
! Sees U. s. Ambassador Wallace.
| Il have seen Mr.. Wallace (Hugh c..
| Wallace. the American ambassador
and told him as well as Secretary Du-
taSta and the reparations commission
that the question is not political one,
and that it can become political only
| if Austria is left in need by others
| and is obliged to seek help from Ger
many.
| THE policy of my government is
! based on absolute loyalty to complete
execution of the treaty of st. Germain,
but in order to carry it out we must
| be tided over the painful crisis in
which we find ourselves and be given
I the wherewhat to get to work
i 1T is the long delay in putting the
treaty in effect that is running u.s. The
| treaty is bad enough, but we are en-
/ tirely resigned to it and are ready to
work out the problems it presents
/ Offers MonOpOIies.
| I'VE offer the allies a monopoly in
| tobacco and in the development and
exploitation of immense resources in
! waterpower that could provide a sort
| of power station for all central Eu-
rope. The Danube river alone in the
vicinity of Vienna can furnish a mil
| lion horsepower and in the mountain
| regions two million more"
! 1t is pointed out that while Chan
| cellor Renner treats the question
apart from politics. an immensely i'm
portant political issue is involved in
depend such close economic relations
with Austria on the part of the allies
as will dispose of the danger of Ger
man agitation for annexation of Aus
tria.
In view of the urgency of the need
for relief it has been proposed that
Austria be loaned all that can be
spared from the food stocks now in
Europe, in order to prevent the loss
of time required in bringing supplies
from the United States.
Austria Would Elect Hoover.
DR.. Renner appears to count largely
on America for aid Dr. Schiller, for
eign trade minister, together with the
chancellor. told the Associated Press
that the Austrians had acquired the
habit of looking TO the United States
for help, and that the name of Her
bert Hoover, former head of the inter
allied relief organization, has become
a family byword. They said if Mr.
i Hoover could have been candidate
for president of the Austrian repub-
lie he would have been elected by a
tremendous majority. although the
peoples information about him is
limited to the subject of American
bread which they received through his
lagency.