New-York tribune., 1922-08-26
xhanzer's Haste in Going
10 Meet Seipel Due 10
Fears of Merger With
Germany or Slav States
financial Help Offered
Only Hope for Distressed
Nation Seen i'm League
Under Rome's Protection
BY Wilbur Forrest
speciat cable 10 TAe r,ib4re


ing the coming winter. Its impor-
tance ia indicated by the fact that
italy became aroused as soon as it was
known that Chancellor Seipel had been
| In Berlin making an appeal for Ger
| man aid. 1t was enough for Austria
d say she woald seek aid srom Ger
mary or the Little Entente, to cause
the ryeatest worry in the Italian For
eign Office, and Foreign Minister
scaansef lest no time in rushing to
Verona for a conference with DIR
Seipel. The fact that Schanzer trav-
alea more than half way between
Rome and Vienna to meet the Austrian
/ Is fsgarded in Paris as showing the
ssssnt of the Italian anxiety.
liaiy faces two possibilities, both
sstremely serioas from her view
point. First, Austria might becoms
ssaehed in fact to Germany, which
sould make that country Italy's neigh
Dor, with two hundred mile frontier
reaching to within sixty miles of the
Adriatic. Germany would also be-
couie Hungary's neighbor, where the
spirit of revenge is strongest and
Germany's influence certain to become
/ all powerful. Furthermore, Germany
thus would become the neighbor of
the Balkan countries under ,condi-
tons which would cause the euuiiib
rum of Central Europe, established
By the dissolution of the Hapsburg
empire, to disappear abruptly. and
italy would find herself facing a power
much more dangerous than the Aus
tian empire.
Second Is More Alarming.
The second possibility is that Austria,
with 100000 inhabitants. would unite
with the Lite Entente--in other
Fords, with 100000 Czecho- -Slovaks
snd 100000 Jugoslavs. AS the
lngoslavs have just concluded mill
tsrs alliance at Marienbad with the
Czecho-Slovaks they would form O single
state with Austria of more than 81
100000, running from Macedonia to
she heart of Germany. AS Italy fears
i even the Serbs alone it is comprehen-
= able that this second possibility is
more alarming to Rome than an Aus
ifian union with Germany, because it
& means the reconstruction of the Aus
tsan Empire with an immense major
i,y of Slavs. who hate Italy.
The great difference between the
idea Of Austria joining Germany or
& joining the Little Entente is that the
lrst has the complete opposition of
erance IN that it is contrary to both
4 The treaties of Versailles and ST. Ger
NAN, whereas the second doesn't wor-
" France, as she wants strong
country in Central Europe to counter
balance Germany. Thus both plans are
tenoated by either France or Italy.
Under these clrcum stances Schanzer
sf only say that Italy refuses to allow
Austria to unite with her ne3ghbors
hat ne is then obliged to say that Italy
accepts the burden of upholding Aus
TIA Probably Italy might arrange
tais under the direction of the League
Nations with England's support In
order to avoid conflict with Serbia.
Only Way Out Through League
But all these solutions will not re-
establish stability and normal life in
central Europe, as all they do is to
arouse objections, and the most impor-
tant point of all is that none of these
neighboring countries can afford to
support Austria in view of their finan-
cal difficulties. Finally, Serbia will
never permit Italy to take over Austria
France would not allow Germany, and
Italy refuses Czecho-Slovakia. The only
possible solution, it is agreed in off,
elai circles in Paris. is that all neigh
hors unite to administer Austria
through the League of Nations In
tense interest is shown in the result
Of the Verona conference.
VERONA, Italy, Aug. 25 (By The
associated Press ).-The invio1ability
o o. Austrian territorial integrity and
she maintenance of her autonomy
under existing treaties are essential
prerequisites for Italian financial as
sistance.
!, Thls was the declaration made by
se sne italian Foreign Minister, Carlo
nIenaner, at the meeting to-day between
ileilan representatives and the Aus
So s.'an Chancellor, DR.. Seipel, Herr
Segur, the Austrian Minister of FL
nance, and Herr Kwiatkowski, the Aus
aian Minister to Italy.
VIII Help Before League
Signor Schaner said that Italy was
,siiing to contribute as her ability al
ioWeo and that she was ready to re-
sumo the negotiations inaugurated dur
aag fhe Genoa conference for the con-
summation of commercial treaty be-
sseen Italy and Austria. The Italian
ssoareign Minister also promised that
asip would come from Italy when Aus
w tlas condition would be discussed at
i. N wig Va tflc League OIL NATIONS
= September, and an effort made to
haa satisfactory solution FOR the
present Austrian troubles.
ROME, Aug. 25 (By The Associated
Fear of powerful Slav COM
sination in Central Europe, which
would supersede the Austria of old
- the hereditary enemy Of Italy, is
s1pressed in the Italian press to-day,
y comment upon the disposition Of the
sass Sesens Austria. Many newspapers, in
s.Iluaing the Rome "Messagero," urged
si sae government to oppose any plan
aming to create q strong Slav hegem-
'ay IN Central Europe.
,.., Inc plan which engages the most
apprehension is one providing for the
y sion patton of the Austrian provinces
~, SyIla and Corinthia by Jugo- -Slavia
ss me taking over of Upper Austria
y yzeeho-Slovakia The design in this
y pu.o n De to unite the two Siav nations
i .Ientrai Europe. Vienna, deprived
Z its status as capital would then
:, hternationalized. The Austrian Ty-
sa,,,s ~ winch would be practically all that
sos.,, oa,o remain of the present Austria,
nls. l.io ne united to Bavaria, under this
sas nsa, out only on condition that it be-
4es independent of Germany.