New-York tribune., 1921-03-13
Austria Begs
Aid of Allies
To Avert Ruin
Little Encouragement Given
by Lloyd George, How
ever, Despite Story of
Wide spread Privations
From The Trfoune's Europear Bureau


LONDON, March 12.-Austrian dele
gates pleaded with the Supreme Coun-
Gil to-day for immediate aid for their
country. Chancellor AIayr, Of the
Vienna government; DR.. Ferdinand
Grimm, Minister Of Finance, and Food
Minister Gruenberger, told the Allied
leaders story of privation and star
walton, and insisted that unless i'm
mediate assistance were Forthcoming
Austria would be plunged so deep into
bankruptcy that she could never sur
vlve as nation.
Premier Lloyd George, who presided
at the Council meeting, listened SYM
pathetical]y to the Austrian pleas, but
told them that at present he could
hardly see how the Allied powers could
render the assistance asked. He pro-
posed further conferences on the sub
ject, but gave no encoura cement that
anything tangible would develop cut
Of them.
Sir William Goode, president Of the
Austrian section of the reparations
commission, discussing the signi-
ficance of the conference, said to The
Tribune correspondent:
Austria needs help badly. Food sup
piled by American and British relief
agencies has pulled the country
through the winter think that the
food on hand should last until May
or June. Therefore, the case Of the
individual in Austria is better than it
was q lew months ago-but the gov
eminent is in worse shape. The state
had budget deficit this year of A.
900 100000 crowns, or about s15,OO0,-
600 at the normal rate of exchange,
but 1T is staggering sum when com
puted in deprecated Austrian cur
rency.
Can Live if Helped
with aid from the outside Austria
can survive. She has resources snd
machinery and her people are willing
and anxious to work. In five wears. or
perhaps ten, Austria can take her place
rs self-sufficient nation. There is no
danger of Bolshevism. The food sent
70 austria by the relief agencies pre-
The Austrians offered a pitiful con-
trast to the delegates Of the other for.
oy one to London to meet the Allied
leaders and get q readjustment of the
burdens of peace. Germany, Bulgaria
ana turkey are all in far better condi-
uon than the Vienna government and
She Two Balkan states are almost as fit
as If they had won the war. The Turk.
long hailed as "the Sick Man" of Eu-
rope, has come back with punch and
me preliminary treaty that will be
signed IN Paris next week to take the
place OF the Sevres pact will be most
Angora governments.
The final details Of the prelimina,v
treaty. worked out this morning by ex-
perts OF the Supreme Council, afford
several more concessions to the Turks.
although these are not as important as
the internationalization of Thrace or
the establishment Of dual control in
Smyrna. The new clauses will facili-
tate Turkey's entrance into the League
OF Nations, the naming Of Turk as
chairman Of the Dardaneles Commits
sion. the appointment of Turks to a
commission on judicial reform, and the
granting of an extension of time for
dem Civilization. Turkey also is to be al
lowed to possess larger army, gendar-
merle and navy than the Seyres pact
provided. Among the financial conces.
slons are that the Turkish Parliament
IS to be allowed to supervise the ma
tlonal budget and the government re-
gains the right to grant concessions to
foreigners.
Turks Happy. but Protest
Although the Turks are more than
satisfied with the general results of
tEe conference, they nevertheless en-
tered formal protest against the A.
lied decision to permit the Greeks to
Keep garrison in the city of Smyrna
The Turkish settlement, by which
The Sick Man gets back most of his
prestige and much of his territory
grew out of keen national rivalry be-
tween the French and British in tbe
Near East. Apparently there is nc
more liking for the Turk now thar,
Ihere was a year .-go when the Sevres
treaty was framed, but other condi-
tions have changed. When Greece ac-
cedes to the new settlement, British
recognition Of King Constantine is
expected and the other Allies will fol-
low this move, it is believed here.
The German settlement will be
under tire in the House of Common,
again Monday. No surprise is evil
dencsd here over the German move to
boycott Allied goods and buy from,
neutral countries. Such protests fall
on deaf ears in London and Paris,
where the determination is firm to
near nothing from Berlin short of q