Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-26


Vienna, April 25.-American readers
will be surprised to hear a differeht
tune from this city which ~ the nome
of confirmed starvationists than that
of moaning md complaining, although
| am not In position To announce 'nae
a meteor of pure gold has fallen from
out of the air into Vienna. deposithR
an eirratic chunk of that desirable metal
in tho former metropolis of the liaps-
burgs.
Nothing Of the kind has hnppehed
and the Austrian Exchange ia still wait
ing for "a redeemer who VIII manhge
that one can get In Zurich. Switzer-
land-whero in 1914 The Austrian Krone
was worth little more than SWISS
E'rane-for one hundred AuHtith
Kronen at least little more thai
80 of one Swiss Franc.
That which | have To report In not
n remarkable but n very natural and
gratifying matter The Auatrians nave
at last realized that all pleadinga with
their former enemies will not avail ana
that the favor OF tho French Minister.
who endea vora 30 prevent Austria from
attaching herself 20 Germany Try the
promise of assdstance in the way OF
credits rs worth no more than the dia=
favor of the British Premier. who i8
Indifferent whether Vienna remains an
independent capital city on wishes 10
become the second largest city of Ger
many after Berlin. In other w0fds,
Austriana have become tired waiting
for help which never comes and are
determined to make hearty effort IN
tho direction of self help.
For the last two years Austria has
been fed up with promises by the EN-
tcnte powers Every two months new
project for Austria salvation pops up
ia ono ofthe Allied cities. Ono com
mission after another is sent t0 Vienna
10 survey the situation and each com
mission studies Austrian misery so
thoroughty-and. Of course. at Austria's
expenae-that the Austrian Minister Of
Finance could have fed tens Of thou
sands of starving Vienna school children
for years with the money that those
commlasiona have cost The news
papers Of the Entente accompany each
of these projects with chorus Of
triumph and after a few weeks or
months tho entire project disappears
| but tho proiectant usually remains IN
| Vienna leading gay life NJ the *
pense of the Austrian budget
Austria Considered Herself saved"
sir william Goodo. chief of the Brlt-
ish Delegation of The Vienna Repara-
ton Commission took hiss tnak Some
what more seriously The plan which
| had been worked out hy him waa that
| the Entente Governments should lend
| to Austria $50 millions If French
| francs in tho nature Of a long term
| Austria considered herself saved Sir
/ William Goodo loft for London md n
| time We heard from there that tbs
| have anything to do with the proIoci
have anything to do with the pro jcctf
of its delegations.
At the Paris Allied Conference Lloyc
| George repeated his refusal and now ths
| French Minister for Keparation. Mr.
| touchour. came forward with a new
| plan. According to his plan an In
| ternational Syndicate Of banks to fur.
nish tho necessary money for Austria
| French and Italian nnaneiers deelaree
| themselves ready provided that EnglisF
banks would cooperate. but in Londor
| Mr. Loucheur learned that the British
| banks considered as impossible am
private credit for Austria without Gov
| ornmental guarantees. So the gam'
starts anew.
The Austrians now find that the situ
alton has lasted entirely too long L
well informed circles they have cor
| cludcd il will be no misfortune II tn
| Loucheur project results in nothing Il
the same circles il Is well known Mr.
I.oucheur is in close business connection
with Baron Veitschberger one of tn